Plenty of people are keeping an eye on track star Sha’Carri Richardson ahead of the 2025 USATF Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon. The athlete, 25, is the reigning 100-meter world champion, looking to defend her crown in that race as well as lead the pack in the 200-meter showdown. But her gazelle-like stride in competition…
(L-R) Al Roker and Craig Melvin attend the Literacy Partners 50th Anniversary Evening Of Readings & Gala Dinner at Pier 60 on June 10, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for Literacy Partners) Craig Melvin and Al Roker are spreading the word about the importance of donating blood, especially as the…
Sterling K. Brown is opening up about the intention behind the casting of dark-skinned actresses to play opposite him in his projects. And now we have another reason to love him. Source: Kristina Bumphrey / Getty During a sit-down with Refinery 29 Unbothered, the Paradise actor was asked why he makes it a point to…
(Photo credit: Getty, Ralph Lauren, ABC, NBC) TikTok users have been documenting the price of growing up Black in predominantly white suburban neighborhoods. If you were to type “price of being Black in suburbia” in the search bar of TikTok, videos upon videos depicting throwback digital camera shots of Black preteens and teens — braces-clad,…
Chris Paul takes questions from the media as he is introduced as the newest member of the Los Angeles Clippers during an NBA basketball news conference in Inglewood, Calif., Monday, July 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) Chris Paul has returned after leaving the Clippers for the Houston Rockets in 2017 because he felt it was…
Currently making waves on social media is a clip of President Donald Trump appearing to cheat while golfing on his course in Scotland. The clip shows Trump’s caddies walking ahead of the president while he drives behind them in his golf cart. One caddy tosses a golf ball behind him onto the course, and Trump…
Naima Abu Ful poses for a photo with her 2-year-old malnourished child, Yazan, at their home in the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi) The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification said Gaza has teetered on the brink of famine for two years. The “worst-case scenario of famine is…
A New York police officer stands watch on 52nd Street outside a Manhattan office building where at least two people were shot, including a police officer, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis) Investigators believe Shane Tamura of Las Vegas was trying to get to the NFL offices after shooting several people Monday. New…
Source: James Gilbert / Getty Over the last two decades, Black race car drivers like Bubba Wallace, Wendell Scott, and Rajah Caruth have been accelerating into the spotlight and reshaping the landscape of NASCAR, one of America’s most traditionally white sports. What was once a tightly shut door is now cracking open, thanks to trailblazers…
A white driver in Greenville, North Carolina, rolled his truck straight into a sinkhole on July 26, prompting rescue from a tow truck company and Greenville utilities. He could have avoided the whole mess if he had listened to a couple of good Samaritans who warned him about a water main breaking. Instead, his racism…
