A first-of-its-kind partnership between Morgan State University (MSU) and the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TET Fund) will bring more than 100 Nigerian medical students to the HBCU this fall. The TET Fund is a fiduciary and funding agency of the Federal Government of Nigeria. The fund will bring 70 Nigerian …
Read More »Black Man Attacked for No Reason by South Carolina Police Officer Sues Police Department for Defamation
A Black man in South Carolina is suing the city of Rock Hill, its police department and U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) for defamation after charges against him were dropped in an incident where he was attacked by a police officer for no reason. According to HuffPost, on June 23, …
Read More »What Cat People Can Teach Us
In the cats-versus-dogs debate, pop culture tends to skew in one direction. Many animated movies portray cats as manipulative and nefarious, and dogs as the (less canny) embodiments of loyalty and love. Cats also have a long association with the witchy and supernatural, underscoring their folkloric legacy as otherworldly beings. …
Read More »U.S. Women’s Gymnastics Team Opt Out Of Olympic Village
For safety reasons, the U.S. women’s gymnastics team will not be staying in Tokyo’s Olympic Village. According to the coach of Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles, the team will be staying at a nearby hotel instead. The confirmation of the news came a day before a member of the team …
Read More »Daughter of Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon Pays Tribute to Her Mother In Clothing Campaign
Monroe Cannon, the daughter of songstress Mariah Carey and actor Nick Cannon, made her modeling debut in OshKosh B’gosh’s new back-to-school campaign entitled “Today is Someday.” http:// OshKosh B’gosh, the well-known children’s apparel brand, spotlighted “Muhammad Ali, Carey, and Outkast as children, dressed in OshKosh B’gosh, encouraging the next generation …
Read More »When Girls Come Home to Roost: What Can We Learn From Jeremy O. Harris' Defense of Lena Dunham?
Jeremy O. Harris on June 19, 2021 in New York City; Lena Dunham on October 26, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California.Photo: Mike Coppola (Getty Images), Jon Kopaloff (Getty Images) Sometimes, you should just sit there and enjoy your show. That’s the main takeaway from the Twitter melée that ensued on …
Read More »The Clean-Energy Economy Is Creating Jobs for Dogs
Kayla Fratt began preparing for her summer job in March, when a package of frozen bat carcasses arrived for her in the mail. Well, actually, the bats were for her border collies, Barley and Niffler, and it is really their summer job too. They needed to learn the scent of …
Read More »Joshua Jackson Reveals Jodie Turner-Smith Proposed
Joshua Jackson recently revealed that it was Jodie Turner-Smith who popped the question. While appearing on a July 19 episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the 43-year-old actor said she proposed in December of 2018, “She asked me. Yeah, on New Year’s Eve. We were in Nicaragua. It …
Read More »Storage And Security Showcased With Degoo’s Premium Mega Backup Plan
In many cases, the data and photos we store on our computers are some of the most personal things we possess. Therefore, you should take extra steps to ensure you have enough storage capacity to archive your critical data and heartfelt memories. Luckily, cloud storage is easy to use and …
Read More »Black Defendant Granted New Trial After NYC Judge Expresses His Contempt for 'This Black Thing'
Photo: Everything Possible (Shutterstock) White people prove time and time again they are far too fragile and wrapped up in privilege and denial to even consider the possibility that race played a part in the way a thing unfolded. Now, when it comes to dealing with white people who have …
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