Keisha Lance Bottoms is Primed For Such a Time as This
“When I dare to be powerful – to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.” . Credit: The Office of...
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Why Black Governors Should Follow Wes Moore’s Lead on Education
Wes Moore has shown how we can improve educational outcomes for Black students, even under the Trump administration. Read more.
Ohio father charged after shooting man accused of assaulting his daughter
A Grove City, Ohio, father is facing felony charges after police say he used his daughter’s TikTok account to draw a man accused of sexually assaulting her to their...
Toyota stock rockets to its biggest jump in decades on hybrid boom
Toyota shares posted their biggest single-day rally in years after the automaker raised its full-year profit forecast, showing that its long bet on hybrids is finally...
Hyundai airbag recall: 37,901 Kona Electric and Veloster N cars affected
Hyundai is recalling 37,901 vehicles because a software error in the airbag control unit could switch off the airbags without warning, according to the National...
TikTok launches a secret shopping app that could upend Amazon and Temu
TikTok has taken a major step deeper into ecommerce, rolling out a standalone shopping app in select markets as it works to turn scrolling into spending. The new app...
Jamie Foxx is a dad again as baby No. 3 arrives
Jamie Foxx is a dad again. The Oscar winner, 58, and his girlfriend, Alyce Huckstepp, 31, have welcomed their first child together, People first reported Nov. 4. The...
Claressa Shields is trading boxing gloves for the mic with new music project
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 16: Claressa Shields attends the 2024 Women's Sports Foundation's Annual Salute To Women In Sports at Cipriani Wall Street on October 16,...
5 profitable ways to use AI for extra money, step by step
To make extra money with AI, pick one skill you already have, learn a few AI tools well enough to deliver faster and better work, build samples, find paying customers...
Republicans Say ‘Secretary Of War’ Pete Hegseth’s Days Are Numbered Amid Midterms Fallout
Source: Finn Gomez / Getty Now that Republicans have suffered midterm losses beyond even what they were projected to lose, everyone in the MAGA world is pointing...
Bluesky hits record surge as election night ignites a frenzy
Election night turned into the busiest day of the year for Bluesky, as the platform recorded its highest volume of posts, replies and likes since January. Bluesky...
Kimmarie Johnson dies at 50: What we know about her final days
Kimmarie Johnson, an actress and model who appeared on Beverly Hills, 90210, has died at age 50, according to her niece. Johnson was diagnosed with a heart aneurysm...
British CEO Ian Thomas Named Most Influential Black Leader In The UK
Ian Thomas, the first Black chief executive of the City of London Corporation in its more than 900-year history, has been named the United Kingdom’s most influential...
‘They Just Neglected Her’: Florida Mom Says Daughter Asked Cops for Help Before Walking to Park Where She Was Shot and Killed
Fort Lauderdale police officers told Myrah Zeigler they would accompany her to a nearby park to retrieve car keys that had been stolen, according to body-camera...
Pro-ICE Sheriff Is Toppled by a Black Pastor in NC
Shannon Long defeated longtime Alamance County Sheriff Terry Johnson with 52.41% of the vote, campaigning on ending addressing racial profiling and rebuilding trust...
Nithya Raman Projected To Upset Karen Bass In LA Mayoral Race
Source: MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images / Getty If I had to sum up this year’s midterm elections in one word, it’d be “upset.” From Senate...
Joshua Suiter Was Set to Be Best Man In a Wedding When a Last-Minute ‘All’s Fair’ Audition Threw His Plans Into Chaos
The Kim Kardashian -led legal drama series, “All’s Fair,” returned for its second season with new characters, new storylines, and sophisticated plot twists. Despite...
Iowa post office shooting leaves 3 hurt as police sweep
Three people were hurt this morning, Nov. 5, when gunfire broke out inside an Iowa post office, and police say the suspected shooter is in custody. The shooting...
Chaos Erupts at Jackson City Council Meeting as the Fight Over Data Centers Got Personal
Kenneth Stokes’ city council meeting outburst went viral, but Mississippi’s growing data center debate reveals deeper tensions within the community. Read more.
OpenAI data centers: Backlash forces new community policy blueprint
OpenAI says it will pay the full cost of electricity for the data centers it owns and operates, publish construction plans, seek input from neighbors and stop using...
Overnight Humboldt Park gunfire leaves 2 teens hurt
Two teenage boys were wounded in a shooting early today, in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood, and police are still looking for the shooter. What happened? Chicago...
