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Bevy Smith has never been afraid to show up exactly as she is. So when the Harlem-born TV personality, radio host and author launched her new YouTube series “In Bed with Bevy” in February, it was not a moment of triumph, but one marked by grief, stillness and the quiet
✕ It’s late spring semester at Howard University, and inside a rented Airbnb, a group of young Black creatives are locked in. Their cameras are up and the lights are hot. Someone is adjusting a plate of food for the fifth time. At the center of it all is 21-year-old
Angelina Jolie and “Real Housewives of Potomac” star Gizelle Bryant were both in Atlanta over the weekend for a mother-daughter brunch. The event, hosted by the Pearls of Purpose Foundation and the Nu Lambda Omega Chapter of AKA, took place on the campus of Spelman College. Both Bryant’s daughter, Angel,
Source: Michael M. Santiago / Getty On Friday, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the creation of an office to fight back against the growing issue of deed theft in New York City. According to the New York Times, the newly created Office of Deed Theft Prevention will be
About three dozen middle school students gathered earlier this month at the Brownsville Community Middle School in Brooklyn, NY, learning to lead, regulate their emotions, explore careers and build the kind of confidence that doesn’t show up in a report card. Black Superhero Bootcamp, founded by civil rights attorney Charles
Source: WJTV 12 / Screenshot Earlier this month, police officers in Natchez, Mississippi, were dispatched to a home for what they believed was a simple welfare check. What they found was possibly the most gruesome, horrific killing they could have imagined, one that took the life of a mother, retired
“When did you have your first Black male teacher?” The question pops up on social media ever so often as a glimpse into what is a known rarity in education. During the 2020-2021 school year, Black male educators made up fewer than 2% of the 3.8 million educators in the
A pregnant woman in Chicago is recovering after a rare and complex surgery to remove massive uterine fibroids without harming her unborn child, according to People. Brionna Johnson began experiencing severe symptoms after becoming pregnant in December 2025. Although she had previously been diagnosed with multiple fibroids in 2024, she
Former President Barack Obama condemned violence and praised the bravery of the United States Secret Service after this past weekend’s shooting scare at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. However, America’s first Black president also ignited fury from the political right for suggesting that the motive of the suspected shooter, charged
An audit into the finances at North Carolina A&T State University has discovered millions of dollars in financial aid might have been distributed to ineligible out-of-state recipients and those recipients were tied to former university officials. According to a report from State Auditor Dave Boliek, the university directed $5 million
Bevy Smith has never been afraid to show up exactly as she is. So when the Harlem-born TV personality, radio host and author launched her new YouTube series “In Bed with Bevy” in February, it was not a moment of triumph, but one marked by grief, stillness and the quiet
✕ It’s late spring semester at Howard University, and inside a rented Airbnb, a group of young Black creatives are locked in. Their cameras are up and the lights are hot. Someone is adjusting a plate of food for the fifth time. At the center of it all is 21-year-old
Angelina Jolie and “Real Housewives of Potomac” star Gizelle Bryant were both in Atlanta over the weekend for a mother-daughter brunch. The event, hosted by the Pearls of Purpose Foundation and the Nu Lambda Omega Chapter of AKA, took place on the campus of Spelman College. Both Bryant’s daughter, Angel,
Source: Michael M. Santiago / Getty On Friday, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the creation of an office to fight back against the growing issue of deed theft in New York City. According to the New York Times, the newly created Office of Deed Theft Prevention will be
About three dozen middle school students gathered earlier this month at the Brownsville Community Middle School in Brooklyn, NY, learning to lead, regulate their emotions, explore careers and build the kind of confidence that doesn’t show up in a report card. Black Superhero Bootcamp, founded by civil rights attorney Charles
Source: WJTV 12 / Screenshot Earlier this month, police officers in Natchez, Mississippi, were dispatched to a home for what they believed was a simple welfare check. What they found was possibly the most gruesome, horrific killing they could have imagined, one that took the life of a mother, retired
“When did you have your first Black male teacher?” The question pops up on social media ever so often as a glimpse into what is a known rarity in education. During the 2020-2021 school year, Black male educators made up fewer than 2% of the 3.8 million educators in the
A pregnant woman in Chicago is recovering after a rare and complex surgery to remove massive uterine fibroids without harming her unborn child, according to People. Brionna Johnson began experiencing severe symptoms after becoming pregnant in December 2025. Although she had previously been diagnosed with multiple fibroids in 2024, she
Former President Barack Obama condemned violence and praised the bravery of the United States Secret Service after this past weekend’s shooting scare at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. However, America’s first Black president also ignited fury from the political right for suggesting that the motive of the suspected shooter, charged
An audit into the finances at North Carolina A&T State University has discovered millions of dollars in financial aid might have been distributed to ineligible out-of-state recipients and those recipients were tied to former university officials. According to a report from State Auditor Dave Boliek, the university directed $5 million