Source: Thomasina Cheatham via Facebook / Thomasina Cheatham via Facebook Earlier this month, 18-year-old Saniyah Cheatham died while in NYPD custody. Police officials said Cheatham hanged herself with a sweater shortly after entering her cell, a story her family finds skeptical. During her funeral on Tuesday, Saniyah Cheatham’s family, as well as several community activists,…
Add Josh Peck, star of Nickelodeon‘s beloved sitcom “Drake & Josh,” to the long list of people who owe Oprah Winfrey an apology. On a recent episode of the “Syd & Olivia Talk Sh*t” podcast, Peck addressed a scene from a season 4 episode of the sitcom where his character, Josh Nichols, including the OWN founder’s close…
(Photo courtesy by: Polo Ralph Lauren) With varsity jackets, cable knits, and coastal crewnecks, Ralph Lauren’s new drop celebrates generations of Black families in Oak Bluffs Three years after Polo Ralph Lauren broke ground with a collection and collaboration with Spelman and Morehouse Colleges, the legacy fashion house has its sights set on The Vineyard. …
Tia Mowry attends the 2025 BET Awards at Peacock Theater on June 09, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images) Tia Mowry says, “It’s not even about being a single mom,” but about normalizing different family dynamics in response to critics. Tia Mowry has a question for the internet: “Why do I…
A New Orleans coffee shop is becoming a racial battleground after a Black correspondent for HBCU Pulse was harassed by the manager for waiting too long to make a purchase. On July 18, Destinee Kerr, who goes by “thatgirlnamedes_” on TikTok, grabbed a table at the popular Uptown café Rue De La Course. The Xavier…
Source: Harry M. Daniels LLC / Wukela Communications Prosecutors in Jacksonville, Florida, have already decided they will not charge the Jacksonville police officer who was seen on camera beating 22-year-old William McNeil Jr. after breaking the window of his vehicle and dragging him out on Feb. 19, nor will they charge any other officer involved in…
(Photo: Getty Images) Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron say Owens pushed “verifiably false” conspiracy theories to increase her viewership and monetize her growing platform. Conservative pundit Candace Owens was hit with a defamation lawsuit filed by French President Emmanuel Macron for her repeated false claims that his wife was born a man. Macron and the first…
The Florida Supreme Court gave Gov. Ron DeSantis and Republicans in the state a major victory in a lawsuit over the state’s gerrymandered congressional districts. The court, dominated by DeSantis appointees, rejected a challenge over the elimination of a majority-Black district in the northern part of the state in a map redrawn by DeSantis in…
Source: ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / Getty The Trump administration clearly believes being elected for a second term gives them carte blanche to move however they please—laws and limits be damned. While Trump certainly moved fast and broke a lot of things in his early months, many of those moves are now being challenged in court. Over…
Bishop Charles H. Ellis III, 67, is acknowledging his “an inappropriate relationship” with a former member of his Greater Grace Temple in Detroit. Melody Walker claimed that she had an extramarital affair with Ellis beginning in 2002 when she was 22 years old and the pastor would have been about 44 years old. The faith…
