Source: Tom Williams / Getty Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., sent a letter to Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell asking him to address the unemployment rate among Black women after a recent jobs report revealed a significant increase. According to NBC News, Rep. Ayanna Pressley called Black women’s employment a “key metric of the health of…
Serena Williams attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images) Serena Williams announced in 2022 that she was stepping away from tennis to focus on Serena Ventures full-time. Serena Williams launched Serena Ventures in 2014…
There appears to be a clear divide among Arnold Schwarzenegger‘s children. The “Terminator” actor, 78, is the father of five adult kids. He has four children with his ex-wife, Maria Shriver, and a son with a woman once employed by the family. Arnold Schwarzenegger fans zoom in on family photos excluding his love child, Joseph…
Queen Latifah talks menopause and new partnership with Weight Watchers (Photo courtesy of Weight Watchers) “Menopause has been a new journey for me,” Queen Latifah reflects as the spokesperson for Weight Watchers’ new menopause program. For Queen Latifah, menopause was never something she thought she’d have to reckon with so soon. The 55-year-old Grammy- and…
Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley attends The Color of Conversation during 2025 Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival at Martha’s Vineyard Performing Arts Center on August 07, 2025 in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images) Rep. Ayanna Pressley pens a letter to the Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, urging him to act after over 300,000…
Using an imaginary warrant, a Texas sheriff’s deputy arrested an innocent Black woman named Lenisha Janea Parker before using her house key to ransack her home. Harris County sheriff’s deputy Kenneth “Daniel” Price then transported her to jail, where she was strip-searched and locked in an overcrowded cell over the weekend, not even allowed to…
Source: Mark Wilson / Getty Donald Trump’s relationship with members of the press has always been combative—especially Black press members, but his latest exchange with NBC News correspondent Yamiche Alcindor underscores just how volatile and dismissive Trump can be when challenged, especially by a Black woman. While meeting with the press on Sunday as he…
“Dancing with the Stars” viewers were thrown for a loop when it appeared longtime troupe dancer Emma Slater could be exiting the show. Slater, 36, will partner with comedian Andy Richter, 58, as competitors for the upcoming 34th season of “DWTS,” set to premiere on ABC and Disney+ on Sept. 16. This week saw Slater…
Hundreds of Arkansas farmers gathered last week in Brookland, pleading for emergency financial relief as they struggle under mounting debt, rising costs, and collapsing crop prices. Many in the room had voted for President Donald Trump, yet they now fear the survival of their farms — and their families’ livelihoods — are at stake. Chris…
