Bill Cosby won a major legal victory on Tuesday (June 23), after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court court decided the disgraced television icon can appeal is 2018 sexual assault conviction, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Cosby, 82, is currently serving a three-to-ten year sentence after a jury convicted him of drugging and …
Read More »Walmart to No Longer Display Mississippi State Flag in Stores
Photo: Scott Olson (Getty Images) It’s kind of sad when Walmart is quicker to stop doing something that’s blatantly messed up before the actual government. The company has a tradition of flying the local state flag in front of its stores. That tradition will be suspended in the state of …
Read More »The Protests Are Already Changing Elections
The past month of activism has increased the competitiveness of primaries far from New York too—galvanizing voters who might not otherwise have engaged in races, and stirring up funds for candidates who might not previously have enjoyed them. In a Virginia congressional race yesterday, Cameron Webb, a 37-year-old black physician, …
Read More »White Woman Arrested For Atlanta Wendy’s Fire
A white woman has been arrested and faces charges of arson for allegedly setting fire to the Wendy’s fast food restaurant where Rayshard Brooks was killed by police. According to the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office, Natalie White was taken into custody Tuesday afternoon. “White is being booked into the Fulton …
Read More »Lowe’s Appoints Janice Dupre Little Executive Vice President Of Human Resources
Share0 (Image via @lowescareers/Instagram) This week retail giant Lowe’s announced the appointment of Janice Dupre Little as executive vice president of human resources. Little, who joined the company in 2017, has more than 15 years of human resources and diversity and inclusion experience and has worked with corporate leaders all …
Read More »As Fashion and Beauty Leaders Scramble on Race Issues, Black Insiders Organize to Demand an Industry Makeover
Law Roach attends the Fifth Annual InStyle Awards on October 21, 2019, in Los Angeles, Calif.Photo: Emma McIntyre (Getty Images for InStyle) “Image architect” Law Roach is one of the most successful talents working behind the scenes of the fashion and entertainment industries—crafting the memorable red carpet looks of stars …
Read More »One of America’s Fiercest Media Critics Is Back With a Warning
The film is the second that Stewart has written and directed, after 2014’s Rosewater, a somber true-story drama about a journalist who was tortured by the Iranian government. Irresistible is more along the lines of what people might expect from the former host of The Daily Show, taking aim at …
Read More »One Of The Cops Who Killed Breonna Taylor Has Been Fired
Brett Hankison, one of the Louisville police officers responsible for killing Breonna Taylor in her home has been fired, Louisville Metro Police announced on Tuesday (June 23). Taylor, 26, was shot by officers at her apartment on March 13 as they entered to serve a no-knock warrant. Her boyfriend …
Read More »How This Podcast is Providing African American Content During A Critical Time In the U.S.
Share0 Image via PushBlack The new conversations around race relations sparked by the current protests over racial injustice and police brutality have caused a new surge in interest in Black American history and culture. Amazon’s best-seller list for books has been dominating with the topic of race with black-owned bookstores …
Read More »Trump: ‘I Don’t Kid.’ Well, You Don’t Adult Either
Photo: SAUL LOEB (Getty Images) President Donald Trump wants to make one thing clear: He doesn’t kid! Sure he hired one of the world’s most famous neurosurgeons to be the doctor of houses, and yes, his administration ordered ventilators from some guy they found off Twitter who never made ventilators …
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