Prince performs on October 11, 2009 at the Grand Palais in Paris.Photo: BERTRAND GUAY/AFP (Getty Images) On Monday, Minnesota’s Congressional delegation introduced a resolution to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to the Purple One himself, the artist forever known as Prince. According to the AP, the award is one …
Read More »Why I’ll Keep Saying ‘Pregnant Women’
Getty Who can get pregnant? It sounds like a trick question. For centuries, English speakers have talked about “pregnant women” without a second thought, but a vocal and growing movement wants to replace that phrase with the more inclusive pregnant people. And because the United States hasn’t yet found an …
Read More »Kim Kardashian Buys Hidden Hills Home From Kanye
Kim Kardashian has decided to keep her home in Hidden Hills, California, while the divorce with her husband Kanye West is still ongoing. According to legal documents filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court on Oct. 12, the reality tv star has acquired the estranged couple’s family home, PEOPLE reports. …
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Read More »Foot Locker Makes $200 Million Pledge to Empower the Black Community
The sneaker industry has grown into a $70 billion business that has benefitted greatly from big-dollar contributions from Black consumers. Much of that disbursement came last year amid COVID-19 and racial inequalities that financially hurt much of the Black community and curtailed spending capability for many of those individuals. To …
Read More »Yes, Halloween Is This Sunday—But It's Time to Start Your Holiday Shopping Now
Photo: Andrey_Popov (Shutterstock) Fam, this is not a drill: Unless you and your nearest and dearest have decided to forego gift-giving during this swiftly approaching holiday season, you should get started shopping—now. No, not because of any tired tropes about our own, culturally specific timetable, but because, as noted by …
Read More »Photos Are Too Flattering Now
It’s rare to see a bad photo today. If, by chance, a bad photo is taken and cannot be filtered, edited, or otherwise enhanced into something visually acceptable, it is swiftly deleted. Why hold on to anything less than perfect? Why, when with a cost-free click you can disappear it …
Read More »Black Texas Officer Needs Organ Transplant After Shooting
A Black Texas police officer has multiple damaged organs following a shooting at a bar on Saturday (October 16) that left another deputy dead. According to KHOU-TV, Harris County Constable Precinct 4 Deputy Darryl Garrett has undergone several surgeries in order for doctors to remove bullet fragments that damaged some …
Read More »Miami Police Captain Relieved of Duty Following Probe into History of Racist Misconduct
After being suspended for the third time, Miami police Captain Javier Ortiz was relieved of duty with pay on Monday. CBS Miami reports, Ortiz was terminated amid an ongoing investigation by internal affairs into his history of alleged racism, harassment, and misconduct on duty. It’s a surprising end for the …
Read More »Black Panther Party Celebrates Its 55th Anniversary With Unveiling of Huey Newton Bust
Fredrika Newton, widow of Black Panther Party co-founder Huey Newton, touches a bust of her late husband at Artworks Foundry on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021, in Berkeley, Calif. The bust is scheduled to be unveiled in Oakland on Sunday, Oct. 24, the first permanent public art piece honoring the party …
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