*Actor Jamie Foxx, like a lot of other American citizens these days, is not happy with lawmakers due to their lack of action after shootings like the latest tragedy in Uvalde, Texas earlier this week. In an emotional message posted to Instagram on Thursday, Foxx — who is from Terrell, Texas — shared his condolences…
*(CNN) — President Joe Biden on Sunday faces the grimly familiar task of comforting families after another mass shooting, this time at an elementary school in Texas, as a weary nation grapples with an endless spate of gun violence. Biden and first lady Jill Biden arrived mid-morning Sunday in Uvalde, Texas, where a gunman killed…
*Janeek Brown, who was once Sha’Carri Richardson’s girlfriend, has now come out to admit she indeed abused her. Sha’Carri, an Olympic track star, first opened up on the abuse in an Instagram post. She explained she is healing emotionally from the emotional trauma, including homophobia, that she experienced while in a relationship with Janeek, a…
*Victor George Spirits, a Black-owned distiller, has released a new bourbon brand named after Fort Mose, Florida, which is the first US town to allow Black people to live free legally. The town located two miles north of St. Augustine was started in 1738. The company on Friday announced the nationwide release of the “Fort…
*(CNN) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has tested positive for Covid-19 and is taking antiviral medication, his office announced Saturday. “This morning, the governor tested positive for Covid-19 after exhibiting mild symptoms. The governor will continue to work remotely,” the Democrat’s office said in a statement, noting that he will be in isolation until at…
In late July, Dizzy’s Club at Jazz at Lincoln Center will be hosting a series of concerts in honor of the 2020 and 2022 inductees … Read More “Jazz at Lincoln Center Celebrates Inductees into Ertegun Hall of Fame” The post Jazz at Lincoln Center Celebrates Inductees into Ertegun Hall of Fame appeared first on…
After a seven-year hiatus, Natalie La Rose has returned with her new single, “Tables.” On the D’Mile-produced track, La Rose dismisses her unfaithful lover, who thinks he can creep around without her noticing. Luckily for La Rose, she is hip to his game and gets the last laugh as she entertains her other options. “I’ll…
By Alexa Spencer, Word in Black Two things are clear about the recent mass killing of Black people on May 14 in a Buffalo, New York grocery store. First, the […] The post #WordinBlack: Acts of racial violence don’t happen in a bubble – they happen in America appeared first on AFRO American Newspapers .
By Michael Conroy, The Associated Press A military plane carrying enough specialty infant formula for more than half a million baby bottles arrived Sunday in Indianapolis, the first of several […] The post More than 70,000 pounds of infant formula arrive in the U.S. to combat shortage appeared first on AFRO American Newspapers .
By Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio, Word in Black On a humid August afternoon in 2020, two caskets ― one silver, one white ― sat by holes in the ground […] The post #WordinBlack: Few eligible families have applied for government help to pay for COVID funerals appeared first on AFRO American Newspapers .