The president of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore is firing back against a former professor who sued for wrongful termination and accused her of plagiarizing portions of her dissertation in 1986. Heidi Anderson, who is Black, is embroiled in a lawsuit against Donna Satterlee, who labeled Anderson a “scam

WASHINGTON (AP) — The police chief in the nation’s capital pressured subordinates to manipulate department data to artificially lower the city’s crime rates, according to a report by a Republican-led congressional committee. The report, released Sunday by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, found that Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela

Teyana Taylor continues to get rave reviews for her creativity and presence in Hollywood. As award season buzz continues for her role in “One Battle After Another,” one of her peers is giving her the ultimate praise. In a recent “Actors On Actors” interview for Variety, Golden Globe winner Oscar

Lizzo is still battling the lawsuit filed by three of her former dancers. Nearly two and a half years after the singer’s former employees accused her and her production company of sexual harassment and fat-shaming, the singer is breaking her silence after a small legal win.  Over the weekend, Lizzo’s

U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt, who is running for Senate in Texas, recently called out a top Republican staffer under Senator Tim Scott for what he described as a “racist trope.” After Hunt, one of a handful of Black Republicans serving in Congress, posted a picture of himself and his wife

While Nina Simone’s legacy echoes through her music, the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund is preserving the physical space that helped shape the iconic singer’s life and artistry—her childhood home. Last month, the Action Fund, a division of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, announced the completed restoration of

Kimora Lee Simmons isn’t just going on the offensive after ex-husband Russell Simmons‘ response concerning their children; she’s going for the jugular. In her Instagram Stories on Monday (Dec. 15), the 50-year-old model took Simmons to task about their two girls, Ming Lee, 25 and Aoki Lee, 23, and why

U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, who is running for U.S. Senate in next year’s election, called out what she described as a “coordinated attack” against her on social media, where clips about her stance on Israel and its devastating military campaign in Gaza have gone viral. “There was a coordinated attack

Georgetown University’s Center for Youth Justice is joining Prince George’s County, Maryland’s Legislative Black Caucus, and the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services in their efforts to honor the 200+ Black lives buried in a recently discovered abandoned grave site.  The Forgotten Children Initiative says it is committed to “honoring the

After crossing “traveling to space” off her bucket list, Gayle King has her sights set on something a little more down to earth: falling in love again. The 70-year-old news anchor opened up about her desire for a relationship during a recent conversation with WNBA star A’ja Wilson at TIME