A Black Canadian man spoke out about a recent encounter with police in which he said he was violently arrested after they saw him entering his father’s BMW. CBC reported that Khadafi Keenan Fagan-Pierre was leaving his mother’s home on the morning of April 14 and preparing to use his dad’s car when two officers…
Rapper Busta Rhymes is looking fit and trim these days after dropping over 100 pounds, and fans have taken note of his weight loss transformation. While he looks considerably smaller than he has over the past few years, some are concerned, as many don’t believe his new slim physique is a result of dieting and…
Source: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / Getty Federal prosecutor pushed back against growing calls for Marilyn Mosby to receive a presidential pardon by claiming in a court filing that Baltimore’s former top prosecutor deserves to go to prison in part for showing no remorse following her mortgage fraud conviction earlier this year. The prosecutors’ court filing came…
Actress Tia Mowry shocked the world in 2022 when she announced the end of her 14-year marriage to her children’s father, actor Cory Hardrict. Now, the “Sister, Sister” star has blown the minds of her fans, this time by jokingly introducing her “boo” on social media as a joke months after an awkward run-in with…
Source: Dia Dipasupil / Getty Kim Godwin, the first Black woman to lead a major broadcast news network, has exited ABC News. She had been in the post since May 2021. As I read coverage on her departure, I noticed the language felt familiar in terms of how high-profile Black women are covered in the…
A Georgia business owner says the mother of a terminated employee confronted her at the establishment with a gun at her side in order to intimidate her. Video of the confrontation, posted on the shop’s social media pages, shows the angry mother inching slowly behind the counter at FRIO Rolled Ice Cream shop in Covington,…
The Monroe School historic site of Brown v Board of Education in Topeka, Kansas. | Source: Mark Reinstein / Getty May 17 marks the 70th anniversary of the Brown vs. Board of Education U.S. Supreme Court ruling that declared “separate but equal” schools unconstitutional. Decades after that ruling, Black children continue to be locked out…
Former Nickelodeon actor Kel Mitchell is facing backlash after his “Club Shay Shay” interview, like many of the guests on Shannon Sharpe’s platform, for mentioning certain individuals during the discussion. In addition to blasting network writer and producer Dan Schneider for what Mitchell said was speaking to him in a disrespectful manner and contributing to…
Senior Airman Roger Fortson. | Source: U.S. Air Force Roger Fortson‘s funeral is scheduled to be held on Friday morning as unanswered questions continue to mount more than two weeks after the 23-year-old U.S. Air Force Senior Airman was gunned down by an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s deputy in his own Florida apartment under controversial circumstances….
Former NFL star Cam Newton is offering words of wisdom to Kansas City Chiefs player Rashee Rice following weeks of off-the-field issues that could lead to a possible suspension. Rice has been on the police’s radar in the months since he fled the scene of a multi-vehicle car crash in Dallas on March 30. Rice,…
