Congrats are in order to black Broadway star Robert Hartwell who has purchased a home that was built in 1820 by slaves for a family that owned the cotton mill in town. Hartwell, who is the founder of The Broadway Collective, a training program for young artists, made the touching …

A former Miami Gardens police officer has turned himself in and been charged with four counts of battery and two counts of misconduct for tasing a Black woman’s stomach as he pressed his knee firmly against her neck outside of a popular Miami-area strip club. Adding insult to injury, he …

TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer sat down on Thursday with Peter Csathy, a seasoned digital investor and a former mentor at the Disney Accelerator, for an hour-long virtual conversation where he discussed the company’s role in the Tulsa Trump Rally. Mayer chose to remain neutral on the grassroots movement on TikTok, …

An 18-year-old Black woman in Madison, Wisconsin, was burned with lighter fluid in a suspected hate crime early Wednesday, according to a Madison police report. The woman, who has been identified as a local EMT by the name of Althea Bernstein, was stopped at a red light near State Street …

A disturbing video has been released as part of a civil lawsuit, which shows a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer in Kelowna, British Columbia dragging a female nursing student down a hallway following a wellness check at her apartment. More shockingly, the officer is seen stepping on her head. The …

The U.S. military is seeing an uptick in many of its members becoming “Boogaloo Bois,” a group of anti-government demonstrators who glorify civil war and violence against the government. Military personnel are not allowed to “actively advocate” or “actively participate” in supremacist, extremist or criminal gang doctrine, ideology, or causes …

Will Smith and Warner Bros. have been hit with a new lawsuit over the upcoming film, “King Richard,” which is directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green and is based on the life of Venus and Serena Williams’ father Richard Williams. In court docs filed in LA Superior Court this week, TW3 …

Jay-Z’s streaming service Tidal, along with Diddy’s Revolt TV, made the decision to drop Russell Simmons episode of “Drink Champs” from streaming platforms following an outpouring of backlash from his sexual assault accusers. All social media posts promoting the episode have also been erased. Earlier in the week, Tidal began …

In the midst of a global pandemic, East Africa and West Asia are grappling with a devastating locust plague. Desert locusts are a part of the grasshopper family and are migratory. What makes them so destructive is the fact that they feast on crops and travel in massive swarms according …

A disturbing video has emerged out of Chattanooga, Tennessee showing white police officers brutally beating a handcuffed black man as he lay on the ground, pleading for them to stop. “Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop! No! Ma, they’re cutting my air off!” Reginald Arrington Jr, an Ohio native, can be …

On Tuesday, 67-year-old porn star Ron Jeremy was charged with raping three women and sexually assaulting another. Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey said that the adult actor, whose full name is Ronald Jeremy Hyatt, is accused of forcibly raping a 25-year-old woman at a home in West Hollywood …

A recent study, which took a hard look at algorithmic bias, determined that racial discrimination could play a large part in the pricing on rideshare apps such as Lyft and Uber. Akshat Pandey and Aylin Caliskan of George Washington University examined a data set of more than 100 million trips …

Remember back in 2017 when rapper Lil Boosie sued Dillard’s for racially profiling him inside one of their stores? Well, it looks like a judge has just dismissed the case. Boosie claims that while in a Dillard’s department store in Biloxi, Mississippi, with his entourage, a plainclothes security guard approached …

On Thursday, the Historic Greenwood Chamber of Commerce in Tulsa, Oklahoma, announced the launch of a $10 million campaign to restore the Greenwood District, also known as “Black Wall Street.” In 1921, over 600 black businesses flourished along Greenwood Avenue until riots led by white supremacists intimidated by the success …

Stacy Talbert, who has become known across social media as “McMuffin Cop,” has spoken out about her now-viral drive-thru meltdown. “I’m not bitching. I think that shit’s funny,” Talbert told BuzzFeed News in a phone interview Thursday, making light of the social media taunting. “‘Cop Karen’ — whoever did that, …

Several of hip-hop’s biggest female pioneers will be receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2021. On Thursday, radio host Ellen K, who serves as the Walk of Fame’s selection-panel chair, was joined by Hollywood Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Rana Ghadban on Facebook Live, where …

Snapchat has issued an apology after finding itself in hot water over its controversial Juneteenth filter on Friday. The filter allows users to “smile and break the chains.” However, it was pulled from the social site around 11 AM Friday morning. Sources close to the matter revealed that while black …

Fox News commentator Tucker Carlson does not have to verify the validity of his statements, nor does his audience expect him to, according to a lawyer for Fox News on Wednesday. The controversial network is being hit with a defamation lawsuit from Karen McDougal, the former Playboy model, who made …

On Saturday, a North Carolina man was arrested after attempting to kidnap a 4-year-old boy from a Tampa, Florida hotel room, according to the Tampa Police Department. While it is not clear why 31-year-old Desmond Johnson was in Florida or why he targeted the family, the brazen abduction attempt took …

Atlanta megachurch pastor Louie Giglio has issued an apology for his comments during Sunday’s virtual church service, where he suggested that whites use the phrase “white blessing” as opposed to “white privilege.” Christian rapper Lecrae and Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy joined Giglio of Passion City Church for what was referred …