Coroner: 2 new Mississippi inmate deaths were from beating
Traffic moves past the front of the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman, Miss. Another Mississippi inmate died at the hands of a fellow inmate, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020, this time,…
Ella Baker’s Legacy Runs Deep. Know Her Name.
Her fighting spirit lives on in today’s social movements. When the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo in 1964, he observed that anytime…
How Kwame Nkrumah used metaphor as a political weapon against colonialism
Kwame Nkrumah (1912-1972), a pioneering pan-Africanist and Ghana’s independence leader (1957-1966), is regarded by many as one of Africa’s greatest politicians . Commentators, historians and scholars have given him accolades…
Op-Ed: California’s forgotten slave history
Separated by just 60 miles along the I-10, Los Angeles and San Bernardino feel worlds apart. The former boasts some of the richest urban developments and residential pockets in the…
Remembering the 1968 Orangeburg Massacre When Police Shot Dead Three Unarmed Black Students
The 1968 Orangeburg massacre is one of the most violent and least remembered events of the civil rights movement. A crowd of students gathered on the campus of South Carolina…
This Is The Controversy Behind Oprah’s Latest Book Club Pick, ‘American Dirt’
Oprah Winfrey’s latest Oprah’s Book Club pick, “American Dirt,” has social media and news outlets arguing over whether the book is an “extraordinary piece of work” or “cringeworthy” and “real…
Orlando Bloom To Play Prince Harry In HBO Max Cartoon About Prince George
Orlando Bloom should be very animated about his newest project: Portraying Prince Harry in a new cartoon. The “Pirates Of The Caribbean” star has signed on to play Harry in…
Factbox: How a virus impacts the economy and markets
(Reuters) – The outbreak of a new virus in China has sent shivers through world financial markets, with investors drawing comparisons to the 2003 SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) outbreak…
Eddie Murphy Says Rodney Dangerfield Gave Him The Worst Comedy Advice
Eddie Murphy can’t remember the best comedy advice he has ever received, but he certainly remembers the worst. The “Dolemite Is My Name” star told W Magazine in a video…
Harry Hamlin: Playing Gay ‘Completely Ended My Career’ In 1982
In recent years, Jake Gyllenhaal, Benedict Cumberbatch and Timothée Chalamet have joined a growing roster of actors to score Oscar nominations for their portrayals of gay characters on the big…