A hostile, unhinged “Karen” was caught on video verbally harassing and assaulting a Black Burger King employee. In a viral TikTok post filmed by a customer who witnessed the incident, a white customer begins yelling at the Pennsylvania employee. Shaneda…
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Nigeria Moves to Ban Foreign Models in Advertisements
Nigeria is banning foreign advertisers and voice over artists from doing its advertisements. Nigeria is the first country to enact a law like this. The ban will become effective October 1, but pending projects that were ongoing with foreign talent…
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Ashes of ‘Star Trek’ Actress Nichelle Nichols Going to Space for a Special Memorial Trip
Ashes and DNA of the late Nichelle Nichols are set to reach the final frontier for an “Enterprise memorial mission” that’s out of this world. The trailblazing actress who rose to prominence portraying Lt. Nyota Uhura on the original “Star…
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President Biden Pushes Gun Control, Wants Assault Weapons Ban
Listen to this article here President Biden spoke in front of a Pennsylvania crowd about gun control and crime on Tuesday, renewing his call for an assault weapons ban. Biden visited Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania to discuss his Safer America Plan to…
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‘I Hope Your Mama Let Me Beat You’: Montgomery County Settles Lawsuit with Woman Whose 5-Year-Old Was Handcuffed and Berated by Two Officers After He Wondered Off School Grounds
A Maryland County has announced a six-figure settlement with a Black woman who sued the municipality after two officers from its police department violated her son’s civil rights. On Friday, Aug. 26, the Office of the County Attorney for Montgomery…
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Black Attorney to Release New Film Based on His Novel About the 1800s Post Civil War Era
Nationwide — Attorney Roy Miller and Pop of Genius Films are already in the final stages of filming Edith Moon, an adaptation of Miller’s fictional novel by the same title. The book will be released in late September and the…
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The Jackson water crisis was preventable, but leaders failed to act
Listen to this article here The 150,000 residents of Jackson, Mississippi face a humanitarian crisis as access to clean water in the city disappears. For more than a month, Jacksonians have suffered under a local advisory to boil their tap…
Read MoreLamont Stappleton exposes Balenciaga for appropriating his ideas
Designer Lamont “Tory” Stapleton took to social media the weekend of Aug. 25 to charge the luxury brand Balenciaga of appropriation, a form of cultural exploitation that is particularly sensitive to the Black community regarding creative license. According to Lamont,…
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