LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – JANUARY 16: DJ/producer Balistic Beats (L) and television personality Joseline Hernandez attend Joseline’s Cabaret Las Vegas premiere screening on January 16, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Bryan Steffy/Getty Images for The Zeus Network)Photo by: Bryan Steffy / Getty Images The TV personality is creating a cartoon show about her…
Baby Gabriel/Rumi is just over a week old but is already at the center of a multistate custody dispute between the surrogate who gave birth to him and the California couple who created the embryo through IVF. McKenna West, a 28-year-old Black nurse from Alaska, signed a gestational-surrogacy agreement last year with Omar Ahmed and…
Source: Star Tribune via Getty Images / Getty In news that’s surprising to no one who’s been paying attention, a recent report found that companies who maintained their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs haven’t faced any financial repercussions. Target out here looking extra silly now. According to CBS News, the report found that S&P…
When Jodi Doyle heard a neighbor refer to her mixed-race grandchildren as “colored kids,” she was unprepared for the flood of anger that swept over her. “I said all the things, and I was angry. I had to take a beat,” she said in an August 3 TikTok video reflecting on the incident. The day…
If there’s been one constant in President Donald Trump’s second term in office, it’s the widespread speculation and ongoing rumors about his health. Questions resurfaced after the 80-year-old Trump appeared at two White House events Monday. Eagle-eyed reporters zoomed in on his swollen right hand, with heavy makeup covering the persistent hand bruises that have…
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 27: MC Lyte speaks onstage for the K.A.O.S with an Iota of D.A.Z.S. STEP SHOW during the BET Experience Fan Fest at The Beehive on June 27, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for BET) The hip-hop pioneer received the SoundExchange Music Fairness Award for pushing…
Source: Raymond Boyd / Getty The Indiana power outages have now stretched on for more than a week, affecting communities including Gary, Hobart, and several other cities across the region. As residents continue to wait for electricity to return, many are left wondering when their power will finally be restored. For now, the situation across…
Recently-inducted Hall of Fame NBA coach Doc Rivers does not like being close friends with people who support Donald Trump. That is at least how it appears after a recent podcast interview that featured ex-ESPN host Sage Steele. Rivers and Steele, who called the coach a former friend, both previously worked at ESPN covering the…
President Donald Trump’s former political director Bill Stepien is facing backlash after criticizing Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff for a comment about one of the president’s aides, with Democratic strategist Keith Boykin accusing Stepien of ignoring Trump’s own history of personal attacks. The exchange unfolded Monday night on CNN’s “NewsNight with Abby Phillip,” where Stepien argued…
Adobe Stock Images The Trump administration’s rollback of DEI-related research is now affecting studies examining Black communities higher risk for Alzheimer’s. Black communities in America are two times more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease than their white counterparts. And researchers predict that 40% of those living with Alzheimer’s disease, which impacts roughly 7 million people…
