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Cuba Gooding Jr‘s trial is scheduled to start in Feb. 2022 for his New York City groping case.  According to ABC News, Judge Curtis Farber set the trial date for Feb. 1, which involves the allegations that the 53-year-old violated three different women at three various Manhattan nightclubs in 2018 …

Congressional Democrats are reintroducing a bill that would repay the families of Black American veterans who fought in WWII but denied GI Bill benefits. The GI Bill Restoration Act was introduced by House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.) and Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.), and Sen. Rev. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) …

Image: Shutterstock/G-O Media (Shutterstock) Fourscore and three years ago, Huddie “Lead Belly” Ledbetter—a self-titled “musicianer” who was heralded as a “Bad Nigger” who “makes good minstrel” by Life magazine—explained how he came to create one of the first racism* carols. Named after nine young Black men who had been falsely …

Each installment of “The Friendship Files” features a conversation between The Atlantic’s Julie Beck and two or more friends, exploring the history and significance of their relationship. This week she talks with two friends who used to be married. They discuss their amicable—really!—divorce, how they reconnected afterward, what it means …

Rapper and actress Eve recently announced that she’s expecting her first child with husband Maximillion Cooper. Now, while promoting her new ABC series Queens, which follows four R&B/hip hop divas from the 1990s on a reunion tour, the former talk show host told the crew at The Breakfast Club that …

Journalist, television host, and New York Times best-selling author Elaine Welteroth is helping eliminate barriers to wealth for young Black people in a new partnership with the Public investing app.  Supporting the advancement of Black, Indigenous, people of color (BIPOC) is nothing new for Welteroth. The former editor-in-chief at Teen …

Photo: BOSS Network “What makes a boss?” It’s a question we’ve asked many times at The Glow Up, where “we gloss, we floss and we boss,” but what does it look like in practice? Now in its 12th year, for the first time the BOSS Network’s Ladies That Lead Conference …

“How to Build a Life” is a weekly column by Arthur Brooks, tackling questions of meaning and happiness. Click here to listen to his new podcast series on all things happiness, How to Build a Happy Life. A friend of mine once shared what I considered a bit of unadulterated …

Public Enemy co-founder Flavor Flav was arrested on domestic battery charges earlier this month in Las Vegas, Nev. Now his lawyer is speaking out about the allegations, vowing that the rapper will be heard. According to TMZ, an Oct. 5 criminal complaint states the 62-year-old is accused of poking a …

Four Black female officers are suing the Baltimore Police Department, alleging racial discrimination saying the underlying culture of the department mistreats minorities, especially Black women. The allegations include one Black female officer saying she was harassed by her peers while on maternity leave. After making a complaint against a white …