Kennedy Ryan is having a Hollywood moment as Netflix lands her ‘Hoops’ romance series
Kennedy Ryan‘s Skyland series is already getting a series on Peacock beginning with “Before I Let Go.” Now, the books in her sports romance series have landed a deal at Netflix. According to Deadline, the popular streamer won an intense bidding war for the project, which consists of three of Ryan’s books, “Long Shot,” “Block […]
12 Black TV shows (or shows with Black stars) debuting and returning this fall
The humid, muggy long days of summer are getting shorter. The leaves are falling and turning brown by the time they hit the ground. Depending on where you are, there’s even just the slightest nip to the air, inviting a hoodie, a cozy sweatshirt, or even a little jean jacket. Fall has arrived. And with […]
The iced coffee interview debate isn’t really about coffee
To bring an iced coffee to a job interview or not to bring one? That’s the question dividing social media this week. It started when Caitlin, a recruiter who works with Fortune 500 companies, posted a TikTok warning job seekers that walking into an interview with an iced coffee in hand could cost them the […]
Mississippi U.S. Senate candidate Scott Colom says Nolan Wells’ case highlights need for trust in justice system
Scott Colom, the U.S. Senate Democratic nominee in Mississippi, is calling for greater transparency in the aftermath of a grand jury declining to issue an indictment in the investigation into the death of Nolan Wells. “At some point there was a breakdown in trust between the family and law enforcement, and that distrust spread to […]
2nd Black Man Arrested In Hanging Death Of Tasia Fortune In Mississippi
Source: Jackson Police Department / JPD Another Black man was arrested in the hanging death of 29-year-old Tasia Fortune, a young mother of four found hanging from a tree behind an abandoned house in Jackson, Mississippi. Initially, there were no arrests in Fortune’s death, and there was no word until about two weeks ago, when […]
Second man arrested in connection with hanging death of Tasia Fortune as her mother ‘feels’ for all involved
Authorities in Mississippi have apprehended a second man in connection with the death of Tasia Fortune. The 29-year-old Black woman was found hanging from a tree behind an abandoned house, and the news of an additional arrest has pleased Fortune’s mother, Christy Spivey. Jackson police revealed late Tuesday that 25-year-old Earnest Lloyd Jr. was in […]
Ryan Clark’s ‘Pivot25’ Media Company Backed By Starbucks Chairman Emeritus Howard Schultz
photo credit: 2019 Diamond Images/Getty by Selena Hill September 23, 2026 The former NFL star and ESPN personality is turning his next chapter into a larger business play. Ryan Clark is turning a major career transition into a bigger business opportunity. The former NFL star and former ESPN personality has brought Howard Schultz, the former […]
Tariffs Aren’t Paying Off. This Election Season, We Need Policies That Center People [Op-Ed]
Source: Anadolu / Getty Since President Trump first announced his tariff plans, we’ve been clear that they won’t help consumers. They transfer increased costs to U.S. businesses and consumers — disproportionately impacting women of color and hurting working people everywhere. Their global impacts are questionable at best and, at worst, damaging to our country and […]
Joe Nerds Out About The Lucas Museum Of Narrative Art
Source: Mario Tama / Getty Y’all, I’m a sucker for two things: museums and Star Wars. So you can only imagine my excitement now that the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is open to the public. KTLA reports that the museum allowed its first public visitors on Tuesday in Los Angeles’ Exposition Park area. The […]
Whitley and Dwayne weren’t Hillman’s only love story: Inside the Bythewoods’ ‘A Different World’ romance
Whitley Gilbert and Dwayne Wayne weren’t the only love story blossoming at Hillman College. Years before Gina Prince-Bythewood and Reggie Rock Bythewood became an acclaimed filmmaking couple, they were two young writers getting their first professional break in the writers’ room of “A Different World.” As they helped craft stories for one of Black television’s […]