A top-seeded tennis player was caught on video giving a face slap to his opponent after the match was over, bringing the memory of the recent Will Smith/Chris Rock altercation from last week to mind. According to Essentially Sports, after a recent tennis match between two players in Ghana, top-seeded …
Read More »Seahawks' Pete Carroll Goes In on NFL Over Hiring Diversity
Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll speaks with reporters during a coaches press availability at the NFL owner’s meeting, Tuesday, March 29, 2022, at The Breakers resort in Palm Beach, Fla.Photo: Rebecca Blackwell (AP) Pete Carroll seems to have developed his own, personal language for telling NFL owners he DGAF. …
Read More »Saweetie Talks Her Champion ‘Get it Girl’ Campaign and Renaissance Workshop
Platinum-selling rapper Saweetie is all about female empowerment and is using her new Culture Consultant role with Champion to unite women and girls from all walks of life. Speaking with BLACK ENTERPRISE about her new “Get It Girl” campaign, Saweetie shares her passion for spreading girl power and how her …
Read More »VP Kamala Harris' Deputy Chief of Staff to Depart
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the E.E. Bass Cultural Arts Center in Greenville, Miss., after touring a small business, on Friday, April 1, 2022.Photo: Jon Alverson/The Delta Democrat Times (AP) One of Vice President Kamala Harris’ top aides is about to leave her staff, adding to a list of …
Read More »How guaranteed income makes good on a long overdue promise to Black America
(Getty Images) Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Fifty years ago, thousands of Black Americans ranging from politicians to grassroots organizers, demanded a unified political strategy to advance racial justice in the U.S. Half a century later, nearly …
Read More »Lizzo Launches Inclusive Shapewear Line YITTY
Social media can always count on Lizzo to showcase her love for herself and all her goodness. Now Lizzo will be able to promote body positivity and her new business venture at the same time. In the expansion of Lizzo’s body positivity campaign, the Grammy award-winning singer has officially launched …
Read More »Taraji P. Henson and Winnie Harlow launch skincare lines
She gave us Peace of Mind; now Taraji P. Henson is moving on to our bodies. The actress-producer-entrepreneur’s mission of encouraging self-care has gone skin-deep with the launch of Body by TPH, a skincare companion to her two-year-old TPH by Taraji haircare line. Taraji P. Henson, left, and Winnie HarlowPhotos: …
Read More »Tiger Woods Says He Will Play, And Play To Win, in the Masters
Tiger Woods waits to hit on the driving range during a practice round for the Masters golf tournament on Monday, April 4, 2022, in Augusta, Ga.Photo: Robert F. Bukaty (AP) Updated Tuesday, April 5, 2022 at 1:46 p.m. That didn’t take long. After keeping up a charade about whether or …
Read More »Paula Patton has reignited the great chicken-cleaning debate
Every few years (or months), the internet engages in a hygiene debate highly demarcated by race. Use of washcloths, using said washcloths to wash one’s legs, how often sheets and towels should be washed, and where pets should be allowed in the home (Spoiler: NOT on your kitchen counters) have …
Read More »Three Charged in Death of Mississippi Teen Shot, Raped, and Dumped On Side of The Road
Three adults are in police custody on capital murder charges related to an 18-year-old girl being kidnapped, raped, shot, and left for dead along the side of the road in Mississippi. On Friday, the Jackson police department held a press briefing confirming that Dewitt Anderson, 34, Cedric Banks, 37, and …
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