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Tornado Rips Through Southern Mississippi, Killing 4
A deadly storm ripped through southern Mississippi early Saturday, killing four people and flattening dozens of homes and businesses, according to the Associated Press. The death toll is expected to rise. The city of Hattiesburg confirmed the deaths via its Twitter account. The city also said that firefighters and police are going door-to-door to try…
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Trump’s 1st Executive Order Sounds Death Knell for Obamacare
Donald Trump’s very first executive order as president promised “to seek the prompt repeal” of the Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama’s signature health care law. Within hours of assuming the office of the presidency Friday—between his swearing-in and before leaving for his inaugural balls—Trump signed the executive order, which did not give specifics on…
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Yara Shahidi in Talks for Her Own Black-ish Spinoff
Poised, pretty, polished teen Yara Shahidi, who plays oldest daughter Zoey Johnson on Black-ish, is set to get her own TV show, based on her life in college. Shahidi, who recently shut the internet down with her uncanny redo of a classic Sade photo, is blossoming into an impressive young woman. According to the Hollywood…
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Ariz. Trying to Ban Social-Justice Courses in State Schools. Guess Who This Targets?
Let’s start this off by reminding folks that Arizona was one of the last states in the nation to recognize the Martin Luther King Jr. national holiday (and lest we forget, Republican Sen. John McCain voted against its recognition, too). Living up to that lovely legacy, Republican lawmakers in the state are now advocating legislation…
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Harlem’s Schomburg Center Designated a National Historic Landmark
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture was designated a national historic landmark this week. The site in central Harlem was among 24 places the U.S. Department of the Interior gave the honor to on Wednesday. The 91-year-old research library is named after black Puerto Rican Arturo Schomburg, a leading voice of the Harlem…
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Donald Trump to Mark MLK Day With Martin Luther King III Meeting
President-elect Donald Trump will reportedly mark the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday by meeting with the namesake son of America’s most brilliant civil rights icon. As per usual, the meeting is to take place at New York City’s Trump Tower on Monday afternoon, where the incoming POTUS can control the narrative. A Trump spokesperson confirmed…
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Prince Harry Brings Meghan Markle Home to Meet the Fam
If you’ve been obsessed with Netflix’s The Crown like the rest of us, you know how far the British royal family has come in the last few decades. Nothing says this more than the fact that Prince Harry, grandson of Queen Elizabeth, has brought his biracial girlfriend home to meet the family. No, Meghan Markle…
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Octavia Spencer Buys Out Hidden Figures Screening for L.A. Families During MLK Weekend
Actress and recent Golden Globe nominee Octavia Spencer provided a free screening of her critically acclaimed film Hidden Figures for Los Angeles families who may not be able to afford to see it. The actress bought out the 8 p.m. screening Friday at a Baldwin Hills movie theater for the Martin Luther King Day weekend,…
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Wells Fargo Rejects Baltimore Teacher’s ‘Black Lives Matter’ Debit Card
Like many others who bank at Wells Fargo, a Baltimore schoolteacher wanted to design her bank card with something she felt was important. But when that “thing” turned out to be Black Lives Matter, the bank balked. Rachel Nash, 29, sought to take her bank up on its offer to personalize her debit card and…
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Kamiyah Mobley Reunites With Birth Parents, Says She Still Loves the Woman Who Kidnapped Her
A young woman kidnapped in 1998 from a Florida hospital was reunited with her biological parents Saturday in South Carolina. Kamiyah Mobley, 18, spent 45 minutes with her birth parents, Craig Aiken and Shanara Mobley, at the Walterboro Police Department, where the woman who kidnapped her is being held. “I told her I was glad…
