Category : Lifestyle

Justice Jackson Uses Black Americans History to Stand Up for Birthright Citizenship

WASHINGTON — Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said Black Americans helped secure birthright citizenship through generations of constitutional struggle as the U.S. Supreme Court rejected President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to restrict the l...

Singer Muni Long Credits Double Lung Transplant With Saving Her Life Amid Dire One-Week Prognosis

Singer Muni Long says a life-saving double lung transplant came only after doctors warned she had one week to live, forcing the Grammy-winning performer to choose between hospice care and emergency surgery. The decision ended a months-long health cr...

Rap Legend Twista Pleads Guilty as IRS Pursues $440,000 in Unpaid Taxes, Faces Up to Five Years in Prison

Rapper Twista built a career on platinum albums, sold-out performances and one of hip-hop's fastest deliveries, yet his latest appearance came inside a federal courtroom rather than a recording studio. Carl Mitchell, the Chicago artist known profess...

Nation of Islam First Lady Mother Khadijah Farrakhan Dies at 90 After 72-Year Marriage to Minister Louis Farrakhan

Mother Khadijah Farrakhan, the longtime wife of Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan, has died at 90, closing a 72-year marriage that placed her beside one of the most influential religious figures in modern Black America. Her passing was...

DOJ Says UC Davis Medical School Favored Black Applicants at the Expense of White and Asian Students

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The U.S. Department of Justice concluded that the University of California, Davis School of Medicine violated federal anti-discrimination law by using race-based admissions practices that allegedly favored Black and Hispanic app...

Detroit Lions CB Terrion Arnold Charged With Kidnapping, Armed Robbery in Alleged $250,000 Retaliation Plot

TAMPA, Fla. — Detroit Lions cornerback Terrion Arnold has been charged with kidnapping, armed robbery and conspiracy after Florida prosecutors accused him of directing a violent plot against three men he mistakenly believed had stolen luxury goods a...

SZA Drags AI Manipulators Who Trained on 238 of Her Songs Without Permission

SZA is speaking out after discovering that artificial intelligence systems had allegedly trained on 238 of her songs, including tracks she believes may never have been released to the public. Posts shared to Instagram showed the Grammy-winning singer...

Clive Davis, Legendary Music Executive Behind Whitney Houston, Alicia Keys and a Multitude of Stars, Dies at 94

Clive Davis, the music executive whose career helped shape the sound of American popular music for more than six decades, died Monday at his Manhattan home. He was 94 and had recently battled respiratory complications. Whitney Houston, Alicia Keys,...

Jalen Brunson Took Less Money and the Knicks Got an NBA Championship

Fifty three years of waiting ended inside San Antonio's Frost Bank Center when New York captured its first NBA crown since 1973 with a 94-90 triumph over the Spurs. Jalen Brunson poured in 45 points, earned Finals MVP honors and authored a performanc...

Caroline Wanga Says Months of Essence Fest Anger Followed the Wrong Person

Instagram became the place where Caroline Wanga decided to tell her side of the story. Photos posted to her account showed court filings, attorney records and an explanation for why she believes months of public complaints followed her long after sh...

SpaceX Raises $75 Billion and Thrusts Elon Musk Into Unprecedented Trillion Dollar Territory

Elon Musk stepped into a financial category of his own on June 12 as SpaceX arrived on Wall Street in the largest stock offering ever completed. By the end of the trading day, the company's debut had helped push Musk's estimated fortune beyond $1 tr...

"I Am Not an Ex Con" Bayron Wilson Once Faced a Life Sentence, Now He Helps Employ More Than 1,200 People

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Bayron Wilson once entered a prison cell facing what appeared to be the end of his future. Today, he helps oversee an organization that has become one of the largest employers of people seeking a fresh start and a pathway tow...

African Immigrants See Family Duty While Others See U.S. Wealth Leaving the Country

African immigrants working in the United States often carry two financial obligations at the same time. One involves building wealth in America while the other centers on sending money to relatives back home. Ali Zane believes the long range cost r...

Local Publishers Could Soon Compete for a Share of $20 Million From Google and California

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Summer 2026 could bring a rare opportunity for California publishers searching for new revenue as a $20 million media fund backed by Google and the state prepares to accept applications. Grant dollars will flow through Californ...

Seven Hours After Leaving the Hospital, Star Trek Icon Nichelle Nichols Died — Now a Jury Has Awarded Her Estate $13 Million

Nichelle Nichols spent much of her life opening doors that had never been opened before. Nearly four years after her death, a New Mexico jury delivered a verdict her estate believes finally brought accountability to her final hours. Grant County ju...