For nearly a decade, Alexis McGill-Johnson has been involved with Planned Parenthood. She was named acting president and CEO in 2019, before being installed permanently in the seat in June of this year. In the years prior, she worked as a Planned Parenthood Federation of America board chair, Planned Parenthood …
Read More »Spike Lee Narrates Campaign Ad For Ray McGuire
There are a crowded group of candidates looking to be the next mayor of New York City. Now, former Citigroup exec Ray McGuire has entered the race and he kicked it off with a campaign ad narrated by Spike Lee. In the ad, Lee says, “The world has changed, my …
Read More »Jada Pinkett Smith To Star In The Netflix Drama ‘Redd Zone’
Jada Pinkett Smith’s Red Table Talk has been an enormous success but she has not forgotten her acting roots. Pinkett Smith, who has not starred in a film since 2017’s Girls Trip, is returning to a major move with Netflix’s Redd Zone. According to Variety, the 49-year-old will play Tia …
Read More »US jobless claims remain high at 712,000 as virus escalates
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell as the nation celebrated Thanksgiving last week to a still-high 712,000, the latest sign that the U.S. economy and job market remain under stress from the intensified viral outbreak. Thursday’s report from the Labor Department said that initial claims for jobless …
Read More »Beyoncé’s BeyGOOD and NAACP Award $10,000 Grant to Maryland Cannabis Company
The Gift, which is a natural health and wellness company that was founded in 2018, has announced that they have received a $10,000 grant from Beyoncé’s BeyGOOD and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Earlier this year, back in July, the NAACP had announced its partnership …
Read More »Tyrese Says His Feud With The Rock Is Over
Everything is love in The Fast and Furious franchise. According to Tyrese, he no longer has a feud with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Tyrese told Comedy Central’s Stir Crazy with Josh Horowitz, “Me and The Rock peaced up by the way… We talked for like four hours about three weeks …
Read More »Ever Seen an Anti-Karen Out-Karen a Karen? It's a Sight to Behold
Screenshot: @kuntacourtnay/ Tik Tok I’m not going to lie: The first time I saw this video, I thought I was watching a classic case of Karen-on-Karen crime. I was ready to launch into a whole bit about how the Karen Lives Matter movement is full of hypocrites because all they …
Read More »WATCH: ‘Power Book II: Ghost’ New Midseason Clip
“Monet is a woman who has survived a lot — her husband is inside and she has inherited his business and he’s still in control, she’s trying to navigate that,” Kemp says. “She’s also trying to navigate having sons who are men and a daughter who is becoming a woman …
Read More »Britain’s Vaccine Nationalism
As one former Irish diplomat noted about Britain’s rush to claim national victory from an international success story, it clearly involves elements of insecurity and the “lack of national self-confidence that led to Brexit.” Yet, in the rush to criticize British chest-beating, a peculiar mirror image of this insecurity is …
Read More »We’re Loving Sasha Obama’s New Tik Tok Video
Sasha Obama is proving she has all the moves! The youngest daughter of Barack and Michelle Obama is becoming a TikTok sensation. One of her latest viral videos shows the 19-year old appearing front and center where she dances with friends to Popp Hunna’s “Adderall (Corvette Corvette).” Sasha, a sophomore …
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