(Photo: Adobe Stock) Inspired by the CROWN Act and painful experiences with racism against Black hair, Afro-Puerto Rican activists are rallying to pass Senate Bill 1282 as time runs out. When Cynthia Collazo Pacheco was a 5-year-old girl growing up in Puerto Rico, she begged for a perm. After being called names like “monkey” in school,…
Authorities in Pennsylvania have charged a 38-year-old man with orchestrating a murder-for-hire in which he allegedly paid a 14-year-old boy cash and drugs last year to kill a street rival as an act of revenge. The suspect, Calvin Jay Huffman, was already jailed on unrelated felony charges and now faces one count of solicitation to…
People hold swastika flags as neo-Nazi groups Blood Tribe, and Goyim Defense League hold a rally on September 2, 2023, in Orlando, Florida. | Source: Stephanie Keith / Getty For the second week in a row, perpetually aggrieved members of a white nationalist organization marched through the streets of downtown Nashville whining about being replaced…
The cliché of older men dating younger women is so common when it comes to celebrities, the public hardly bats an eye. However, when the tables are turned, with the idea of an ‘Older Woman’ finding love with men years younger, it’s often called out — and sometimes serious grooming accusations are tossed around. That’s…
(Photo credit: Adobe Stock) Smoking, alcohol, lack of physical activity, and more easy-to-avoid risk factors are associated with almost half of all cancers in adults. More evidence has been found to back up long-held beliefs that lifestyle can greatly impact a person’s risk of certain cancers. A new American Cancer Society study published last week…
Source: iOne Digital Creative Services Poet Bonita Lee Penn wiped tears as she recalled the pulsating rhythm of drums in her childhood Pentecostal church. The thunderous beating served as a call from her ancestors. Shouts, cries, and cheers of praise permeated the sanctuary in response. The intensity often calmed the stirring of Sunday school children…
Ohio Senate candidate JD Vance speaks as former President Donald Trump listens at a campaign rally at Wright Bros. Aero Inc. at Dayton International Airport on Monday, Nov. 7, 2022, in Vandalia, Ohio. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy) The 39-year-old Vance rose to national fame with the 2016 publication of his memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy.” He was elected…
Democratic lawmakers are urging the Justice Department to investigate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas for possible tax crimes and federal ethics violations while ramping up calls for his resignation or impeachment over suspected ethical breaches, including his long-term acceptance of luxury travel and gifts. Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island and Ron Wyden of Oregon…
Meagan Good and Jonathan Majors attend Tyler Perry’s “Divorce In The Black” New York Premiere at Regal Times Square on July 8, 2024, in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images) Good is now addressing the viral video, saying that the footage was edited. Meagan Good is speaking out after a video went viral…
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally at Trump National Doral Miami Tuesday, in Doral, Fla. (Photo: Rebecca Blackwell/AP) In a statement on his social media platform, Trump said that the dismissal “should be just the first step” and that the three other cases, which he called “Witch Hunts,” should…
