by Nahlah Abdur-Rahman April 28, 2025 The donation covers the debts of the last 11 students with outstanding payments ahead of graduation. A historic Black church in Virginia has paid off the debts of 11 graduating seniors at Saint Augustine’s University. The Alfred Street Baptist Church of Alexandria, Virginia, donated

Former Vice President Kamala Harris will take aim at President Donald Trump in an upcoming speech that will mark her first extensive public remarks since leaving office and losing the 2024 election. Harris will deliver the keynote address at Emerge America’s 20th anniversary gala in San Francisco on Wednesday, a

The Atlanta Falcons said Sunday that defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich’s son was responsible for a prank call made to NFL draft pick Shedeur Sanders. The Falcons released a statement saying 21-year-old Jax Ulbrich “unintentionally came across the draft contact phone number for Shedeur Sanders off an open iPad while visiting his

by Daniel Johnson April 27, 2025 Samuels sees the vision for Offscript as an incubator for creatives to build their audiences, using cultural capital to create demand Detavio Samuels, the CEO of both Revolt and Offscript Worldwide, recently folded Revolt, 440 Artists, Rebel House, and Six Zeroes into Offscript Worldwide;

 Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have in recent days deported the Cuban-born mother of a 1-year-old girl — separating them indefinitely — and three children ages 2, 4 and 7 who are U.S. citizens along with their Honduran-born mothers, their lawyers said Saturday. The three cases raise questions about who

As a Black teenager growing up in Boston, Wayne Lucas vividly remembers joining some 20,000 people to hear the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. speak out against the city’s segregated school system and the entrenched poverty in poor communities. Sixty years on, Lucas was back on the Boston Common on

by Mary Spiller April 27, 2025 The never-before-sold Jean-Michel Basquiat piece is estimated to go at between $10 million to $15 million. On May 13, a recently discovered and never before early painting by the Black artist Jean-Michel Basquiat will be sold at Sotheby’s Contemporary Evening Auction in New York.

by Mary Spiller April 27, 2025 Good will speak in front of an estimated 2,000-plus ODU undergraduates. Actress and director Meagan Good, 43, has been chosen to speak at Old Dominion University’s 142nd Commencement ceremonies on May 9 and 10. Held in Norfolk, Virginia, the celebrations will also feature remarks

“With the 144th pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, the Cleveland Browns select Shedeur Sanders.“ Once projected to be the number one overall pick let’s take a look at Shedeur Sanders’ accomplishments in 2024 alone: 8th in Heisman voting Winner of the 2024 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Record-setter for

by Mary Spiller April 26, 2025 Lyndell Price allegedly set fire to his former business partner’s bar. The former co-owner of the Turkey Leg Hut in Third Ward of Houston, Texas, was indicted on federal charges of conspiracy to commit arson of a commercial building and conspiracy to use an