Lil Wayne took to Twitter on Thursday (October 29) to announce that he met with President Donald Trump to talk about the administration’s “Platinum Plan” for Black America. While the rap legend didn’t give an explicit endorsement of the president’s reelection campaign, he had nothing but praise for his plan, …
Read More »Meet The Prominent Black Men and Women Running For U.S. Senate
Many Americans believe the 2020 election is the most important of their lifetimes, including the many Black men and women who are running for a U.S. Senate seat. More Black Americans are running in this election than ever before, due to the injustices Black Americans faced every day over the …
Read More »Triple Threat: Beyoncé's Newest Vogue Covers Once Again Make History—This Time, With a 21-Year-Old Black Woman
Screenshot: Kennedi Carter for Vogue/Condé Nast There’s B’Day, and then, there’s Bey Week—which is a bit like Shark Week, but with much more buzz. Beyoncé kicked off the week building the buzz about her latest (and already sold out) Ivy Park drop with Adidas—her second since the label’s relaunch—and is …
Read More »When a White Republican Teen Invited a Black Pastor to Preach in His Hometown
Beck: What was it like for you to reconnect as adults, since Jonathan was very young the first time you met? Wilson-Hartgrove: Reverend Barber became the president of the North Carolina NAACP, and in that role, he began building a fusion coalition. Basically, he was proposing a way of changing …
Read More »Man Loses Job After Calling Black Man The N-Word
A self-proclaimed racist told a Black man in Arizona he couldn’t use his camera phone because it was a “no n***** zone,” and now, it’s costing him his job. Paul Ng was a real estate agent at Sotheby’s and on Friday morning (October 24), he allegedly accosted YouTuber Andre Abram …
Read More »Behind The Scenes With The Black Members Of Biden’s Team
Known as a champion for women, Sanders is a seasoned political strategist. She rose to prominence by serving as National Press Secretary for U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ 2016 presidential campaign. She made history at age 25 as the youngest presidential press secretary on record. Sanders was named to Rolling Stone Magazine’s list …
Read More »Andre Abram Forgives Man Who Told Him He Was in a “No N-Word Zone”
Screenshot: Instagram Andre Abram, the Arizona man who was told he was in a “no nigger zone,” says he has forgiven the man who insulted him. In an interview with TMZ, Abram said that he doesn’t have any lingering beef with Paul Ng, the man who dropped the slur. “I …
Read More »How Trump Could Shock the World Again
“All the evangelicals I know have expressed chagrin, or concern, or heartburn, or some combination of the three about some of the president’s vocabulary and some of the president’s posturing toward those with whom he disagrees,” Richard Land, the president of the Southern Evangelical Seminary and a member of a …
Read More »Kanye Gave Kim Kardashian An Insane Birthday Gift
In honor of Kim Kardashian’s 40th birthday, Kanye West gave her a gift that’s almost hard to believe. The rapper presented his wife with a life-like hologram of her late father, Robert Kardashian. Kim posted videos of the hologram on her Twitter just moments ago. “I can’t even describe what …
Read More »Philadelphia Police, Officials To Release Body Camera Footage of Walter Wallace Shooting
Philadelphia city officials and the police department said they will release the body camera footage and 911-tapes of the Walter Wallace Jr. shooting that occurred on Monday. Wallace Jr. was shot and killed Monday night by two Philadelphia police officers during a confrontation after police responded to a report of …
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