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Days after securing her 100th career week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, Mariah Carey is toasting to another victory. A judge has ruled in favor of the “All I Want For Christmas Is You” singer, dismissing a lawsuit claiming that she copied another song for what
A Georgia high school student was tased by an officer during an altercation on a Fulton County school bus on Thursday (Dec. 18). The incident was captured on video and quickly went viral, prompting the teen to hire a civil rights attorney. 18-year-old Lanier Johnson-Hunt says a bus driver at
In an era where “Black girl luxury” continues to dominate the cultural conversation, inflated costs have complicated the fantasy. Prices climb, access narrows, and luxury feels increasingly out of reach. However, for content creator Jenee Naylor, that tension revealed an opening. Naylor, whose influence in fashion and digital spaces has
by Jeroslyn JoVonn December 23, 2025 The publishing giant is the latest company targeted by a conservative legal group over its DEI policies. The conservative anti-DEI organization America First Legal is urging the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to investigate alleged “unlawful hiring and promotion practices” at publishing giant Penguin
As the rest of the world prepares to say goodbye to Hawkins as Netflix’s breakout hit series “Stranger Things” comes to an end after five eventful and groundbreaking wild seasons, its cast—in particular Priah Ferguson—hopes a little piece of the series stays with fans long after the credits roll. The
The Trump Administration will begin garnishing the wages of student loan borrowers whose current debt is in default, the Department of Education has announced. Beginning on Jan. 7, the department will send out notices to approximately 1,000 defaulted borrowers informing them of their status, The Hill reports. The upcoming action
Venus Williams is officially a wife! After quietly tying the knot in September during an intimate private ceremony, the 45-year-old tennis legend officially celebrated her marriage to Italian model, actor, and film producer, 37-year-old Andrea Preti, with an extravagant week-long wedding celebration in Florida—one that blended couture, family, music, and
When it comes to statewide races, Black candidates have not fared well in President Donald Trump‘s majority-white MAGA Republican Party. In next year’s 2026 elections, four candidates running for higher office are hoping to break a losing streak for Black Republicans in higher office during Trump’s nearly decade-long era in
As Christmas decorations go, there are fewer and fewer Black Santas to be found. In the case of Dr. Bess Carpenter Dunner, she’s been collecting the figurines for decades, spreading joy and inspiration to anyone who visits her Central Texas home. “You know, when people walk into my house, that’s
This holiday season, ten inmates at the MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution in Connecticut are celebrating the college degrees they received through the University of New Haven Prison Education Program and the Yale Prison Education Initiative (YPEI). “Today’s graduation is not just a ceremony,” Deputy Warden Kristan Mangiafico said during the ceremony,