Roberta Flack attends Black Girls Rock! 2017 backstage at NJPAC on Aug. 5, 2017, in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for BET) The featured speakers read poetry by June Jordan, Gwendolyn Bennett, Phillis Wheatley, Georgia Douglas Johnson and more. Roberta Flack, Dawn Richard, Rep. Maxine Waters, former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and…
This undated booking photo provided by the Missouri Department of Corrections shows Marcellus Williams. (Photo: Missouri Department of Corrections via AP, file) Marcellus Williams, 55, is scheduled to be executed on Sept. 24 for the 1998 stabbing death of Lisha Gayle in the St. Louis suburb of University City. ST. LOUIS (AP) — Marcellus Williams…
United States’ Edwin Moses jumps a hurdle on his way to winning the gold medal in the 400-meter hurdles at the Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles on Aug. 5, 1984. (Photo: AP, file) The movie’s title “MOSES-13 Steps” is a reference to the number of steps he took between hurdles. At the time, most…
Duane “Keffe D” Davis, who is accused of orchestrating the 1996 slaying of Tupac Shakur, appears in court during a bond hearing at the Regional Justice Center Tuesday in Las Vegas. (Photo: Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, pool) Clark District Court Judge Carli Kierny said Tuesday she suspects a cover-up related to the source…
Shoppers walk in the lot of a Lowe’s home improvement store in Philadelphia. Lowe’s is scaling back its diversity, equity and inclusion policies. (Photo: Matt Rourke/AP file) Lowe’s says they began “reviewing” its programs following the Supreme Court’s ruling last year outlawing affirmative action in college admissions. NEW YORK (AP) — Home improvement chain Lowe’s…
Special counsel Jack Smith speaks about an indictment of former President Donald Trump on Aug. 1 at a Department of Justice office in Washington. (Photo: Jacquelyn Martin/AP, file) The new indictment removes a section containing an area of conduct for which the Supreme Court ruled that Trump was immune from prosecution. WASHINGTON (AP) — Special…
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris celebrates with her families as the balloons fall during the final day of during the Democratic National Convention Thursday in Chicago. (Photo: Erin Hooley/AP) Vice President Kamala Harris will be joined by running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz in an interview on CNN airing Thursday night at 9…
MaKayla Patterson, a 22-year-old Black woman from Wisconsin, said she was brutally attacked by police outside a bar after she was “wrongly accused of threatening an officer,” according to a GoFundMe she launched to raise money for hospital bills and legal fees. Patterson also posted a two-minute police body camera video to a newly created…
Source: Drazen Zigic / Getty National voter registration data is the latest evidence that Vice President Kamala Harris‘ historic presidency has particularly inspired Black voters to participate in the upcoming election at unprecedented levels, according to a new report. Specifically, young Black women voters are leading the overall rate of new voter registrations, and it’s…
Many factors go into exploring single motherhood, one of them being whether or not you can afford a crucial aspect, egg freezing. Being a parent is one of the hardest jobs in the world. So why are some women choosing to do it alone? A growing trend among some women is choosing to do motherhood…
