Photo: John Moore (Getty Images) Oh, how America loves to criminalize Black children. That’s it. That’s the lede. On August 27, 12-year-old Isaiah Elliott was attending his virtual art class as a seventh-grader at Grand Mountain School in Colorado Springs, Co. Isaiah’s mother, Dani Elliott, told BuzzFeed News in a …
Read More »Michelle Obama on dating: ‘You can’t Tinder your way into a long-term relationship’
Michelle Obama offered relationship advice to her audience during a recent episode of her candid podcast. “Barack [Obama] knows the story. When we were engaged, I got mad at him about something and I took my engagement ring off, and I said, forget this, who needs this, and I threw …
Read More »The Uncanny Tale of Shimmel Zohar
I. So I first heard about Shimmel Zohar from Gravity Goldberg—yeah, I know, but she insists it’s her real name (explaining that her father was a physicist)—who is the director of public programs and visitor experience at the Contemporary Jewish Museum, in San Francisco. She was calling to tell me …
Read More »Rihanna ‘Fine’ After Electric Scooter Accident
Rihanna, 32, is recovering after an electric scooter accident on Friday (Sept. 4), according to a rep for the music and beauty mogul. The Fenty Beauty founder is “completely fine now but flipped over an electric scooter last week and bruised her face and forehead,” her rep said in a …
Read More »Bond Denied For Georgia Trooper Who Killed Black Motorist
The former Georgia State Patrol trooper who fatally shot a 60-year-old Black man in the head won’t be getting out of jail anytime soon. On Friday (Sept. 3), Screven County Judge F. Gates Peed denied bond for Jacob Gordon Thompson. On Aug. 7, Thompson said he attempted to pull over …
Read More »Kanye Loans $6M To Presidential Bid
Kanye West is sparing little expense in his last-minute presidential bid. ‘Ye has loaned his campaign nearly $6.8 million between July 15 and Aug. 31, according to a recent report by the Federal Election Commission. The campaign spent about $5.86 million, distributing payments to consulting and law firms. The FEC …
Read More »Black-Owned Line of Bulletproof Vests For Adults and Children Sees 400% Increase in Sales
0 image: BlackBusiness.com Thyk Skynn, a Black-owned line of fashionable bulletproof vests for men, women, and children, has seen a nearly 400 percent increase in sales over the past few weeks as Americans continue to grow concerned about their protection from police shootings and other random acts of violence. Mike …
Read More »Chadwick Boseman Will Be Laid To Rest In South Carolina
To celebrate the life and legacy of actor Chadwick Boseman, 43, private arrangements are being made in his hometown of Anderson, South Carolina, where the Black Panther star will be laid to rest after losing a four-year battle to colon cancer on August 28. Marcus D. Brown Funeral Home will …
Read More »WNBA Co-Owner Sen. Kelly Loeffler’s Anti-BLM Remarks Were Disrupted by Protesters. Loeffler Probably Loved That
Photo: Chip Somodevilla (Getty Images) If you’re a Georgia Republican running for re-election, slamming Black Lives Matter is potent political currency. This certainly seems true for U.S. Sen. and co-owner of the WNBA team the Atlanta Dream Kelly Loeffler, who was a political nobody outside the state of Georgia until she …
Read More »Wendy Williams Teases New Mystery Man
Wendy Williams might have a new relationship on the horizon. After splitting up from ex-husband Kevin Hunter, the multi-talented talk show host has been playing the field as far as dating is concerned, teasing a number of suitors to her social media followers. Now, she’s auditioning a brand new beau. …
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