Blacks
Whoopi Goldberg came under fire on Wednesday for comparing being Black in the United States to being a woman or a gay person living in Iran. The 69-year-old comic‘s controversial statement came during a fiery debate on “The View . . .
As previously noted, a lot of people within WWE were said to have been “legitimately surprised” when Zelina Vega won the United States Women’s Championship from Chelsea Green. While speaking to Peter Rosenberg, Zelina commented on the coincidence of winning the title on the same night that her husband Aleister Black returned to the company… […]
SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)… A quick update to go over before we get down to the analysis: It’s layoff season, boys and girls. During last week’s broadcasts of Smackdown, WWE announced the following wrestlers had been let go: Shayna Baszler, Dakota Kai, Kayden Carter & Katana […]
Jack Black has scored the shortest ever US Billboard chart hit with ‘Steve’s Lava Chicken’ from A Minecraft Movie. The song, which clocks in at just 34 seconds long, sees Black’s lead character Steve singing about roasting a chicken using molten lava and its absurd and hooky nature has clearly been a hit with fans […]
New Zealand Rugby (NZR) has announced the All Blacks will take on Ireland at Chicago’s Soldier Field this November in what is being dubbed the ‘Rematch’ – the highly anticipated clash fans have been waiting for since the teams met in the United States in 2016. NZR Chief Executive Mark Robinson said: “We’re excited […]
Rebecca Black. Steven Lawton/FilmMagic Monday, February 10, is a momentous day in the history of pop music, as Rebecca Black‘s earworm “Friday” celebrates its 14th anniversary. It may seem like only yesterday that the world was metaphorically kickin’ it in the front seat or sittin’ in the backseat (your choice, obviously!), but the music video […]
The Delaware chapter of the Blacks in Government (BIG) organization held its first conference Nov. 3-5. The weekend forum attracted workers across BIG’s Region III, which includes Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. The event’s theme was “Mentoring, Leadership, Career & Organizational Development.” Blacks In Government was established in 1975 by a group of […]
Black, Hispanic, and Asian Americans seeking preventative care are “substantially” more likely to have their claims denied by their health insurance company, a 2024 study finds. The University of Toronto’s Institute of Health, Management, and Evaluation studied preventative care denials from private US health insurance companies. Preventative care is a form of healthcare that helps […]
Tennessee/Pennsylvania/North Carolina: In 1968, a 39-year old man was shot dead outside Room 306 at the Lorraine Motel. The man was Martin Luther King Jr, in Memphis, a town in the Deep South at the intersection of Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi that had once been a major slave market, to march with sanitation workers. Outside […]