Dr. Umar Johnson Blasts Pastor Philip Anthony Mitchell For Urging Black People Not to Blame White Officers for Police Brutality
by Jameelah Mullen April 22, 2025 The outspoken physiologist weighs in on the pastor’s controversial sermon. Dr. Umar Johnson has strong opinions about Pastor Philip Anthony Mitchell, founder of Atlanta’s 2819 Church. Last week, the pastor faced backlash when a clip of his sermon surfaced on social media, in which he told churchgoers they could […]
Education Department Will Begin Collecting Debt On Defaulted Student Loan Borrowers By Garnishing Wages
by Nahlah Abdur-Rahman April 22, 2025 The Trump Administration announced the use of the Treasury Offset Program to conduct the wage garnishment. The U.S. Department of Education will begin collecting on defaulted student loans, starting with garnished wages. The Trump Administration announced April 21 that it plans to use the Treasury Offset Program to manage […]
CFPB Plans To Deprioritize Protecting Student Borrowers, Consumers With Medical Debt
by Mitti Hicks April 22, 2025 In a memo written by Chief Legal Officer Mark Paoletta, appointed by President Donald Trump, he details plans to scale back on regulatory efforts so the agency can focus on large banks instead of tech firms, student loan services, digital payment platforms such as Venmo and Zelle. The Consumer […]
Wait A Minute, Mr. Postman! Woman Takes USPS Race-Bias Claim To Nation’s Highest Court
by Sharelle Burt April 22, 2025 Konan argues the discrimination caused tenants to move out and others to miss bills, medicine and other important pieces of mail. Texas realtor and licensed insurance agent Lebene Konan is awaiting a decision from the Supreme Court to sue the US Postal Service (USPS) after alleging that her designated […]
Michigan Man Sentenced 30 Years After Pleading Guilty To Shooting Girlfriend After Being Told Daughter Wasn’t His
by Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton April 22, 2025 Vaughn Smith was given a prison sentence of nearly 30 years, with a maximum of 75 years for shooting her in the leg and grazing her head with a bullet A Michigan man, who shot his girlfriend after she told him a child he thought he fathered […]
Royal Caribbean To Cruise Away From Private Beach Resort In Haiti Over Ongoing Violence And Political Unrest
by Nahlah Abdur-Rahman April 22, 2025 The cruise liner stated it will not return to its Labadee beach resort out of an “abundance of caution.” Royal Caribbean will sail away from its private beach resort in Haiti due to ongoing violence and political unrest in the island nation. The cruise line announced that it will […]
Student loans in default to be referred to debt collection, Education Department says
The Education Department will begin collection next month on student loans that are in default, including the garnishing of wages for potentially millions of borrowers, officials said Monday. Currently, roughly 5.3 million borrowers are in default on their federal student loans. The Trump administration ’s announcement marks an end to a period of leniency that began during the COVID-19 […]
LaLa Anthony Shares Wealth-Building Advice: ‘It’s About Patience And Pacing Yourself’
by Jeroslyn JoVonn April 22, 2025 LaLa Anthony shares how patience helped her build the long-term wealth she enjoys today. LaLa Anthony wasn’t always riding high as a well-paid actress and television personality. She shared the “patience” and humility it took to acquire the long-term wealth she has today. The New York native has allowed […]
‘The runners are coming’: Lokedi breaks Boston Marathon course record, John Korir takes men’s race
A rider dressed as Paul Revere eased his horse up to the Boston Marathon finish line and proclaimed, “The runners are coming.” And down Boylston Street they came. In record time. With a historic family first. And even “The Star-Spangled Banner” got some air time as the race and the region commemorated the 250th anniversary […]
Five reasons we love Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan’s “Sinners” movie
Intention. That’s the word that comes to mind when one tries to summarize what made Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan’s ‘Sinners’ film the masterpiece that it was on the big screen. The film breaks the boundaries of genre and stirs the soul on multiple levels, making it hard to put in one box. Sinners […]
