Steve Harvey’s Bringing His Shtick to Africa, Y’all!Steve Harvey has landed a major deal to bring his popular Family Feud to Africa.ByDara SharifPublishedAugust 29, 2019
New Trump Policy Ends US Citizenship Rights to Children of Some Troops Stationed OverseasThe Trump administration set off a firestorm of fear Wednesday after it announced it was ending U.S. citizenship…ByDara SharifPublishedAugust 28, 2019
State Democratic Leaders to Presidential Hopefuls: Remember Y’all Ain’t Barack ObamaBarack Obama may still be Democrats’ (and just about everyone else’s) fave, but party leaders weren’t too happy when…ByDara SharifPublishedAugust 28, 2019
Too Few Black and Latino Students Get Into NYC’s Gifted and Talented Programs, So NYC Considers Dumping the ProgramsIn an effort to end the underrepresentation of black and Latinx children in gifted and talented programs throughout…ByDara SharifPublishedAugust 28, 2019
Rep. Ilhan Omar Accused of Being a Homewrecker in Explosive Divorce Filing by DC DoctorA Washington, D.C., doctor is accusing Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar of being the reason her husband left her, in…ByDara SharifPublishedAugust 27, 2019
Leslie Jones Is Bidding Deuces to Saturday Night LiveFunny lady Leslie Jones will not be returning to Saturday Night Live when the sketch comedy returns for its 45th…ByDara SharifPublishedAugust 27, 2019
Catholic Order Paid 2 Black Men a Measly $15,000 to Settle Sex Abuse Claims and Keep It on the HushThe Franciscan Friars, a Catholic religious order, not only paid a paltry sum to two black men who’d been abused as…ByDara SharifPublishedAugust 27, 2019
NJ Hypes $120 Million Plan to Slash the Time Needed to Replace Newark’s Toxic Lead PipesAs concerns continue to grow about dangerous lead in Newark, N.J.’s drinking water, Mayor Ras Baraka, along with…ByDara SharifPublishedAugust 26, 2019
#AtHomeWhileBlack: Police Drag Black North Carolina Homeowner From His Own House After False AlarmA North Carolina man says he was humiliated and thought he was going to be killed when police dragged him out of his…ByDara SharifPublishedAugust 26, 2019
Late Charge: Judge Says Prosecutors’ Demand to Free ‘Innocent’ Man Jailed for Murder Comes 24 Years Too LateDespite overwhelming evidence by prosecutors that a man sitting in a Missouri prison was wrongfully convicted of…ByDara SharifPublishedAugust 26, 2019
California Teen Seeks Justice in Court After Being Beaten by Police While at a Family Birthday PartyA California teen who ended up being pummeled by a police officer when cops raided a relative’s birthday party…ByDara SharifPublishedAugust 23, 2019
ICE Said to Have Shut Down an Immigrant Hotline After Orange Is the New Black Featured It in an EpisodeIn what seems to be a case of life imitating art, Donald Trump style, immigration advocates charge the Trump…ByDara SharifPublishedAugust 23, 2019
Newly Appointed Special Prosecutor in the Jussie Smollett Case Will Reinvestigate the Actor’s Infamous Tale and the Saga That FollowedTalk about making a federal case out of something. A Chicago judge on Friday appointed a former U.S. attorney—a fed,…ByDara SharifPublishedAugust 23, 2019
It’s Finally Happening: Serena Williams to Face Off Against Maria Sharapova at US Open for 1st TimeSerena Williams has met, and defeated, rival Maria Sharapova at many a tennis tournament—Wimbledon, the Australian…ByDara SharifPublishedAugust 22, 2019
Colin Kaepernick Reveals the Source of His Inspiration for National Anthem ProtestIt’s well-known that Colin Kaepernick started his protest on the gridiron to bring attention to the police brutality…ByDara SharifPublishedAugust 22, 2019
‘Jawn Wick’ Was a Snitch: Accused Philly Cop Shooter Said to Have Been an Informant for the FedsThe man charged with shooting six Philadelphia cops during an eight-hour standoff with police as they tried to serve…ByDara SharifPublishedAugust 22, 2019
Black Ex-Felons Will Bear the Brunt of Florida’s New ‘Poll Tax’ Law, According to Findings of New StudySome 80 percent of Florida’s ex-felons eligible to vote will be barred from registering under a new state law,…ByDara SharifPublishedAugust 21, 2019
Black NYPD Sergeant Who Oversaw Cop Who Killed Eric Garner Loses 20 Vacation Days for Her Role in Deadly EncounterNew York City Police Sgt. Kizzy Adonis, the only other cop officially implicated in the death of Staten Island dad…ByDara SharifPublishedAugust 21, 2019
Nah, Jigga: Jay-Z Reportedly Has No Chance of Getting His Hands on an NFL TeamAfter a controversial announcement that he was making a deal with the devil the oft-criticized NFL, word on the…ByDara SharifPublishedAugust 21, 2019
Don’t Get It ‘Twis’-ted: Sign Language Interpreter Steals the Show at a Twista Concert and Shows Importance of Access for Deaf PeopleTwista may be the fastest-rapping MC in the world, but how good is he with his hands? His sign-language interpretive…ByDara SharifPublishedAugust 20, 2019