Obituaries
Viola “Mother” Ford Fletcher, one of the last living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died in Tulsa at the age of 111.
Jimmy Cliff’s international breakthrough came in 1972 after starring and recording the soundtrack for the cult classic film “The Harder They Come.”
Edi Gathegi called his role as Mister. Terrific a “pendulum swing in the opposite direction” from how his other superhero character was treated in 2011’s X-Men: First Class.
Donald Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" brings to Black women, including limiting reproductive care, maternal healthcare, and access to supplemental assistance programs such as WIC and SNAP.
In this op-ed, Dr. Stacey Patton picks apart Fox News host Lisa "Kennedy" Montgomery's latest insults against Rep. Jasmine Crockett and calls them what they are.
This wasn’t a compliment, it was a microaggression wrapped in ignorance, delivered with the smugness of someone who can barely string together a grammatically correct sentence himself.
In this op-ed, Dr. Stacey Patton explains how provisions in Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" limit educational opportunities for Black Americans.
Did y'all know there are at least two HBCUs in America (West Virginia to be specific) that are predominantly white?
The gospel music world mourns the loss of longtime Mississippi Mass Choir member "Mama" Mosie Burks, who recently passed at the age of 92.
The system has again demonstrated the degree to which the brutality inflicted by a powerful man like Sean “Diddy” Combs can be sanitized, rationalized, and mitigated.
In this op-ed, Preston Mitchum reminds us that an acquittal does not always signal the absence of guilt when it comes to Sean Combs.
The split verdict in the federal case against Sean “Diddy” Combs wasn’t justice. It was a cultural compromise protecting male power.