Darlene Love reflects on her enduring holiday classic, ‘Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)’
Darlene Love will never stop thinking of her holiday classic, “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home).” At this time of year, she couldn’t if she tried. “The post office, grocery store, elevator,” she says with a laugh, listing a few locations where she keeps hearing the song. “It just feels funny that my song is in that […]
Why Black Businesses In SoCal’s Orange County Are Thriving As Trailblazers
by Jeroslyn JoVonn December 6, 2025 With strong support from the community, the small number of Black-owned businesses in Orange County are thriving as pioneers. Black-owned businesses are limited in Southern California’s Orange County, but growing relocation, community support, and local advocacy have helped the ones that are open thrive in recent years. Though Black […]
Wedding bells on the way? Claressa Shields says her Papoose tattoo indicates he’s husband material
Claressa Shields isn’t pulling any punches when it comes to her love for Papoose. The Olympic champion and undefeated boxer sat down with Justin Laboy for his “Respectfully” podcast and hinted that she and Pap’s two-year-long relationship may be a bit deeper than the public knows. “I always said I wanted to get my husband’s […]
‘I’ll never work with women again’: Jason Derulo delivers shocking comment after sexual harrassment case against him
Jason Derulo is setting some boundaries after a recent event forced him to reevaluate his career. While discussing a sexual harassment case that has followed him for the past two years with Graham Bensinger, the 36-year-old singer and dancer explained why the case involving singer Emaza Dilan prompted him to tell Bensinger, “Never work with […]
‘We were the original Cynthia and Ariana’: Regina Hall reflects on her and Anna Faris’ bond during their ‘Scary Movie’ days
Regina Hall is chiming in on one of the internet’s favorite obsessions: the unusually affectionate press-run dynamic between “Wicked” stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande. And according to Hall, she and her “Scary Movie” co-star Anna Faris walked so Cynthia and Ariana could hold hands on step and repeats. In a conversation with Entertainment Tonight, […]
Texas scraps women and minority-owned business support in sweeping contracting shift
Texas has abruptly rewritten the rules of its state contracting system, stripping women and minority-owned businesses of a long-standing support program and reshaping it entirely around disabled veterans. The Texas Comptroller’s office announced Tuesday (Dec. 2) that the Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) program, created by lawmakers to give disadvantaged businesses a boost in securing state […]
Michael Jordan Takes The Stand In High-Stakes NASCAR Antitrust Trial, Says Teams Deserve ‘Fair Treatment’
by Ann Brown December 6, 2025 Jordan is the co-owner of the 23XI Racing team. Michael Jordan stepped into a Charlotte, NC, federal courtroom Dec. 5 not as an NBA legend, but as a NASCAR team owner fighting what he calls an unfair system. Testifying for an hour in the antitrust case brought by his […]
Supreme Court To Weigh Trump’s Bid To End Birthright Citizenship
by Ann Brown December 6, 2025 The government contends that the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment was intended to grant citizenship to freed slaves and their descendants, not to children of illegal immigrants or temporary visitors. The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether President Donald Trump can legally restrict birthright citizenship, taking up a […]
Using AI To Predict And Prevent Weather Catastrophe Home Insurance Claims
by BLACK ENTERPRISE Editors December 6, 2025 A revolutionary solution is emerging from the convergence of artificial intelligence machine learning and Big Data. The insurance industry has reached a critical juncture. With climate change driving an undeniable surge in the frequency and severity of extreme weather events, including ferocious hurricanes and devastating wildfires, the traditional […]
Fugees rapper Pras Michel files appeal to reverse 14-year federal prison sentence
Pras is officially seeking an overturn of his 14-year federal prison sentence for money laundering. The Fugees rapper filed a Notice of Appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit on Dec. 4, seeking to have his conviction and 168-month prison sentence thrown out. Michel was found guilty in April 2023 on […]