One of the most famous legends in soul music history revolves around singer Al Green, an obsessed lover and a pot of grits. While this tale has been incorporated into countless stand-up comedians’ routines and has become a popular cultural reference for women seeking revenge on their cheating partners (à la Lorena Bobbitt and her…

Source: Rockaa / Getty Isolated. Abused. Overworked. These are the themes that emerged when I invited nine Black women to chronicle their professional experiences and relationships with colleagues as they earned their Ph.D.’s at a public university in the Midwest. I featured their writings in to get my Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction. The women…

Elon Musk voiced his belief that present-day society “blames a lot of things” on race and that race shouldn’t be a “constant subject” in a highly anticipated interview with Don Lemon. The hour-long interview includes several wide-ranging questions about Musk’s company, Tesla, the social media platform now called X under Musk’s ownership, as well as…

Oprah Winfrey is now laying bare the truth about her new slim and trim figure in a new special about her weight loss. However, she has not always been as transparent and confident in her body. Along her journey, she has used a number of tricks to appear thinner when dietary fads simply were not…

Source: NICHOLAS KAMM / Getty A gay Black man who is also a Republican conservative appears to be very surprised that he was called racist and homophobic slurs during a MAGA event, and, well, let’s just say he’s not the only one who is clearly confused. Meet Rob Smith. Smith is a conservative commentator and…

A Jamaican woman whose husband allegedly hired a hitman to murder her reportedly wanted to repair their marriage before she was killed.  Simone Campbell-Collymore and a taxi driver were fatally shot by a group of men in January 2018 in St. Andrew, Jamaica Gleaner reported. The 32-year-old businesswoman’s husband, Omar Collymore, along with his co-defendants, are currently…

In a new documentary called “Quiet on the Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV,” actor Bryan Hearne joins an array of former child actors, like Giovonnie Samuels and Drake Bell, to discuss the traumatic experiences they faced working at Nickelodeon during the 1990s through 2010s. Hearne opened up about painful memories as a child…

Source: Neal McNeil / Getty A fundraiser has begun to help the family of Jayden Perkins, an 11-year-old boy who was killed while defending his pregnant mother from her abusive ex-boyfriend’s violence last week in Chicago. Crosetti Brand, the man allegedly responsible for fatally stabbing the child, was charged on Friday. According to the Chicago…

Donald Trump filed court papers this week claiming he can’t afford to pay the $464 million he owes as part of the New York civil fraud verdict won by New York Attorney General Letitia James, who vowed to seize the former president’s assets if he can’t cover the bill in cash. Trump filed the motion…

Usher attends the 55th NAACP Image Awards at Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall on March 16, 2024, in Los Angeles, California. | Source: Paras Griffin / Getty The NAACP Image Awards wrapped this weekend with Usher being honored with the President’s Award for Entertainer of the Year. Oprah Winfrey made a surprise appearance to present the…