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Photo: trevorwk (Shutterstock) So, this is interesting… A Black police officer in Lexington, Kentucky, was fired after he was accused of leaking information about fellow officers to Black Lives Matter protesters. After a nine-hour hearing, the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council announced his firing Friday around 1 a.m. Now, if you’re …

Naomi Osaka’s rapper boyfriend, Cordae, is revealing that he didn’t know much about her tennis game before they began dating. Cordae, 23 , who along with Osaka, 23 ,covered GQ’s Modern Love issue, says they learned more about each other’s professions after they began dating. The couple began dating two years ago, …

Legendary singer and songwriter Stevie Wonder has decided to move to Ghana – permanently. The hitmaking humanitarian spoke candidly about his plans to expatriate with media mogul Oprah Winfrey last November. During The Oprah Conversation, Wonder explained to Winfrey that he wants to live in a place that values him. …

Screenshot: ABC 7 Another day, another Black man harassed and brutalized by police officers while in the commission of…minding his own business. Leroy Kennedy IV has filed a lawsuit against the Chicago Police Department alleging that he was “traumatized” by the actions of officers who arrested him last August while …

According to a Glassdoor report, Apple, Bank of America, Capital One and Starbucks are among some of the top corporations for Black Americans to work for. The workplace culture analysis was released Thursday (February 18) and highlights companies that are making good on recent commitments to more diversity and inclusion. …

0 (Image Credit: Instagram/BrianOHemphill) Dr. Brian Hemphill will make history as Old Dominion University’s first Black president since the school was established in 1930. He’ll take over this August as the ninth president of the University. Hemphill will succeed Dr. John Broerick, who announced his retirement after serving 13 years …

Shaina BellScreenshot: WKBN 27 You may have recently come across the story of Shaina Bell, the 24-year old mother of three who was arrested in Liberty Township, Ohio, and charged with two counts of misdemeanor child endangerment after she left two of her children alone in a motel room while …

Former NFL star Vincent Jackson’s brain will reportedly be donated to scientists researching Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a brain injury commonly known as CTE. Allison Gorrell, a family spokesperson, confirmed to USA Today and The New York Times that Jackson’s family is donating his brain to leading researchers at Boston University, …

Ariel Investments, the first black-owned mutual fund firm in the nation, announced the launch of  Ariel Alternatives and the Project Black initiative. The firm is stepping into the private fund business with a $200 million commitment from JPMorgan Chase. Led by Ariel Investments co-CEO Mellody Hobson and global investment manager …

Photo: Mandel Ngan (Getty Images) Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is continuing his arbitrary-ass war on accessible voting because, well…I honestly have no idea. Well, actually I do: The Republican game plan to disenfranchise non-Republican voters is pretty well-documented—but for DeSantis, voter suppression is like his version of porn addiction. But …