Time heals all. More than a decade later, the hatchet has been buried between Mo’Nique and Lee Daniels. A now-viral video shows Daniels apologizing to Mo’Nique on stage in an auditorium full of fans, supporters, and more. “Sometimes in life, you get caught up,” Daniels says in the clip. “When you a n****a and you come […]
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NAACP Scholarship Week: See the Full List
This week, the NAACP kicks off its Scholarship Week, a week-long promotion of the organization’s current scholarship opportunities for outstanding and qualified Black students pursuing undergraduate and graduate degrees. Through the generosity of NAACP donors, the organization advances efforts to ensure equity in educational opportunity that prepares students for success in school, work, and life. See the […]
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Black farmers see new opportunities in the budding industrial hemp industry
Just northwest of Missouri’s Lake of the Ozarks, past Mennonites in horse drawn buggies, there’s a curvy road that leads to a forgotten piece of Missouri’s Black history – Lake Placid. The Black-owned cabin retreat thrived in the mid-1900s. P.C. Turner, a doctor from Kansas City, designed it as a place of restoration and refuge […]
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Many white people ‘cared less’ about COVID-19 as Black community struggled
White people surveyed in the United States in fall 2020 cared less and were even more likely to shun pandemic safety precautions after learning about the disproportionate ways it impacts Black communities and other communities of color, a University of Georgia Department of Social Science & Medicine study concluded. “When white people in the U.S. […]
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Fighting the Corruption of Power
(TriceEdneyWire.com) – We keep learning more about the attack on the U.S. Capitol. And we keep learning more about the many schemes former President Donald Trump and his team tried to use to overturn the 2020 presidential election. In some ways, it is discouraging. We know just how badly Trump’s inner circle was corrupted by […]
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Silk Sonic, Jon Batiste win big at 64th Annual Grammy Awards
The Grammys record of not having a Black artist to win Album of the Year in 14 years shifted when Jon Batiste won Album of the Year for this project, “We Are” on Sunday, April 3 at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards. Herbie Hancock won the award for his contribution to “River: The Joni Letters,” in 2008. […]
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We trust a justice system when we see ourselves as part of it
The day President Biden nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, my daughter, a college sophomore at Howard University in Washington, D.C., went to the Supreme Court with her friends, and she texted me a picture of them on the steps of the building. I shed a tear of joy. […]
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The Academy bans Will Smith for 10 years for Chris Rock slap
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has decided to ban actor Will Smith from all of its events virtually, or in person, for 10 years. This was Smith’s punishment for infamously walking onstage at the Oscars to slap comedian Chris Rock after he joked about Smith’s wife’s hair. Smith went on to accept […]
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East St. Louis native Reginald Hudlin renews first-look deal with Universal Content Productions
East St. Louis native and filmmaker Reginald Hudlin’s gig with Universal Content Productions isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. The Hollywood Reporter shares that Hudlin has renewed his first-look contract with the Universal Studio Group-backed division. His company, Hudlin Entertainment, resumes development and production of scripted programming for the Beatrice Springborn-led studio. The news arrives while Hudlin […]
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Voters prioritize ethics, infrastructure in Tuesday’s election
Voters across St. Louis County and city made their voices heard on Tuesday, ushering in a wave of transformative laws and charter amendments for the region. Most notably was voters’ overwhelming support for Proposition R in the city, which garnered 69% of supportive votes. Prop R installs a code of ethics for the Board of […]