One morning last summer, I woke up and announced, to no one in particular: “I choose to be happy today!” Next I journaled about the things I was grateful for and tried to think more positively about my enemies and myself. When someone later criticized me on Twitter, I suppressed …

When Snoop Dogg left Death Row in 1998, Master P offered him a life-changing opportunity to sign to his record label, No Limit. According to Snoop, that move “saved his life.” Now, the duo has teamed up on something special to represent Snoop’s iconic stature. The legendary rappers recently announced …

Members of the Austin police department march with members of the University of Texas football team to the State Capitol in Austin, on Thursday, June 4, 2020, to protest the death of George Floyd, an African American man who died on May 25 after a white Minneapolis police officer pressed …

In Ohio, a Black man is suing two police officers and a local convenience store after he was detained for a shoplifting crime committed by a white man. Eric Lindsay of Liberty Township was wearing a puffy orange coat when he went to the Meijer store on his way home …

Publisher and community activist Gary Chambers Jr., D-Baton Rouge, speaks about his campaign for the 2nd Congressional District seat after signing up for the race on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in Baton Rouge, La. Chambers, a Louisiana candidate for the U.S. Senate burns a Confederate flag in his latest video …

In the weeks following the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, a group of Chinese executives traveled to Los Angeles for a crash course in influence. Inside the UCLA classroom of the film professor Robert Rosen, a parade of Hollywood executives conducted a series of lectures on America’s entertainment industry. The …

Entertainment media mogul Byron Allen has announced that he will be bidding to become the first Black owner of a National Football League (NFL) team. According to Bloomberg, Allen, the owner of Entertainment Studios, discussed the possibility of becoming an NFL owner. He stated that the commissioner of the league, …

Black History Month is widely considered a time to reflect on and honor the past, but a silent epidemic is threatening that history and its purveyors. Photo: AdobeStock According to the Alzheimer’s Association, older African Americans are twice as likely as their white counterparts to develop Alzheimer’s Disease. In fact, …

NY Gov. Kathy Hochul announces the lifting of statewide mask-or-vaccince requirements are for indoor businesses, New York, NY, February 9, 2022. Gov. Hochul has said that she will wait for children to return from winter break before making a decision to lift mask mandates in schools; statewide mask requirements are …

Over the past year, my climate reporting has had a few preoccupations. They include: Whether President Joe Biden will succeed in passing a major climate bill; The degree to which climate change is already a profound concern to the economy, and indeed whether the climate problem is more about “money” …