Source: Urban One Cultural ROI Study / Urban One In recent years, we’ve seen more and more companies retreat from diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives and commitments to representation. While consumers have continually voiced their displeasure with this trend, Urban One’s “Cultural ROI” study, titled “Influence to Impact: Black Culture’s Role in Brand Growth,”…
A Black Texas man was studying at a desk in the clubhouse of his apartment building in Milton when a white man crept by and brazenly snapped him through the apartment’s floor-to-ceiling windows. In a video posted on TikTok, user Divinely Kollin confronted the suspicious man, and the internet collectively groaned when the offender began…
For someone who loves to brag about his “very stable genius” status and challenge political opponents to IQ tests, it seems like President Donald Trump often comes across as fumbling through speeches like he’s reading a teleprompter written in ancient hieroglyphics. During the Monday, Sept. 29, White House press conference, the 79-year-old former reality star…
Music mogul and entrepreneur Sean “Diddy” Combs arrives at the Billboard Music Awards, May 15, 2022, in Las Vegas. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File) After being found guilty of two counts, Diddy faces sentencing in his high-profile sex trafficking case against the government on Friday. Prosecutors urged a New York federal judge Tuesday to send…
Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill (10) talks with a staff member as he is carted off the field after suffering an unknown lower leg injury in the second half of an NFL football game against the New York Jets, Monday, Sept. 29, 2025, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) According to his agent,…
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry speaks to reporters outside “Camp 57,” a facility to house immigration detainees at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, La., Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) Gov. Jeff Landry said his request “builds on the proven success” of deployments to Washington and Memphis. Louisiana’s Republican governor asked for National…
FILE — Joanne Chesimard, who used the name Assata Shakur and was a member of the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army, leaves Middlesex County courthouse, in New Brunswick, N.J., April 25, 1977. (AP Photo/File) In this original poem, author Francesca Momplaisir reflects on Assata Shakur’s journey, weaving memory, resistance, and eulogy into verse….
Halle Berry just proved that when you’re 59 and fabulous, every season is bikini season — even in the middle of a desert where many people would be reaching for SPF 50 and a wide-brimmed hat. On Saturday, Sept. 27, the Oscar-winning actress shared a striking photo of herself that left many wondering: what’s left…
BEVERLY HILLS, CA-OCTOBER 14: Journalist and award recipient Belva Davis speaks at the International Women’s Media Foundation’s 15th Annual Courage in Journalism Awards on October 14, 2004 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Getty Images) Davis remained on West Coast airwaves for over five decades, breaking barriers and glass ceilings along the way. Legendary,…
President Donald Trump’s utter lack of shame has even his supporters rolling their eyes. As the government shutdown looms, consumer sentiment tanks, and the National Guard prepares to land in Chicago and Portland, Trump has something else on his mind—his golden trinkets. In a September 28 post on his Truth Social platform, Trump’s bragging reached…