The Met Gala 2027 Theme Is Here, and Black Culture Has Been Making the Ordinary Extraordinary for Decades
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has officially announced the theme for its 2027 Costume Institute exhibition, extraORDINARY: Fashion and the Poetics of the Everyday ,...
Elon Musk’s Government Gravy Train Just Ran Out Of Track
Source: Win McNamee / Getty The blue tsunami didn’t just flip Congress upside down. It may also ruin one of President Donald Trump’s biggest benefactors, a man who...
Illinois makes history as Juliana Stratton’s win puts two women of color in the U.S. Senate
Illinois Democratic Senate candidate Lt. Governor Juliana Stratton celebrates her primary win on March 17, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois. Stratton is hoping to replace...
H＆M and Maison Black Are Bringing 26 Black-Owned Brands to Stores Across the Country
Black-owned brands deserve more than a moment in the spotlight, and H&M is putting some retail muscle behind that sentiment. The global fashion retailer is joining...
Jax’s Addiction Storyline On Reasonable Doubt Is As Necessary As It Is Authentic
For four seasons of Reasonable Doubt , we have watched Jax Stewart be a bad ass, successful Black woman that takes everything on the chin. Similar to most Black...
5 hard truths about what really causes plane accidents
Technical fault or human error? In most plane accidents it is both, plus a chain of other factors. Investigators rarely find a single cause. They find design choices,...
Keisha Lance Bottoms historic win inspires call for Jeezy to remix ‘My President’
Getty Images A Threads user invoked the Atlanta rapper’s Obama-era anthem after Bottoms became the first Black woman elected governor in U.S. history. Keisha Lance...
Chris Christie Rips Vivek Ramaswamy After Crushing Loss to Amy Acton
Vivek Ramaswamy learned the hard way that losing an election is one thing, but the political humiliation that followed his defeat gave the public even more to talk...
How Pastor Philip Anthony Mitchell’s book hit No. 1
Pastor Philip Anthony Mitchell has added a major new title to his name: bestselling author. The founder and lead pastor of 2819 Church in Atlanta saw his debut book,...
Dewayne Perkins’ “I Swear We’re Friends” Gives Insight Into Black Queer Friendship ＆ The Nuance Of Black Men
As an ode to some of our favorite TV classics like Girlfriends, Charmed, Succession, and Noah’s Arc, actor-comedian Dewayne Perkins is splitting his talents between...
Tesla stock sinks 30% below its high: What is behind it?
Tesla shares fell sharply today extending a post-election sell-off. The stock traded near $349 in morning trading, down about 9%, and sits roughly 30% below its...
Ms. Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean take the Fugees global, one collage at a time
Somewhere right now, a phone is ringing. Only this time, you’re the one calling and the Fugees are picking up. Three decades after The Score turned a crew of...
Cynthia Erivo to Play Tupac’s Mom Afeni Shakur in New Film and Black Folks Online Are Not Pleased
Cynthia Erivo will soon be portraying the mother of the late rapper Tupac Shakur and the news isn't sitting well with a lot of Black folks online! Here's why. Read more.
AMD tumbles from $452 open as chip stocks crater
AMD shares fell sharply today, even though the chipmaker reported the largest and most profitable quarter in its history just two days earlier. The stock traded near...
Nvidia earnings Nov. 17: What to watch after the sell-off
Nvidia shares fell sharply today, extending a chip sell-off that began after the midterm elections. The stock traded near $189.75 in morning trading, down about 5%,...
Shirley Chisholm Inspired a Record-Breaking 120th Congress for Black Women: Her Story, Now On Stage
On November 5, 1968, voters in Brooklyn, New York, made their voices heard as Shirley Chisholm, a former educator, became the first Black woman elected to Congress....
Viral Video Shows Ohio Woman’s Heated Exchange with Older Man Who Attacked Her at a Costco Gas Pump
An Ohio woman who says a man assaulted her at a gas pump hopes the public can help identify the alleged perpetrator. The confrontation sent the woman to the hospital...
Director of Development, Word In Black
Organization: Word In Black, Public Benefit Corp. Position details: Exempt, 40 hours per week, salaried. Location: Anywhere in the continental United States with...
Soccer legend Cristiano Ronaldo announces retirement
Cristiano Ronaldo has officially called time on his international soccer career, bringing an emotional end to one of the most decorated runs in the history of the...
