Mental health has always been a taboo issue in the Black community. It’s common that Black men withhold their emotions and are often told to “man up” or “suck it up” instead of tackling the issue head-on. Recently, a number of celebrities, including Naomi Osaka, Simone Biles, and Charlamagne Tha God …
Read More »Tisha Campbell and Tichina Arnold Tapped to Return as Hosts for 2021 BET Soul Train Awards, Taking Place at the Apollo Theater
Tichina Arnold and Tisha Campbell-Martin attend at the 2019 Soul Train Awards presented by BET on November 17, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada.Photo: Paras Griffin for BET (Getty Images) All aboard, good people! It’s almost time to come along and ride on the fantastic voyage that is the 2021 Soul …
Read More »BLACK CANVAS for Black creativity and storytelling
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Read More »Black Caucus Chair Joyce Beatty Says Spending Bill Will Fund Top Black Priorities Including HBCUs And Housing
Black Caucus Chair Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio) said Wednesday a number of the group’s priorities for Black Americans are in President Joe Biden’s spending bill. Democrats are scrambling to come to an agreement on the bill. Beatty told reporters the caucus visited the White House to speak with Biden and his …
Read More »U.S. Marshal and Georgia Officer Indicted in Shooting Death of Jamarion Robinson
Two officers were indicted by a grand jury on Tuesday for the death of 26 year-old Jamarion Robinson, a Black man who was shot 76 times during a raid on his girlfriend’s apartment in East Point, Ga., back in 2016. Eric Heinze, the assistant chief inspector of the U.S. Marshals …
Read More »2021 'Soul Train Awards' Will Be At The World-Famous Apollo
After breaking records for its 2021 BET Hip Hop Awards, on Monday (Oct. 18) BET announced today (Oct. 18) that the 2021 Soul Train Awards will be held for the first-time ever at the World-Famous Apollo in Harlem, New York. The award show, now in its 33rd year, will commemorate …
Read More »T.I. Shows Off Site Of His 143-Unit Affordable Housing Development, Set to Open In 2022
Rapper T.I. gave his Instagram followers a sneak peek into one of his latest projects—an affordable housing development in Atlanta’s Bankhead neighborhood. The 41-year-old rapper shared a video of the building site on Tuesday with updates on its progress. “Checking up on my development in Bankhead right here,” Tip said …
Read More »The NFL Just Doubled the Likelihood of Minority Candidates Getting Passed Over for Coaching, GM Opportunities
Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy watches pregame warmups prior to the game against the Los Angeles Chargersat Arrowhead Stadium on December 29, 2019 in Kansas City, Missouri.Photo: David Eulitt (Getty Images) It’s not exactly a secret that the Rooney Rule is trash. But now the argument can be …
Read More »The Disguises We Wear Every Day
“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 pandemic Halloween raises a number of questions about masking. Do we wear …
Read More »Ahmaud Arbery Mother’s Speaks Out As Murder Trial Begins
Jury selection begins Monday for the three Georgia men accused in the death of Ahmaud Arbery, more than a year and a half after he was shot dead while jogging through a neighborhood near his home. Arbery’s mother, Wanda Cooper-Jones, has long maintained that her son was targeted and killed …
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