As Sony Pictures shuffles its release schedule, Miles Morales fans will have to wait a year for the hero to return. According to Variety, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse has been moved from its original Oct. 7 release date to June 2, 2023. The third entry in the trilogy Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Part II,…Read more...

Drug overdoses in America have continued to hit record levels, with the CDC estimating that 106,854 people died due to drug overdose in the 12 months ending November 2021. Annual drug overdose deaths have more than doubled over the past six years. According to CNN, the White House will present President Joe Biden’s…Read more...

Singer/actor Ne-Yo has a busy year planned. Deadline reports he will star alongside Serayah (of Empire fame) in the BET holiday movie Sound of Christmas.Read more...

Two Baltimore police officers are being investigated in the shooting and killing of 18-year-old Donnell Rochester during a traffic stop in February, reported Huffington Post. Reports say officers shot into his car as he tried to drive away, striking an officer with the vehicle. However, their account of the incident…Read more...

Two years ago, artists Jay-Z and Yo Gotti led an initiative through Roc Nation to obtain legal representation for 200 incarcerated individuals held at Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman. Following their efforts, an investigation was launched to look deeper into the inhumane conditions of the prison facility.…Read more...

If there’s drama with The Real Housewives, it must be a day that ends in Y. Only this time, the controversy is happening off-screen, as former The Real Housewives of Atlanta star NeNe Leakes is suing the studio, network and producers behind the reality show, alleging they “fostered a racist work environment,” per The…Read more...

It looks like viewers will have to wait for Red Table Talk to address the slap heard round the world. The Facebook Watch talk show returned for Season 5 on Wednesday and welcomed guest Janelle Monae. Right at the beginning of the episode, a title card read:

Right on the heels of the Black-ish series finale, it looks like Marsai Martin is already booked and busy with a new project.Read more...

Black America’s first couple is on the hunt for a new podcasting deal.

University of Pennsylvania Law School professor Amy Wax said in an interview that Black people and Asians are “resentful of western success.” The National Black Law Students Association, National Asian Pacific American Law Student Association and North American South Asian Law Association have called on Wax to be …Read more...

Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Sylvia Ash received a year and three months prison sentence on Wednesday for obstructing a probe into financial wrongdoing at a credit union that provides banking services to over a half million members, according to the Associated Press.Read more...

Somehow former football player and Republican Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker is still convincing folks that he’s the man for the job. On April 19, Walker received an endorsement from anti-abortion organization National Right to Life. In a statement, National Right to Life President Carol Tobias expressed…Read more...

A$AP Rocky is now a free man after being detained and arrested on Wednesday in connection to a shooting that transpired last November.Read more...

Lawyers for ex-president Donald Trump are trying to help him avoid a potential contempt ruling in New York Attorney General Letitia James’ ongoing civil investigation into his company.Read more...

In 2013, Jamaican immigrant June Barrett (they/them) had landed a new care working job as a live-in aid to an elderly man. Because of the wage increase, they were excited to have the job, however, on the very first night, the client had asked them to come to bed with him. Following that night and for years later,…Read more...

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You may already know that pregnancy can lead to morning sickness, back pain and mood swings. But you may not know that weight gain and hormone changes women experience during pregnancy can cause their feet to grow from a half to a full size. Olympian Allyson Felix doesn’t think women should have to walk around in…Read more...

As the saying goes, “You never know where you’re going, until you know where you’ve been”—and that’s especially true for some of our favorite Black celebrities. To crack the formula for how these influential figures achieved seemingly unreachable dreams, we’re examining the ups and downs of their lives and careers,…Read more...

One of the men who is a suspect in the murder of Memphis rapper Young Dolph has been sentenced to two years in prison for violating his supervised release dealing with a previous weapons charge, according to Action News 5.Read more...

Nat Geo’s popular Genius series will be giving fans a double dose of historical figures in the forthcoming fourth season, telling the stories of civil rights icons Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.Read more...

This 4/20, the country is one step closer to seeing the legalization of marijuana on a national level. A May 2021 study expects the legal marijuana industry will be worth nearly $71 billion by 2028. But as local leaders are beginning to recognize the impact of legal weed on their economies, it should come as no…Read more...

Police officers in Syracuse were captured on camera detaining a 8-year-old Black boy after he allegedly stole a bag of chips. The 4-minute video of the incident that happened over the weekend, taken and shared by Kenneth Jackson, had amassed more than 50,000 views on Facebook and more than 1 million on Twitter by…Read more...

Despite reviews ranging from mixed to terrible, HBO’s drama, Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, has been a ratings winner for the network and is already renewed for Season 2. However, some of the series’ biggest critics are former Lakers.Read more...

The body of a 16-year-old Eric McGinnis was found in the St. Joseph River in 1991. His death was initially ruled an accident but is now being investigated as homicide by the Michigan attorney general’s office, reported The Associated Press.

If a joint tour between two iconic hip-hop artists was on your 2022 Bingo card, then get ready to claim your prize at the front table! On Tuesday, it was announced that hip-hop legends Nas and the Wu-Tang Clan would be teaming up for a new tour this summer and fall.

