Phoenix, Ariz., US – June 5, 2020: A crowd protesting police brutality marches through downtown.Photo: Rebekah Zemansky (Shutterstock) When it comes to Black Lives Matter protests, a common misconception (among white people) is that the violence that occurs sometimes is always against police officers and it’s never the cops who are …

Police Officer Eugene Goodman, who protected lawmakers from violent insurgents in the U.S. Capitol in D.C., on January 6 that left five people dead, was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.  The Senate ended the impeachment trial on Friday (February 12) with a unanimous vote to award the medal to Goodman, …

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are celebrating Valentine’s Day with the news of a second child. Markle’s pregnancy comes after a miscarriage experience that left her with many emotions. Last year, she publicly revealed the pain and grief of losing a child — a feeling that many women often have …

Photo: Chris Jackson (Getty Images) It has been a week full of joy and love for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. On Sunday, February 14, the couple announced their second pregnancy… and they’re having a girl! This past Thursday, February 11, Meghan Markle won the first step in her …

Regina King is slated to host Saturday Night Live this evening (February 13) with musical guest Nathaniel Reteliff. In a promo to get viewers ready for tonight’s episode, the award-winning actress, alongside Rateliff and SNL regular Beck Bennett, tried to get everyone fired up about what time of year it …

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Alice Gyamfi is the first person in her family to pursue formal education and earn a law degree. A native of Ghana, Gyamfi fought against all odds and passed the New York bar exam after graduating from Penn State Law in 2020. Gyamfi announced the big news on LinkedIn last …

Photo: GrandAve (Shutterstock) Valentine’s Day is a time for couples and lovers of all walks of life to celebrate their bonds through the exchanging of flowers, candy, spa days, hot-oil massages and the like—it’s a day to commemorate love. In fact, officers with the Los Angeles Police Department are reportedly …

Black trauma has reached a fever pitch of sorts in Hollywood. Between depictions of historical events that Black kids learned about in grade school and the numerous, powerful original stories framed around the enduring Black socioeconomic American condition, viewers are being forced to examine just how much of this brand …

Joe Ligon was finally released from prison after serving 68 years. Ligon, now 82, is the country’s oldest juvenile lifer in the United States. “We waste people’s lives by over-incarcerating and we waste money by over-incarcerating. His case graphically demonstrates the absurdity of wasting each,” Bradley Bridge, a lawyer with …