DMX’s homegoing celebration on Sunday was an amalgamation of Black love and preservation of hip-hop culture. During the rapper’s funeral service, two sisters in the movement– Erica Ford, cofounder of Life Camp, and Priscilla Echi, a community activist from Westchester county, revealed that the state of New York declared December …
Read More »68-Year-Old Black Woman Sues NC Police After They Pulled her by her Hair and Allegedly Dislocated her Shoulder During Traffic Stop
Screenshot: The Washington Post At this point, I’m convinced that cops can’t wait for an excuse to go berserk on Black people. And we’ve seen report after report after report that indicates that among cops’ favorite excuses to go way overboard in their uses of force is anything they perceive …
Read More »Tisha Campbell And Tichina Arnold: ‘Martin’ Reboot Unlikely
Appearing on Tamron Hall’s talk show on Friday (April 23), Tisha Campbell and Tichina Arnold shared that a Martin reboot is unlikely. The pair announced plans in 2018 to bring the legendary 90s sitcom back with a new spin on it, but couldn’t get everyone on board, Arnold said during …
Read More »18-Year-Old Marion Lewis Arrested in Shooting Death of Seven-Year-Old Jaslyn Adams In Chicago
Chicago police arrested a suspect connected to the shooting death last week of 7-year-old Jaslyn Adams after gunmen fired a barrage of bullets into her father’s car in a McDonald’s drive-thru. According to a press release from the CPD, Marion Lewis, 18, was captured on Thursday after an alleged car …
Read More »'We Only Have One Colored in Our Town': Court Rules Michigan Bar Can Be Sued by Beaten Black Man After No One Called Police
Photo: Kondor83 (Shutterstock) A lot of white people would have us believe we live in a post-racial America. They’ll tell you that it’s actually the narrative around systemic racism that is dividing this country because they’re too obtuse and cowardly to deal with the truth—that this nation has always been …
Read More »Gabrielle Union And Dwyane Wade Potty Train Kaavia
Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade hit a major parenting milestone with their daughter Kaavia James. On Friday (April 23), the actress posted an adorable boomerang video on her Instagram showing how far she and her retired NBA star husband are willing to go to get their 2-year-old potty trained. Union …
Read More »Black Woman Entrepreneur Buys Farm in Rwanda: ‘I Want Everything My Ancestors Were Denied’
Jai Essence left the United States and purchased a farm in Rwanda. She was frustrated with the paycheck to paycheck cycle and wanted to find a path to financial freedom and impact. “My love for life and hope was dying, and I couldn’t see a way out. I left America …
Read More »Oklahoma Senator Makes Sex Joke About VP Kamala Harris Then Defends it Saying 'People Seem Not To Be Able to Take a Joke'
Screenshot: News 4 Oklahoma Here’s the thing: Conservatives aren’t funny. There’s a reason there are virtually no right-leaning comedy films, late-night shows or stand-up comedians outside of a handful. Republicans will say it’s because of liberal media bias, but this is America; if there was a demand for Klan-ish comedy …
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Grace Schulman’s poem is a “celebration” of springtime, a season that can in itself feel like a hopeful celebration of warmth, light, and life. Schulman describes newly blooming nature as full of motion, as though every flower, tree, and creature were waking up and dancing: The hostas unfurl, the tulips …
Read More »Beyoncé Talks Forgiveness On ‘Lemonade’ Anniversary
It’s been five years since Beyoncé released her visual album, Lemonade. And on Friday (April 23), the superstar singer took to her Instagram account to commemorate the landmark anniversary. Bey posted a handful of stills from the album’s film that originally premiered on HBO. RELATED: Beyoncé Will Help Out Families …
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