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Mary J. Blige Hired Black-Owned Agency To Get More Black Women On Her Festival Team

Mary J Blige’s Strength of A Woman Festival (SOAW) is all about putting women first, especially Black women. So it only made sense to have a team of women work together to bring the second annual event to life. To do this, the Grammy Award-winning si...

Twin Brothers From Georgia Graduate High School as Valedictorian and Salutatorian

Twin brothers Mykel and Markel Rainey, who are from Cuthbert, Georgia, graduate from their high school as the valedictorian and the salutatorian of their class. The Rainey brothers have consistently been driven by their goal of excelling in their edu...

Staff at Top U.S. Farm Research Center File Complaint Alleging Unsafe Work Conditions

Three employees of the largest agricultural research facility in the U.S. have filed federal whistleblower complaints alleging that the facility’s conditions are hazardous to workers and undermine their research, even as farmers are facing pressing i...

LeBron James Fumbles the Ball and Misses Layup That Costs Lakers Win

In the Michael Jordan versus LeBron James debates, it’s been stated many times that James can’t be the type of clutch player Jordan was. After the last Lakers playoff game, some say the argument is very valid. According to CBS Sports, in...

Officers Arrest Republican Councilman After Finding Him With Drug Paraphernalia

Officers were flagged down after Rhode Island Councilman Matthew R. Reilly was spotted in a car choking in his sleep. Body cam footage showed the details of the Republican council member’s arrest as Cranston police uncovered some shocking items in hi...

Former Officers Indicted For Beating Black Jail Inmate After Video Surfaces

Three former Camden County Sheriff’s officers have been indicted by a grand jury in Georgia after video footage from security cameras showed them jumping 41-year-old Jarrett Hobbs, a Black North Carolina jail inmate arrested after a traffic stop. Acc...

Nashville Set To Rename Street After ‘Harmonica Wizard’ and Country Music Legend DeFord Bailey

One of country music’s pioneers, DeFord Bailey, will have his legacy live on forever in Nashville, Tennessee. ABC News reports a street will be named after the “Harmonica Wizard,” DeFord Bailey, on May 20. The street will be named DeFord Bailey Avenu...

Supreme Court Rules Andy Warhol’s Prince Image Isn’t Fair Use

A new ruling may have ended the bickering concerning “fair use.” The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the late Andy Warhol, who died in 1987, stating he infringed on a copyright of a photograph of the late musician Prince when he used it in 1981 to c...

Greenwood Donates $50K to The King Center, UNCF, NAACP, Goodr, and the Greenwood Chamber of Commerce to Uplift Black Communities

Greenwood, the digital banking platform for Black and Latino individuals and businesses, has officially announced its Give Back Program – a user-led initiative dedicated to recirculating wealth into local communities through philanthropic donations....

Rapper and Actor Ludacris Receives Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

“When I move, you move, just like that….” And just like that, Ludacris has taken his place on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. According to People, Chris Bridges, the rapper and actor we know as Ludacris, had his star embedded in the fam...

The Paparazzi Who Pursue Harry and Meghan – What Are The Rules?

Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan were pursued by photographers in New York on Tuesday in what the prince’s spokesperson described as a “near catastrophic car chase,” highlighting the often tense relationship between...

Miracles at Graduation: Paralyzed Gunshot Victim Walks Across The Stage at College Graduation

Cheers exploded during a graduation ceremony at a Virginia community college after witnessing a miracle by student Khalil Watson. With the help of a device called Ekso Bionics’ exoskeleton, a wearable device that assists patients in pushing their lim...

How educational games have evolved over time

By Caroline Delbert The act of having fun raises levels of dopamine, endorphins, and oxygen in a person’s body: all essential ingredients for learning. Oliver Davis // Getty Images For educational games to be successful, their cr...

Blac Chyna Earns Doctoral Degree In Religious Liberal Arts

Angela White, more popularly known as Blac Chyna, earned her doctoral degree in religious liberal arts from the Sacramento Theological Seminary and Bible College. The 35-year-old mother of two shared a photo of her diploma and announced the news on h...

Georgia Added To List of States Adapting Digital Driver’s License Option

Drivers in Georgia will have a new option for showing identification. The Georgia Department of Driver Services has announced a digital option for driver’s licenses, WSB-TV reports. Georgia residents can immediately add the valid ID option to their i...