Source: Aaron M. Sprecher / Getty With the help of the National Black Bank Foundation, the NFL is expanding its commitment to support and grow business opportunities with diverse enterprises nationwide. According to a press release, the NFL confirmed on Tuesday that it has secured additional loans totaling $21 million from 10 new Minority Depository Institutions…
A 63-year-old woman was tragically killed while riding a bicycle after a hit-and-run crash just steps away from a Miami Beach Police station. Though the driver is now behind bars, shocking details have surfaced about one police officer’s lackadaisical response to bystanders’ desperate pleas for help. As terrible as the wrenching loss was, former…
Kanye West’s wife, Bianca Censori, apparently does not like the hip-hop artist’s titanium and platinum grill. According to a new report, the metal teeth repulse the 29-year-old Australian model. “She tells him what he wants to hear, that his grill looks cool and sexy and makes him look really manly,” In Touch Weekly,” reports it…
Colt Gray. | Source: Barrow County Sheriff’s Office Here’s the thing: White people are going to roll their eyes when Black people call out the white privilege that tends to be on display when white mass shooters get taken in alive and receive what appears to be preferential treatment while they’re being processed through the…
Freddie Jackson performs on SiriusXM’s The Groove Channel at SiriusXM Studios on May 9, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Robin Marchant/Getty Images for SiriusXM) Singer Freddie Jackson is “shining light” on kidney disease as Black Americans are three times more likely to develop the condition. R&B singer Freddie Jackson, who topped the charts…
Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams warms up before the start of an NFL preseason football game against the Kansas City Chiefs Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga) USC has retired only the uniform numbers of its eight Heisman Trophy winners — more than any other school. The school displays the…
At the age of 19, Emmanuel Jean was two days away from attending college on a full football scholarship when an alleged corrupt police officer accused him of murdering a store clerk, pressuring two other young men to testify against him, resulting in Jean being sentenced to life in prison. The Black Haitian-American from South…
Kevin Hart made headlines this week for doing what he does best — being naturally funny. The comedian was spotted Wednesday at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing, New York, to watch tennis players Frances Tiafoe and Grigor Dimitrov face off in a US Open 2024 quarterfinal match. However, it wasn’t just Hart’s attendance at the…
Charles Barkley looks on prior to game three of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Boston Celtics and Miami Heat at Kaseya Center on May 21, 2023 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images) Barkley was moved to make the donation after seeing Calcea Johnson and Ne’Kiya Jackson discuss their “impossible mathematical discovery” on…
Source: ELIJAH NOUVELAGE / Getty The official U.S. food insecurity rate rose to 13.5% in 2023 from 12.8% in 2022, according to data the U.S. Department of Agriculture released on Sept. 4, 2024. That means more than 1 in 8 Americans – about 47 million people – couldn’t get enough food for themselves or their…
