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NFL's first male dancers will hit the sidelines this season
NFL fans will see history made this season, and it has nothing to do with what goes on between the goalposts.
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Los Angeles Rams cheerleader Napoleon Jinnies dances during his audition for the squad in March.
Published on August 6, 2018
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This Family Owns the First Ever Black-Owned Furniture Brokerage — With Access to $200 Million in Factory Direct High-End Custom Furniture!
Texas Wholesale Furniture Co., based in Houston, Texas, is owned and operated by Prairie View A&M Alum, husband and wife team, Brandon and Naima Townsend. Their company works with 200 manufacturers nationwide, and specializes in wholesaling high-end residential and office furniture.
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13-Year Old Black Girl Needed a Heart Transplant After Being Brutally Attacked by a White Man
Dorika Uwimana has been in the hospital for the past 4 months due to severe injuries after being brutally assaulted by Terry Wayne King II, a white man, while she was on her way to school. Her injuries were so bad that she needed a heart transplant, and it wasn’t until last week that she finally received a new heart.
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Filmmaker Rick Famuyiwa Set to Produce Disney Live-Action Fairytale About an African Princess, Titled “Sadé”
Shuri may have new company as a Disney princess with Disney having acquired a live-action fairytale film pitch.
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Lynden A. Archer, Gary S. May and Gabriel C. Ejebe to be Inducted Into the National Academy of Engineering for 2018
The National Academy of Engineering has 83 new members this year. The new members bring the total number of U.S. members to 2,293. The new members will be inducted in a ceremony in Washington, D.C., on September 30.
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Spike Lee Gets Rights to Use Unreleased Prince Song in New Film, ‘BlacKkKlansman’
While Spike Lee’s upcoming BlacKkKlansman movie has already received critical acclaim ahead of its August 10th release, viewers are in for a treat at the end of the movie when a Prince song plays; something the award-winning director believes was meant to be.
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Rihanna Becomes 1st Black Woman to Land Cover of British Vogue’s September Issue
Rihanna made history by becoming the first black woman to appear on the cover of British Vogue‘s September issue. Like the publication’s U.S. edition, the September issue is the most prestigious edition of the fashion magazine.
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Trump's attacks on LeBron fit a disturbing pattern
There's no disputing that Donald Trump's pattern of attacking well-known African-Americans as having "low IQs" or being of low intelligence is parroting the white nationalist view that blacks are inherently less intelligent than whites. The only question is whether Trump was intentionally espousing the views of white supremacists.
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Health Doesn’t Stop When a Hurricane Starts
AmeriHealth Caritas shares tips for staying safe and maintaining health following a hurricane
According to the National Weather Service, the North Atlantic hurricane season is approaching its peak.[i] Hurricanes and other natural disasters don’t discriminate in their victims.
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Why this weekend's Trump Tower tweet matters
President Donald Trump on Sunday offered his starkest and most direct acknowledgment yet that his son, campaign chairman and son-in-law met with a Russian lawyer to get dirt on Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential campaign.
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Randy Moss attends his Hall of Fame ceremony wearing a tie that honors African-Americans killed by police
Former NFL wide receiver Randy Moss used his wardrobe to make a powerful statement at his Pro Football Hall of Fame induction, wearing a necktie bearing the names of African-Americans killed by police or while in police custody.
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Rand Paul, in Moscow, invites Russian lawmakers to Washington
Sen. Rand Paul on Monday invited Russian lawmakers to Washington after meeting Russian members of parliament in Moscow.
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Gunfire follows rapper 21 Savage's 'Issa Back to School Drive'
Rapper 21 Savage attended a back-to-school event Saturday that ended in gunfire with one person injured.
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Search for missing toddler leads to discovery of 11 emaciated children
What started as a search for a 3-year-old Georgia boy led to a horrid discovery 1,400 miles away.
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Tyler Perry Donates $250K for Harvey Relief
Lakewood Church Pastor Joel Osteen welcomed actor, producer, and director Tyler Perry to the pulpit this past Sunday for a candid conversation about his journey of faith.
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Saudis expel Canadian envoy, vow to relocate students over tweets about rights activist
Amid escalating tensions that are damaging economic and diplomatic ties between the countries, Saudi Arabia said Monday that it would relocate about 7,000 Saudi scholarship recipients studying in Canada.
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What impact will US sanctions on Iran actually have?
Even before his shock win in 2016, US President Donald Trump was vocal in his criticism of the nuclear deal that the US, UK, France, Germany, Russia, and China signed with Iran in 2015.
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5 things for August 6: Venezuela, Russia, NRA
The view is not the only draw at the Space Needle. Now the Seattle icon sports the world's first revolving glass floor. Here's what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door.
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Beto O’Rourke Meets with Houston Greeks
Photography Courtesy of the Beto O’Rourke Campaign - Members of the National Panhellenic Council of …
