Source: Goodboy Picture Company / Getty The fight to end hair discrimination continues. According to CNN, Democrats are pushing to have the CROWN Act enforced on a federal level to ban discrimination based on a person’s hairstyle or hair texture. MORE: State Of The Union: Darryl George, Black Student Suspended Over Locs, Attends Biden’s Address…
In a tragic incident involving a 13-year-old girl who was struck and killed during a police chase, the city of Cleveland, Ohio, has agreed to a $4.8 million settlement with the victim’s family, marking the end of legal fights and investigations since the tragedy occurred in December 2019. A police chase ensued after the armed…
Source: KENT NISHIMURA / Getty Congressman James E. Clyburn and other notable Black leaders were awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor. On Friday, President Biden named Clyburn and 18 others who “ have made exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values, or security of the United States, world peace, or other…
The beef between Kendrick Lamar and Drake is heating up, but New Ho King, a small Chinese restaurant in Toronto, ended up victorious when they caught a stray on Kendrick’s “Euphoria” diss track. At 8:24 a.m. Pacific Time on April 30, Kendrick Lamar dropped “Euphoria” aimed at Drake, and packed with over six minutes of…
Here’s a question: Why are cops who have committed egregious acts of misconduct, including but not limited to beating Black people while they’re restrained and helpless, allowed by their departments to resign before they get fired? It’s bad enough that they pretty much have to kill a person on camera before they’re held criminally accountable…
Food critic Keith Lee and crew have run into their first major meal blunder amid their “FamiLee Food Tour,” which is giving several states a chance at redemption. The trek has already seen the former MMA fighter revisit California, Las Vegas, and Detroit following last year’s successful excursion to try out local restaurants in major…
A career shoplifter in Florida known for stealing designer merchandise was sentenced to 30 years in prison after she was convicted of a brazen heist at Sunglass Hut two years ago. Ernesha Atmore, who had been in and out of prison for stealing thousands of dollars worth of merchandise, faced stiffer penalties due to Florida’s…
NEW ORLEANS – FEBRUARY 09: Voters enter a polling place in the Lower 9th Ward to cast their ballots in the state’s presidential primary on February 9, 2008, in New Orleans, Louisiana. | Source: Mario Tama / Getty In January, the Louisiana Senate passed a new congressional map that would create a second majority-Black voting…
Comedian Mo’Nique has revamped her routine on Katt Williams’ The Dark Matter Tour. Video footage circulating online features a segment where she encourages the audience to curse her longtime enemies Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry. While the crowd seemed to crack up at her jokes, some folks aren’t finding her updated act amusing and are…
A gentrified urban industrial area is seen from an Amtrak train bridge on October 18, 2023, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. | Source: Robert Nickelsberg / Getty Society Hill, where Sixers star Joel Embiid recently put his penthouse condo on the market for $5.5 million, has long been one of Philadelphia’s most exclusive neighborhoods. It’s a distant…
