School board members in Virginia Beach are attempting to ban the literary works of the late great novelist Toni Morrison. School board members Victoria Manning and Laura Hughes have banned together to have four books removed from curriculums due to the “pornographic nature” found in the reading, The Daily Beast …

Tziarra King, left, Ifeoma Onumonu, and Imani Dorsey of the Black Women’s Players Collective.Photo: Adidas When the National Women’s Soccer League finally returned to play last summer in the aftermath of the officer-related murder of George Floyd, dozens of players used the league’s Challenge Cup tournament as a platform to …

Ricarlo Flanagan, who appeared in Shameless and Last Comic Standing, has died at 40 years old.  Flanagan’s agent Stu Golfman of KMR Talent told Variety that he died of COVID, “Sadly this pandemic has taken the life of an extremely talented performer and even nicer human being. Ricarlo will be …

You know there’s drama in research circles—or at least what qualifies as drama in research circles—when someone writes an open letter. Earlier this year, that someone was Philip Cohen, a sociologist at the University of Maryland at College Park. His request: that Pew Research Center, the nonpartisan “fact tank,” “do …

Usher welcomed his fourth baby and second child with girlfriend Jenn Goicoechea in late September.  On Tuesday (Oct. 12) the singer announced that the couple welcomed baby boy Sire Castrello Raymond on Wednesday (Sept. 29). The latest addition to the Raymond family was born at 6:42 p.m. and weighed 7 …

On Tuesday (Oct. 12), Tyga turned himself into Los Angeles police on suspicion of felony domestic violence. The LAPD said in a statement, “Hollywood Div booked Michael Stevenson for felony domestic violence (273.5 A PC). The incident occurred on 10/12/21 in Hollywood.” Tyga’s real name is Michael Stevenson. No other …

If you’re ready to get your financial life in order, you might want to head over to Spotify to listen to Lauren Simmons’ newest podcast Mind Body Wealth.  Simmons made history four years ago as the New York Stock Exchange’s youngest stock trader, and only the second African American to …

Head coach Jon Gruden of the Las Vegas Raiders reacts on the sideline during a game against the Chicago Bears at Allegiant Stadium on October 10, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) Good riddance to Jon Gruden who emailed a trifecta of oppressive thoughts, hitting notes …

What do you buy a woman who already has everything? Well, if you’re a famous hip-hop artist who is married to an even more successful rapper, you buy her a mansion in another country! Offset, who is one-third of the Atlanta hip-hop group, Migos, recently purchased a property in the …

The effects of the coronavirus have continued to hit our favorite stars, and iconic Motown singer Smokey Robinson revealed that the virus almost took his life.  The Grammy award-winning singer shared that in December of last year, he spent 11 days in a Los Angeles hospital after contracting COVID-19 in …