It’s been four months since Breonna Taylor was killed by police officers while sleeping in her own bed, and a group of Black women in Los Angeles are doing everything they can to make sure the country doesn’t forget that justice is still outstanding. “In light of the continuous shortage …
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Share0 (Image via @samedayshop/Instagram) This week restaurant delivery service DoorDash unveiled its new initiatives to support Black-owned businesses. They include a new partnership with nonprofit financial platform Kiva to help Black-owned businesses looking for capital. The company will match the loan amount for Black-owned business owners on the platform and …
Read More »Screenshot: WXYZ Detroit If it’s one thing white women know how to do, it’s to turn on the tears when they need to turn off the heat from their own behavior. Jillian Wuestenberg is now tapping into that super power to fight back against the charges of felonious assault slapped …
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Saturday marks the 60th anniversary of the publication of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. The novel was widely beloved, in part, for the character of Atticus Finch. As a lawyer defending a falsely accused Black man, Finch fit neatly into the narrative of a white savior enacting racial justice. …
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After being caught in the crossfire of a shooting in Houston on Sunday (July 5) Rickey Smiley’s daughter Aaryn says that she is simply happy to be alive. The 19-year-old detailed more information about the harrowing incident after appearing on her father’s popular morning radio show on Thursday (July 9). …
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Police will no longer respond to non-criminal calls, San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced as part of a set of policies to address structural inequities. The city will divert non-violent calls from the police department to “non-law enforcement agencies,” according to a statement from the Mayor’s Office. According to the …
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Idris Elba has been playing Detective John Luther on the BBC drama Luther for five seasons. Fans have anticipated a feature-length film about the complicated detective and now Elba is sharing some exciting news. During a Zoom Q&A, Sky News reported that Elba said, “There isn’t a real format plan …
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The board of directors of EBONY magazine announced the removal of Willard Jackson Jr. as CEO amid an ongoing investigation relating to his transactions. The move comes weeks after the board commissioned an independent inquiry into a number of Jackson’s transactions. According to a statement by the news and lifestyle …
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No one can say that Jada Pinkett Smith isn’t a woman of her word. When singer August Alsina went public in June with his claim that he and Pinkett Smith had a romantic relationship with the “blessing” of her husband Will Smith, the Girls Trip actress promised to speak for herself …
Read More »Photo: Scott Olson (Getty Images) Remember the year of June 2020? Protests against police brutality took place all across the country as people were outraged by the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. Companies who usually wouldn’t be caught dead taking a side in any fight were saying “Black …
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