The FBI arrested a Jan. 6 insurrectionist after he admitted to participating in the attack to his Uber driver. The interaction was caught on video through the driver’s dashcam which was turned over to police, reported NBC News. The rider, Jerry Daniel Braun, was arrested in California and is facing federal charges.

Newly released 911 recordings reveal that late Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins had told his wife that he ran out of gas before he was killed while walking on a South Florida highway earlier this month.Read more...

Amazon has stated that it will conduct an independent audit to “evaluate any disparate racial impacts on our nearly one million U.S. hourly employees resulting from our policies, programs, and practices,” according to CNN. New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli submitted the shareholder proposal to conduct an…Read more...

The Connecticut state trooper who fatally shot 19 year old Black driver Mubarak Soulemane has finally been arrested.

A$AP Rocky has been living the good life lately, but the fun came to a screeching halt when the rapper was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport, per NBC News.Read more...

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On Tuesday, jury selection continued in the defamation trial brought on by reality TV star Blac Chyna against the Kardashian family.Read more...

Columbia University will be adding historical markers to four residence halls acknowledging legacies of slavery and racism and also commemorating African America students, according to Reuters. Columbia is joining Harvard Law School, Rutgers University, the University of Mississippi, and the University of South…Read more...

The man who killed Jacqueline Avant, one of Los Angeles’ most connected philanthropists, will likely spend the rest of his life in prison.

Shaquille O’Neal has a lot to be proud of – 15 NBA All-Star selections and 4 NBA Championships, to name a few. But on an April 19 episode of The Pivot Podcast, the former Laker expressed remorse for his behavior in his marriage to ex-wife Shaunie O’Neal. Shaq told hosts Channing Crowder, Ryan Clark and Fred Taylor…Read more...

Fresh off her internet-breaking performance at Coachella, Megan Thee Stallion will take over another big stage this summer as she leads the first group of artists announced for the 2022 Billboard Music Awards. According to The Hollywood Reporter, she will be joined by Nigerian rap star Burna Boy, newcomer Latto,…Read more...

Joaquin Ciria, 61, has been exonerated by San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin Monday after spending 32 years in prison, reported ABC News. Ciria was accused of shooting and killing his friend. However, Boudin said a false witness testimony and police misconduct led to Ciria’s conviction.

Greg McMichael, Travis McMichael and William R. Bryan, the three men who were found guilty of federal hate crimes for violating the civil rights of Ahmaud Arbery, are scheduled to be sentenced on Aug. 1 in federal court, according to the Associated Press.Read more...

The Biden Administration said on Thursday that it will make changes to how it administers some federal student loan repayments, a move that it says means at least 40,000 borrowers will have their debt canceled and millions more will be eligible to have their debts relieved three years earlier than expected.Read more...

New York is getting another Black-owned LGBTQ+ bar in late April. Owners and couple Charles Hughes and Richard Solomon are opening Club Lambda Brooklyn in April 28th. The lounge is an expansion of their first location, Lambda Lounge, located in Harlem. Hughes and Solomon felt it was obligatory to create a safe haven…Read more...

In a recent appearance on the Drink Champs podcast, hosted by N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN, Snoop Dogg delved into his reasonings behind taking a handful of Death Row Records’ albums off of various streaming platforms.Read more...

The Biden administration will be soon doing away with Trump-era policies that gave medical workers such as doctors and others power to refuse to provide services that conflict with their religious or moral beliefs, Politico reports. Former President Trump announced the rule in 2018, but it was never implemented.Read more...

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We’ve spent eight seasons with the Johnsons, following their ups and downs, watching the kids grow up and bonding over our shared experiences. Now it’s time to say goodbye to one of our favorite TV families, and honestly, we’re ready for a big celebratory send-off. Black-ish showrunner Courtney Lilly spoke with The…Read more...

If you were counting down the days, hours, minutes and seconds until we’d all gather back around Jada Pinkett Smith, Willow Smith, and Adrienne Banfield-Norris’ Red Table for a “talk,” then count no longer!Read more...

For African Americans, the legacy of slavery can make it difficult to trace family history. The 1870 Census was the first to include African Americans by name, a fact that can leave gaping holes in a Black person’s past. But fashion-icon Andre Leon Talley got some surprising answers to the questions he had about his…Read more...

Housing advocates, attorneys and activists are still trying to force the city of Detroit to compensate residents for monumentally erroneous tax bills that forced thousands of mostly-Black homeowners to lose their homes.Read more...

The harness of a drop-tower ride at a Florida amusement park was adjusted prior to the onboarding of a 14-year old boy who died after slipping out of his seat during the ride, reported ABC News. Reports say Tyre Sampson exceeded the weight limit of the ride weighing 300 pounds. Bystanders caught the incident on video.

Reconstruction is underway for three Black Louisiana churches that were burnt down in 2019 over the span of a week. Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, which is located in Opelousas, will reopen in just a few months. Greater Union Baptist Church, also in Opelousas, has also made significant progress along with St. Mary…Read more...

South Carolina Senator Tim Scott, the only Black Republican US senator, is expected to make remarks at the Reagan Library in California Tuesday to warn against “teaching kids that they are oppressors,” reported Axios. Well, that’s a creative way of saying “don’t make the white kids uncomfortable.”