All Blog Posts Tagged 'black' (654)

Dallas police are in the process of obtaining a warrant on manslaughter charges against a police officer who shot and killed a man after entering an apartment she mistakenly thought was her own, police Chief Ulysha Renee Hall said Friday.

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(CNN) White House press secretary Sarah Sanders issued a rare correction Tuesday night after falsely declaring that President Donald Trump has created three times as many jobs for African-American workers as former President Barack Obama did during his two terms in office.…

Adele really, really wanted to share her admiration for Beyoncé at the Grammy Awards and social media felt her on that.

After sweeping the night's top awards for song and record of the year for "Hello" and album of the year for "25," Adele let it be known she thought Beyoncé deserved the…

The Trump administration is determined to ruin Black History Month one way

According to TMZ, Donald Trump has signed a proclamation that officially changes the long-standing “Black History Month” to “National African-American History Month”.

Trump opted to make the decision after a meeting with Black “leaders” (whoever the f**k…

She's asking people to submit text, music, or other artistic pieces relating to the experiences of black women, ages 16 to 30.

They should be based on themes including Resisting Racism, Understanding…

The drought is over.

Finally, the Academy has recognized an appropriately large amount of Black actors, actresses and filmmakers for their work in 2016. At least ten nominations have gone to black individuals, and six African American-themed films are represented.

This is a major (and welcome) change from recent years. After a…

Paris Jackson is stepping outside of her legendary father's shadow now that she's a full-fledged adult and has given Rolling Stone magazine the exclusive on her life.

In the intimate interview, she touched on everything from her struggles with suicide, believing the late Michael Jackson is her biological father and considering herself a Black…

Politifact recently confirmed that President-Elect Donald Trump believes in police racially profiling people to check them for weapons. U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore made the claim during an interview with the Huffington Post and the fact-checking site proved to be true.

Trump said this months ago during a presidential debate with Lester…

What is wrong with Google?!?!?

Google is really messed up. Please take a moment (from a non-work related device) and google “sexy white mom” then google “sexy black mom”. Do you see the difference? Even Stevie Wonder can see the difference. Why are sexy black moms pictured in this way? The…

People have been critical of Cam for his All Lives Matter stance.

The reason is simple, until Black Lives and other minorities lives matter, All Lives can not indeed matter.

It is really simple.

With that being said Cam is rocking cleats for Sunday Night Football that says everyone matters. While that would be…

A federal judge on Monday granted Dylann Roof's motion to represent himself, according to CNN affiliates WIS, WCBD and WCSC.

Roof, who is accused of killing nine people at a black church in Charleston, South Carolina, in June 2015, was deemed competent to stand trial last…

In Stockton, voters elected not only the city’s first black mayor, but also its youngest ever — the 26-year-old Michael Tubbs.

Californians have in the past elected a number of 20-something mayors, but perhaps never in a city the size of Stockton, with a diverse population north of 300,000. (The League of California Cities said it did not track…

T.I. lit into LIL WAYNE for not taking Black Lives Matter seriously. He posted video of Wayne's latest interview on Instagram, then gave it to him in the caption, saying, quote, "I don't know what you goin thru,or what you are attempting to avoid but this [stuff] is absolutely unacceptable!!!! . . .…

An unarmed Oklahoma man shot dead by a police officer after his car broke down on a city street last month had the hallucinogenic drug PCP in his system when he died, a medical examiner said Tuesday.

Terence Crutcher, 40, had "acute phencyclidine…

Why Black lives matter.

Black lives matter.

They matter because they are children, brothers, sisters, mothers, and fathers.…

A Georgia police officer still faces criminal charges, including felony murder, stemming from the 2015 shooting death of a mentally ill Black man in Decatur.

According to Atlanta’s 11Alive, DeKalb County Superior Court Judge J.P. Boulee denied a motion Tuesday to drop charges against former DeKalb County Police Officer Robert Olsen, who shot…

It should come as no surprise to anyone that the cast of The Big Bang Theory, the popular sitcom now in its 10th season, are the highest paid actors on U.S. television. Their last round of contract negotiations in 2014 played out like an episode of a Ryan Murphy drama and resulted in key players Kaley Cuoco, Jim Parsons and Johnny…

A rich White man in Atlanta may get away with killing his wife after claiming he feared Black Lives Matter. According to reports by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Tex McIver killed his wife, Diane McIver, while they were returning to Atlanta after a weekend getaway.

McIver, a high-profile…

There have been a lot of outrageous excuses for police officers shooting and killing unarmed black men in this country, but Tulsa Police Officer Betty Shelby‘s has to be the worst.

After killing 40-year-old Terence Crutcher last week, Shelby’s attorney Scott Wood revealed that the officer had a temporary loss of hearing during the confrontation with…