(Photo by Rachel Park/ Unsplash) Some online are calling for a boycott of Toast on Lennox after the establishment’s owner posed for a photo with Georgia gubernatorial hopeful Rick Jackson. A Black-owned restaurant in Atlanta is being called out online, not for its food or service, but for its politics. Toast on Lenox, a popular…
(Photo: Getty Images) Given that Black women make up less 2% of the engineering workforce, Diniece Mendes’s role in building out the nation’s largest city transportation system is significant. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani recently announced nearly $900 million for what the mayor and the New York Governor’s Office are calling a “new generation”…
Twice in less than a year, New York cops arrested Ivin Harper, a Black fitness instructor, on fabricated drug charges. New Rochelle police officer Jared Gramble first arrested Harper in July 2023, claiming protein powder found in Harper’s car was cocaine. Prosecutors later dismissed the charges after Gramble left the department. A year later, in…
(Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)Photo by: Kevin Winter / Getty Images The former Disney actress will play the role of Daisy Buchanan in the musical adaptation of the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel. China Anne McClain will soon add Broadway star to her resume. The former Disney actress, who led the teen sitcom “A.N.T. Farm,” from…
President Donald Trump’s granddaughter, Kai Trump, is being compared to her famous family, but not in a good way. The 19-year-old attended the 2026 ESPY Awards on July 15 at New York City’s Lincoln Center. Kai built her golf résumé on the junior circuit before earning a Division I commitment to the University of Miami….
WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 12: U.S. Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA) speaks during a news conference on the nomination of Kash Patel to be the next FBI Director at the U.S. Capitol on February 12, 2025 in Washington, DC. Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-MA) held the news conference to urge the Senate not to confirm Patel. (Photo…
Source: SAUL LOEB / Getty President Donald Trump has scheduled a primetime address to the nation for Thursday at 9 p.m. ET., and he has signaled that his speech will be primarily focused on “really big news” on election security regarding the 2020 election. This means anyone tuning in will most likely be subject to a long-winded,…
Source: Douglas Rissing / Getty On Tuesday, the House voted to pass legislation to make daylight saving time permanent. According to Politico, the final vote of 308-117 was strange in that it didn’t cleanly fall along party lines. 22 Republican representatives voted against the bill alongside 95 Democrats, despite President Donald Trump publicly supporting the…
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 27: Hal Williams attends the 2025 ESSENCE Black Women In Hollywood Awards at Fairmont Century Plaza on February 27, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Robin L Marshall/Getty Images for ESSENCE) Following his death, the actor is being celebrated for a career that spanned nearly six decades and included…
The White House denies that President Donald Trump has been granting pardons in exchange for money. Trump, 80, and his business partners have been accused of profiting off his presidency. But his administration is drawing the line at pay-to-play clemency schemes; saying otherwise would be an admission of an illegal practice. Boosie Badazz paid lobbyists…
