Black America Breaking News for the African American Community
The U.S. has some of the most stringent social norms of any country regarding grief. (Photograph by Rachel Cox) The extent of our collective bereavement in the United States today is staggering. With more than 740,000 Americans dead from COVID-19, the country is grappling with an onslaught of grief. Some …
Read More »RHOP’s Mia And Candiace Finally Apologize To Each Other
It appears that Real Housewives of Potomac co-stars Mia Thornton and Candiace Dillard Bassett have finally buried the hatchet. The two castmates took a break from fighting on Sunday night’s episode (October 17) and decided to handle their issues with a different approach. They agreed that talking things through was …
Read More »NFL Will Play Black National Anthem In Pregame Ceremonies Games This Season
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Read More »Black-Owned Dental Company Inks Partnership Deal With The Charlotte Hornets
The Charlotte Hornets have announced a partnership with Smile Savvy Cosmetic Dentistry, a Black-owned cosmetic dentistry practice specializing in veneers. The deal makes Smile Savvy the first and only Black-owned dental partner and one of the few Black-owned companies to have a partnership deal with the NBA. Smile Savvy is …
Read More »Quilter Pays Homage to Black Women in History Who Fought for Voting Rights
Photo: Mel Nikof (Shutterstock) Some artists create art to tell a story, and a quilt exhibition in Houston is helping them to do just that—by highlighting the contributions of some African American women in history who fought for the right to vote through amazing pieces of art. Barbara Brown Gathers, …
Read More »A Movie That Reimagines What Sequels Are For
Sequels are clogging theaters this fall—just look at the new entries in the James Bond, Venom, Halloween, and Marvel franchises. Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir Part II is yet another retread, following up on her 2019 movie about a young filmmaker coming of age and navigating a doomed relationship. But this …
Read More »Oh Baby! Jimmie Allen Welcome’s His Second Daughter
Country singer Jimmie Allen and his wife Alexis Gale have officially welcomed their second child together. On Saturday (Oct. 16) the couple welcomed daughter Zara James in Nashville, Tennessee, before announcing the news the following day. Allen, who is also a contestant on this season’s Dancing With the Stars, shared …
Read More »Local Police and FBI Join Search For Missing Black Teen,14-Year-Old JaShyah Moore
A family in New Jersey is searching for a young girl who has been missing for two weeks, and now the FBI has joined the investigation into her whereabouts. According to Pix11, a 14-year-old girl has disappeared after going to a deli in East Orange, New Jersey, to pick up …
Read More »'He Has an Evil, Anti-American Spirit': Colin Kaepernick Catches the Wrath of the Internet for Comparing the NFL Draft Combine to a Slave Auction
Screenshot: Netflix *deep, heavy, Negro spiritual sigh* I have yet to catch the new Netflix series Colin in Black and White, which explores the formative years of exiled NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick in order to provide context into how he became the iconic figure he is today. But I think …
Read More »What Becoming a Parent Really Does to Your Happiness
Christopher Anderson / Magnum Few choices are more important than whether to have children, and psychologists and other social scientists have worked to figure out what having kids means for happiness. Some of the most prominent scholars in the field have argued that if you want to be happy, it’s …
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