Royal staffers who alleged Meghan Markle bullied them are rescinding their complaints to HR, E! News reports. Just four days prior to Markle and husband Prince Harry’s interview with Oprah Winfrey, The Times of London published two reports that accused the Duchess of Sussex of bullying palace staff members. In …
Read More »Tyrese Shares Why He Lost To Terrance Howard For Movie Gigs
Tyrese Gibson is opening up about some of his experiences with colorism in Hollywood and why he thinks he may have lost roles to fellow actor and friend, Terrence Howard. Appearing on the radio show Leah’s Lemonade, the 42-year-old F9 actor discussed some of the truths of Hollywood. “Terrence Howard …
Read More »Financial Freedom: 5 Things They Didn’t Teach You in School
What you don’t know can hurt you. It’s no secret that our education system has not equipped Americans with a foundation of financial literacy, and the Black community has been hit especially hard by this failure. In a recent financial literacy test, Black Americans scored 38%, with only 28% answering …
Read More »NeNe Leakes’ Husband Gregg Leakes Dead At 66
Gregg Leakes, the husband of Real Housewives of Atlanta star NeNe Leakes, has died from colon cancer. He was 66. Longtime family friend and publicist Ernest Dukes confirmed in a statement on Wednesday (September 1) that Leakes died “peacefully” in his home while surrounded by his family, PEOPLE reports. “Today …
Read More »Judge Temporarily Blocks Release of Video in Alvin Motley Case
A Memphis judge has blocked the release of a video that captured the final moments of Alvin Motley Jr.’s life. Motley was killed by former cop-turned-security guard, Gregory Livingston, at a Kroger gas station last month. The special prosecutor in the case originally planned to release the video evidence to …
Read More »Oprah Winfrey Launches New Scholarship For Young Leaders
Oprah Winfrey has helped thousands of young people attend college and her latest scholarship is going the extra mile to assist young leaders. The new scholarship is via The Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation and benefits “students who have displayed both academic excellence and leadership within their respective communities,” PEOPLE exclusively …
Read More »How to Persuade Americans to Give Up Their Guns
Gabriela Pesqueira When the coronavirus pandemic struck last year, people throughout the developed world raced to buy toilet paper, bottled water, yeast for baking bread, and other basic necessities. Americans also stocked up on guns. They bought more than 23 million firearms in 2020, up 65 percent from 2019. First-time …
Read More »Zendaya Throws Herself A Lavish 25th Birthday Party
Actress Zendaya, 24, threw a lavish party for her birthday coming up tomorrow. The star of projects like Malcolm and Marie, Euphoria, Spiderman, Space Jam, to name a few. According to Daily Mail, The party was held at a 30,000-square-feet mansion, Lake 2 Estate in Beverly Hills, with enough room …
Read More »Founders First CDC Launches $100,000 Job Creators Quest Grant Program
Founders First CDC, a national non-profit organization, has announced its new Job Creators Quest Grant to support BIPOC business owners throughout Texas. The grant will award $100,000 to support minority and underrepresented business owners throughout the state of Texas. Founders First will award 30 grants to diverse-led companies in north, …
Read More »The Funk Boutique: Lindsay Peoples Wagner Is (Re)Making The Cut by Recognizing Fashion's Racism
Model Veronica Webb walks the runway during Nicole Miller New York Fashion Week: The Shows at Gallery II I at Spring Studios on September 08, 2019 in New York City.Photo: Bennett Raglin (Getty Images) Speaking of The Cut, the outlet also recently reflected on how diversity has evolved on the …
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