By Deborah Bailey, Contributing Editor For many, the much-anticipated Marvel Studios’ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, opening in movie theaters nation-wide on Nov. 11, is much more than the fictional next chapter in the journey of Wakanda’s fight for survival after the death of the King T’Challah. T’Challah was portrayed by the late actor, Chadwick Boseman
By Marc H. Morial, President and CEO, National Urban League “It is possible that users assumed that language use that could potentially cause a ban or suspension on the platform in the past was no longer a concern. Additionally, anticipation of an unmoderated platform was potentially a source of excitement for certain Twitter users. By
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor In 1965, Muhammad Aziz and Khalil Islam were wrongfully convicted of killing Malcolm X and spent over 20 years behind bars after being wrongfully convicted. Even though the Feb. 21, 1965 murder of Malcolm X at the Audubon Ballroom in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan was one
By TIMOTHY DASHIELL, Capital News Service ANNAPOLIS– With early voting scheduled to kick off in Maryland Thursday, Oct. 27, and continue through Nov 3, counties, organizations and even individuals across Maryland are mobilizing initiatives to get as many residents to the polls as they can. In some cases, they are using cars. In others, they
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia Vernice Miller-Travis has consistently recognized racism, including how race has played a significant role in environmental policy. She’s the vice chair of Clean Water Action’s board of directors, executive vice president for environmental and social justice at Metropolitan Group, and co-founder of We Act for
*La La Anthony is now 40, but she’s super still hot and has that great energy. The actress/entrepreneur now claims that as age catches up with her, her suitors tend to get younger instead of older. In a tell-all interview on a recent episode of the Spotify podcast “Call Her Daddy,” the former radio DJ
*(CNN) — Democratic officials and strategists in New York tell CNN they are bracing for what could be stunning losses in the governor’s race and in contests for as many as four US House seats largely in the suburbs. With crime dominating the headlines and the airwaves, multiple Democrats watching these races closely are pointing
*Stephen A. Smith said on a recent broadcast of ESPN’s “First Take” that racism is the reason he is underpaid with a $12 million annual salary. Smith claims his earnings as a broadcaster and media personality are well below that of his white colleagues. “We are still black in this country,” Smith said ahead of
*Over the past few years, Netflix has been making waves in the film and tv department with its original content. And their newest shows “The Watcher” and “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” are breaking records. Both shows were created by acclaimed TV writer/producer Ryan Murphy. “The Watcher” boasts an ensemble cast that
*Over the years, Gregg T. Daniel has developed a working relationship with the late playwright August Wilson. Whether he’s acting or directing, Daniel considers it “a real gift” to work on any August Wilson play. A trained theatre actor from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, Daniel directed Fences, the sixth entry in