Black America Breaking News for the African American Community
Photo: Bennian (Shutterstock) Right now is a difficult time for Black America. Last summer, we saw a massive wave of Black Lives Matter protests across the nation and an equally massive spotlight on systemic racism in policing—we called it a racial awakening. Then, in the midst of a nationally televised …
Read More »Academy of Country Music Awards: Mickey Guyton Wants Collab
Subscribe Season 2021 Clip (05:46) 12 hours ago BET Breaks: Academy of Country Music Awards: Mickey Guyton Wants Collab With Beyoncé, Talks Black Girl Magic Source link
Read More »Dwayne Wade Purchases Ownership Stake in Utah Jazz; Plans to Use Opportunity to Expand Impact
NBA superstar Dwayne Wade has purchased a minority ownership stake in the Utah Jazz. The retired Miami Heat guard is expanding his basketball legacy beyond the court. “Proud and excited to become a part of the Utah Jazz family with Ryan Smith and the rest of the amazing ownership team,” …
Read More »Surprising to Nobody Black, Kyle Rittenhouse Receives Donations From Cops and Public Officials, According to Data Breach
Photo: Nam Y. Huh, Pool (AP) At this point, even saying it is just beating a dead white nationalist horse, but: There are two Americas. Kyle Rittenhouse proves this to a flawless degree. In right-wing media, he’s been referred to as “a little boy out there trying to protect his …
Read More »<em>The Atlantic</em> Daily: 4 Theories to Explain the Blood-Clot Problem
The COVID-19 Outbreak (DeAgostini / Getty / Katie Martin / The Atlantic) This week, America hit its latest vaccination roadblock: The Johnson & Johnson offering remains on pause in the United States as regulators investigate six cases of a rare blood-clotting disorder in recently vaccinated people, all women under 50. …
Read More »Pandora Celebrates HBCUs With Playlist Featuring Alumni
Pandora is celebrating some of the biggest stars in entertainment who studied at Historically Black Colleges and University. Gladys Knight (Shaw University), Megan The Stallion (Prairie View A&M University, Killer Mike (Morehouse) and more are featured on the streaming platform’s Voices of HBCU playlist. The collection of songs (listed below) …
Read More »Memorial Service for DMX Will Be Held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn
A memorial for late rapper DMX will take place at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Saturday, April 24th. According to TMZ, the memorial will only be open to close friends and family. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, the Barclays Center can only accommodate 10% capacity. The memorial will be live-streamed …
Read More »Surprise, Surprise: Facebook Groups for Elite Military Members Become Platforms for Racism, QAnon-sense and Election Fraud Propaganda
Photo: Bumble Dee (Shutterstock) It should surprise absolutely no one that some elite members of the U.S. armed forces are QAnon-following MAGAts who are gullible enough to buy into ex-y’all’s-president’s “stop the steal” propaganda and racist enough to believe that Black Lives Matter is an evil that should be punished. …
Read More »Keyshia Cole’s Hickey Has Social Media Upset
Keyshia Cole is head over heels for her new man, and it appears that the pair are showing their affection for each other in several ways. But when the “Love” artist headed to her Instagram account on April 14 to display a “love bite” for her new beau, the internet …
Read More »An Ode to the Left Hand
Tim Lahan This article was published online on April 17, 2021. I raised the drumstick, brought it down, and a dreamworld opened beneath me. A dreamworld, to be clear, of incompetence. A dreamworld of crapness and debility. A slump in tempo, an abyss. I was sitting at my practice drum …
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