Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.’s announcement of its 2021 honorary inductees on July 15 has some folks scratching their heads over one of its newest members. The 113-year-old first Black Greek-lettered organization for Black American women shared the news on its official Twitter account. “We are thrilled to welcome 8 …

Pharrell Williams performs onstage during the 7th Biennial UNICEF Ball on April 14, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California. Photo: Rich Polk (Getty Images) A tech startup founded by two Black entrepreneurs is getting a $1 million boost, thanks to Pharrell Williams and his Black Ambition prize competition. Black Ambition, a …

As America struggled to recover from a global pandemic, a shattered economy, and record unemployment levels, headlines despaired: “NECKTIES DOOMED.” Men were “slashing their clothing bills” to retailers’ chagrin, the Associated Press reported. Those who continued to wear ties were downgrading from colorful, expensive silk to plain, cheap cotton. The …

A federal judge sentenced a former St. Louis cop who brutally beat a Black undercover colleague he thought was a protester to four years in prison Tuesday (July 14). Randy Hays, 34, pleaded guilty in 2019 to using excessive and unreasonable force during a September 2017 incident where he and …

Colin Kaepernick announced on Thursday (July 15) he’s releasing a children’s book next year. I Color Myself Different will drop via the NFL player-turned-activist’s Kaepernick Publishing company. The picture book is in partnership with Scholastic as a part of a multi book deal and is based on a pivotal moment …

Microsoft Excel has come a long way from just being a mere number crunching and data sorting software. As its functionalities expanded over the years, it has turned into an incredibly powerful spreadsheet and data analysis program that enables people to automate tasks, analyze data, manage budgets, and so much …

A TV actor who’s made appearances on Power, Law & Order, and Boardwalk Empire has been charged with murder in bold daylight shooting of New York City man on a Queens, New York City street. Isaiah Stokes, 41, was indicted Friday (July 16) on charges of second-degree murder and criminal …

In this July 21, 1963, file photo, Gloria Richardson, head of the Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee, pushes a National Guardsman’s bayonet aside as she moves among a crowd of African Americans to convince them to disperse in Cambridge, Md. Photo: Associated Press file photo (AP) Civil rights activist Gloria Richardson, …

Christopher Anderson / Magnum As Europe was recovering from the Second World War, the philosopher Josef Pieper was wondering about leisure. “A time like the present,” he admitted, “seems, of all times, not to be a time to speak of leisure. We are engaged in the re-building of a house, …

The wife of Dwayne Haskins has reportedly been charged with domestic violence after she allegedly assaulted the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback in Las Vegas. According to ESPN, Kalabrya Gondrezick-Haskins faces a felony charge of battery and domestic violence resulting in bodily harm stemming from the July 3 incident at The Cosmopolitan. …