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by Jeroslyn JoVonn May 8, 2025 Jay-Z’s Roc Nation School of Music at LIU-Brooklyn is under investigation after students were left burdened by unexpected debt. Jay-Z’s Roc Nation School of Music at LIU-Brooklyn is under investigation after students were left burdened by unexpected debt. On May 5, the New York
by Kandiss Edwards May 8, 2025 Dekalb County’s first Black-woman CEO Lorraine Cochran-Johnson set to give her first State of the County address. Dekalb County CEO Lorraine Cochran-Johnson is set to present her inaugural State of the County address. May 8, the event, themed “Mission Possible: Dekalb Reimagined,” will highlight
Gabby Douglas is no stranger to making history. After making history in the 2012 London Olympics as the first Black woman to win the all-around gold medal in gymnastics, Douglas is continuing her trailblazing streak of accomplishments in the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Hall of Fame. This week, the U.S.
Rodney Hinton Jr. is not shying away from any rising tensions with police. During a recent court appearance this week, the 38-year-old man accused of killing a Cincinnati sheriff’s deputy walked past a sea of over 50 glaring cops seeking justice for their late colleague, with chin held high, eyeing
Kiandria Demone, an entrepreneur and activist based in Atlanta, Georgia, with a growing online platform, has become known to, in her own words, “bully racists” off the internet or to stop doing whatever it is they’ve done. So when followers across her platform began to share the story of Shiloh
There are few dynamic duos in Hollywood who demand attention quite like Spike Lee and Denzel Washington. Many of us can still recall the electric feeling of watching “He Got Game” or “Malcolm X,” and how their brilliant storytelling transported us to another place and time. Now, fans of Brooklyn’s
Recently, President Donald Trump took a moment to share his thoughts on President Obama and the Obama Presidential Center. During a White Hose meeting with the Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Trump went on a tangent to critique the former president’s center, currently under construction in Chicago. “It’s a disaster,”
Three former Memphis officers were acquitted Wednesday of state charges, including second-degree murder, in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols after he ran away from a traffic stop in 2023. A jury took about 8 1/2 hours over two days to find Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith not guilty on
The Golden State Warriors are planning to play without Stephen Curry for at least the next three games of their second-round series against Minnesota, after an MRI exam on Wednesday confirmed a mild strain of the star guard’s left hamstring. The Warriors said Curry would be sidelined at least a week after
House Republicans have added a provision to their sweeping tax-cut package that would authorize the sale of thousands of acres of public lands in Nevada and Utah, prompting outrage from Democrats and environmental groups who called the plan a betrayal that could lead to increased drilling, mining and logging in the
by Jeroslyn JoVonn May 8, 2025 Jay-Z’s Roc Nation School of Music at LIU-Brooklyn is under investigation after students were left burdened by unexpected debt. Jay-Z’s Roc Nation School of Music at LIU-Brooklyn is under investigation after students were left burdened by unexpected debt. On May 5, the New York
by Kandiss Edwards May 8, 2025 Dekalb County’s first Black-woman CEO Lorraine Cochran-Johnson set to give her first State of the County address. Dekalb County CEO Lorraine Cochran-Johnson is set to present her inaugural State of the County address. May 8, the event, themed “Mission Possible: Dekalb Reimagined,” will highlight
Gabby Douglas is no stranger to making history. After making history in the 2012 London Olympics as the first Black woman to win the all-around gold medal in gymnastics, Douglas is continuing her trailblazing streak of accomplishments in the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Hall of Fame. This week, the U.S.
Rodney Hinton Jr. is not shying away from any rising tensions with police. During a recent court appearance this week, the 38-year-old man accused of killing a Cincinnati sheriff’s deputy walked past a sea of over 50 glaring cops seeking justice for their late colleague, with chin held high, eyeing
Kiandria Demone, an entrepreneur and activist based in Atlanta, Georgia, with a growing online platform, has become known to, in her own words, “bully racists” off the internet or to stop doing whatever it is they’ve done. So when followers across her platform began to share the story of Shiloh
There are few dynamic duos in Hollywood who demand attention quite like Spike Lee and Denzel Washington. Many of us can still recall the electric feeling of watching “He Got Game” or “Malcolm X,” and how their brilliant storytelling transported us to another place and time. Now, fans of Brooklyn’s
Recently, President Donald Trump took a moment to share his thoughts on President Obama and the Obama Presidential Center. During a White Hose meeting with the Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Trump went on a tangent to critique the former president’s center, currently under construction in Chicago. “It’s a disaster,”
Three former Memphis officers were acquitted Wednesday of state charges, including second-degree murder, in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols after he ran away from a traffic stop in 2023. A jury took about 8 1/2 hours over two days to find Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith not guilty on
The Golden State Warriors are planning to play without Stephen Curry for at least the next three games of their second-round series against Minnesota, after an MRI exam on Wednesday confirmed a mild strain of the star guard’s left hamstring. The Warriors said Curry would be sidelined at least a week after
House Republicans have added a provision to their sweeping tax-cut package that would authorize the sale of thousands of acres of public lands in Nevada and Utah, prompting outrage from Democrats and environmental groups who called the plan a betrayal that could lead to increased drilling, mining and logging in the