A Black waitress at a Cracker Barrel restaurant in Tennessee said she faced heinous racial harassment during her 10 years on the job from white coworkers and supervisors who were never held accountable for their actions. Roberta Mendez, who started working as a server at a Nashville-area Cracker Barrel in 2015, filed a federal lawsuit…
JOINT BASE ANDREWS, MARYLAND – SEPTEMBER 07: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after stepping off Air Force One on September 7, 2025 at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) “This deployment is unjust, unconstitutional, and un-American!” said Tennessee State Rep. Justin J. Pearson. President Donald Trump announced he is sending…
Donald Trump has long made headlines for bold and often baffling claims, from taking credit for phrases he didn’t coin to making statements that leave people questioning reality. Now a resurfaced clip of him discussing the Bible is circulating, prompting many to revisit moments when he claimed to have read works he couldn’t recall—or that…
Source: Anadolu / Getty Not even 24 hours after Charlie Kirk was killed while speaking at Utah Valley University, students at several Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) found themselves under lockdown. Alabama State University, Virginia State University, Hampton University, Southern University, and Clark Atlanta University all received threats. Spelman College ordered students to shelter…
Meagan Good and Jonathan Majors attend the 7th Annual AAFCA TV Honors at The Hollywood Roosevelt on August 23, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images) Meagan Good and Jonathan Majors open up about their relationship, their lifestyle brand, and the next chapter. After six months of marriage, Meagan Good and Jonathan…
September is self-care awareness month (Photo: Adobe Stock) “Self-love is not personal, it’s political”—These Black-owned brands remind us that choosing ourselves is a political act. September is Self-Care Awareness Month, and I’ve been thinking about how much the definition of “self-care” has changed. The conversation around self-care has moved in waves since it first became…
The intense feud between “Love & Hip Hop Atlanta” stars Yandy Smith and Rasheeda Frost finally came to a boiling point during a tense face-off on the most recent episode of the reality show. The Sept 9 episode saw the two women finally sit down to discuss what has been brewing between them on and…
(Photo credit: Adobe Stock) From haunted small towns to laugh-out-loud comedies and big-budget finales, Black talent is leading the fall TV line-up. The leaves aren’t the only thing turning this fall—TV is back, and Black stars are everywhere. Fall TV is serving everything from fresh debuts to long-awaited returns with Black talent front and center….
Garry Chapman, the son of Dog the Bounty Hunter, is one of several Alabama cops who who punched, kicked, tasered and hooded a 39-year-old Black man named John Scott Jr. suffering a mental health crisis earlier this year, according to a lawsuit filed last month. One week after Scott’s mother filed the lawsuit, the 24-year-old…
Film festivals were hard to get into – so this independent Black movie director innovated with their “Other Suns” film event in Washington, D.C. to showcase liberatory storytelling and promote Ancient Well Productions, a powerhouse film and creative house. Sea Mahsati didn’t need anyone’s permission to find an audience of movie lovers. On the rooftop…
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