The ongoing battle between Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna over full custody of their daughter, Dream, escalated when Chyna called the Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services to report a burn suffered while being watched by Rob. Page Six reported that Dream allegedly received a burn on …
Read More »Meet The Black Woman Taking the Lead to Develop a Vaccine For COVID-19
image: UMBC Magazine The spread of COVID-19, otherwise known as the coronavirus, has caused massive panic and has thousands of people sick or economically impacted in its wake. The public health crisis has caused many scientists around the world to begin work on finding a vaccine and cure to alleviate …
Read More »Idris Elba Shuts Down Cardi B’s COVID-19 Conspiracy
Idris Elba is using his voice to debunk conspiracy theories circling the novel coronavirus pandemic. The actor and his wife Sabrina Dhowre both recently revealed that they tested positive for the disease. Elba took to his Instagram Live to respond to rapper Cardi B who claimed that she believed that …
Read More »I’m a Black American stuck in Ghana during the COVID-19 pandemic
(Photo: Courtesy of Rashad McCrorey) I originally purchased a one-way ticket to Ghana from New York City and arrived on Feb. 27 with an itinerary full of business meetings and social events to promote my tourism company. But after a successful first two weeks in Ghana, on March 15, Ghanaian …
Read More »Study Finds Racial Bias in Voice Recognition Software Used by Largest Tech Companies
Photo: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images) A common misconception equates the use of correct English with “talking white.” It’s a false and toxic notion, but that doesn’t necessarily mean “talking white” or “talking black” aren’t actual things. Perhaps it just has more to do with tone and pitch than it does …
Read More »Trevor Noah Backs Kids Food Charity While Social Distancing
Many people around the country are adjusting to staying home and social distancing in order to stop the spread of the coronavirus. But for Trevor Noah, there’s not much to get used to. Noah made a video chat appearance on the “At Home” edition of Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show on …
Read More »Nurse Alice Answers Your Coronavirus Questions About a Vaccine, Myths, And Other Concerns
To help stop the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, small businesses, school districts, and entire industries have come to a screeching halt while Americans are being encouraged to practice “social distancing” and remain indoors. Furthermore, millions of others have been placed under a growing list of state-issued stay-at-home orders. During …
Read More »3-Week-Old Baby in New York is Youngest Person in U.S. to Test Positive for Coronavirus
A three-week-old baby in Long Island, New York has reportedly tested positive for coronavirus, making the infant the youngest person in the United States to contract the disease. Fox News reported that the newborn was treated at NYU Winthrop Hospital in Mineola for several days, but is now home …
Read More »‘The Fact That I Can’t Fix Things Now Is Breaking My Heart’
How to get cash into servers’ pockets—and food onto the plates of the many thousands more gig workers suddenly without income—is the key question for restaurant owners across the industry. For workers, the shock was equally sudden. Lillian DeVane, a bar manager in Brooklyn, “felt unsafe” as the coronavirus started …
Read More »Kenya Moore Shares New Pictures Of Baby Brooklyn
Kenya Moore, and her daughter Brooklyn Doris Daly, soaked up the Santorini sun while spending some special mommy-and-me time in Greece. The Real Housewives of Atlanta co-star shared some precious pics of her mini-me while they traveled on what she calls “one of the most memorable trips” she has ever …
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