Source: Smith Collection/Gado / Getty White people who visit hospital emergency departments with pain are 26% more likely than Black people to be given opioid pain medications such as morphine. This was a key finding from our recent study, published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. We also found that Black patients were 25%…
A Philadelphia man was fatally shot in the chest following an argument nearly two weeks ago, and the suspect has yet to be taken into custody. The family of 36-year-old Terell Lubin is still yearning for answers for the Oct. 17 shooting. According to local news, the incident unfolded in the 500 block of North 57th…
Will Smith is starting his next venture as host of the new “Class of ‘88” podcast following one of if not the most influential year in hip-hop history. Cheryl “Salt” Renee James, and Sandra “Pepa” Denton, two-thirds of the iconic hip-hop group Salt-N-Pepa, were the latest guests on the show, and the trio talked about…
Twitch streamer Kai Cent has crossed a nerve with social media users who feel his seven-day jail livestream is an insensitive and inappropriate attempt to gain more notoriety. The 21-year-old has more than 7 million followers on the streaming platform and at least another 9 million on Instagram and YouTube combined, many of whom have…
A Memphis, Tennessee, woman said she was “livid” when she learned her non-verbal autistic daughter was allegedly verbally abused at school after she placed a recorder in her child’s backpack, according to a local report. Naomi Miller’s daughter Karmony, a special-needs student at Bruce Elementary, has not attended school since early September, WREG reported. Her absence comes…
Ray J‘s show of concern has been met with violent threats following Kodak Black‘s controversial interview on the “Drink Champs” podcast. On Sunday, Oct. 29, DJ Akademiks posted a clip to his Instagram page of Kodak Black discussing the song he did with 6ix9ine on N.O.R.E’s podcast. In the clip, Kodak Black appears to have…
Source: m-imagephotography / Getty If you’re an American looking for love in the 21st century, there’s a very good chance you ain’t gonna find it. Dating in the U.S. has become quite the quagmire and if you are Black, dating can seem even more difficult and stressful. According to U.S. Census Bureau data, 117.6 million…
In my early 20s, I worked in a call center. It was loud and rowdy, and all of the employees were young and rambunctious, and we spent most of our time passing the hours with inappropriate conversations. Somehow, it became public knowledge on the floor that I was a preacher’s kid and a virgin. I…
U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) speaks to reporters in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill on October 23, 2023, in Washington, D.C. | Source: Alex Wong / Getty Do you know why it’s clear that white conservatives don’t actually care to hear what Black people as a whole think about Donald Trump and…
Shereda Williams, the former girlfriend of the late rapper Nate Dogg, who died 12 years ago, is reportedly seeking child support for their 17-year-old son, Jayden. Williams is pressing the Los Angeles Superior Court to enforce a child support order dating back to 2006, which required Nate Dogg to pay her $4,358 per month, RadarOnline…
