Black America Breaking News for the African American Community

After Kanye West pulled out of the upcoming Coachella festival, organizers immediately went and found a suitable replacement in The Weeknd, who wanted Kanye’s salary—and got it. According to PageSix, to combat any fallout from Ye not being at next week’s Coachella Festival, organizers of the popular annual showcase announced that …

Awareness of the Black maternal health crisis has risen in recent years, but progress in preventing Black maternal morbidity or major complications during childbirth has unfortunately been much slower. While several politicians—including Vice President Kamala Harris—have lobbied to highlight racial disparities in maternal health in hope of improving outcomes, Black …

Photo: Valerie Macon (Getty Images) In elementary school, the closest thing to Black literature offered to me was To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. In high school, the only Black book I read was A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry. The majority of literature on the syllabi …

Circulating word that fashion icon Rihanna is a billionaire isn’t actually new “news.” However, this week, the global superstar made her debut on Forbes’ popular World Billionaires List for 2022.  According to People, Ri-Ri joined fellow “Run this Town” artists Jay-Z and Kanye West on the list.  Rihanna poses for a picture in …

Watching Julia, you might deduce that there’s a reason Saint Augustine likened food to sex: Both dance in a space somewhere between necessary sustenance and greedy desire. For Julia Child, the two were inextricable. “I feel I am only existing until I see you, and hug you, and eat you,” …

Shaquille O’Neal continues to make big moves in a BIG way. The basketball Hall of Famer and respected entrepreneur is expanding his fast-casual chicken restaurant franchise, Big Chicken, after inking a 50 unit deal in Texas. According to QSR magazine, Big Chicken will be opening shop in four of the …

There is no shortage of Black talent in all fields of design—but when it comes to a pipeline for that talent to be identified, fostered and succeed through their respective fields, the lack of access remains staggering. It’s a dichotomy acclaimed artist and academic Theaster Gates has long been on …

Senator Raphael G. Warnock attends the 2022 King Holiday Observance Beloved Community Commemorative Service at Ebenezer Baptist Church on January 17, 2022, in Atlanta, Georgia.Photo: Paras Griffin (Getty Images) The Georgia Senate race is slated to be one of the most competitive during the 20202 midterms–34 seats will be up …

My stepdad, Obbie Riley, was born in Philadelphia, Mississippi, a place known nationally more for an act of unspeakable violence than for anything else. He turned 2 during the Freedom Summer of 1964, when nearly 1,000 volunteers from up north worked alongside local activists registering Black Mississippians to vote. A …

Few careers have been as future-proof as computer programming. A focus on S.T.E.M. reinforces the notion that the aforementioned doesn’t look to change any time soon. Not only have computers been more commonplace in the home, but as companies and businesses continue to allow employees to work from home, computers …