Source: Anadolu / Getty Laithan Dickerson is carving out a historic path in Arkansas. At just 7 years old, this rising star stands as the sole Black female bull rider in the state, as reported by CBS News affiliate THV11. Over the past weekend, she clinched her inaugural trophy at a state rodeo competition, earning a…
DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) initiatives, have become a bad word (or properly speaking a bad acronym) amongst white people — specifically conservative Republicans. These various initiatives, e.g., training, hiring programs, and department creation, took place in government, for-profit, and nonprofit sectors. What precipitated these were the murders of Black people in 2020, most notably…
A disturbance in the pulpit at the annual Christian “Stronger Men’s Conference” has thrust megachurch founder Pastor Mark Driscoll back into the spotlight of controversy. The former Mars Hills Church leader caused an uproar when he spoke at the two-day conference held at the Great Southern Bank Arena in Springfield, Missouri, on April 12. The…
Source: Robert Alexander / Getty An elderly white man has been charged with murder in South Charleston, Ohio, after he shot and killed a Black woman who was the victim of the same scam call he had been scammed by. According to NBC 4 Ohio, 81-year-old William Brock has been charged with the felony murder…
A Michigan woman already facing charges in a March road rage incident found herself in more hot water when she turned argumentative with the judge overseeing the case, leading to a fiery reprimand that almost ended in jailtime. Chloe Whitsett, 59, of Ann Arbor, got snippety with Washtenaw County District Court Judge J. Cedric Simpson…
Brian McKnight is focused on the positive side of life, and that apparently means severing ties with some of his children. The “Love of My Life” crooner has made headlines in past months for publicly disowning his firstborn, Brian Kelly McKnight Jr., and son Niko, both of whom he shares with ex-wife Julie McKnight. The…
Source: nicoletaionescu / Getty In the spirit of Black Women’s History Month, we spotlight this young Black teenager who has come up with a life-changing invention. New Orleans student Naya Ellis recently designed a stroke-detecting watch, earning a championship in the National STEM Challenge at just 14 years old. Read more about her invention inside….
Source: Rebecca Naden – PA Images / Getty Listen: We really didn’t need any more examples of Fox News being the No. 1 media outlet for old, curmudgeonly white people who think everyone is too overly sensitive these days but also wet their tighty-whities over Black national anthems and people kneeling during sporting events. We…
Weeks after an explosive retrospective about the children’s network Nickelodeon, a major magazine turned its attention to Disney’s “Kids Incorporated,” the scripted series that aired from 1984 to 1993, for a “Where Are They Now” feature. The once-popular series depicted a band of kids navigating crushes, friendships, peer pressure, and occasionally addressing serious topics like…
The rap world is on fire with many of the game’s top artists exchanging verbal blows. Sitting on top of the heap is Drake, who rendered a vicious diss track after being at the center of Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Like That,” which also called out J. Cole. Drake’s four-minute exchange “Push Ups (Drop and…
