There’s no denying how huge Black History Month was this year. In fact, the cosmos even treated us to the gift of a leap year, giving us one more day for celebration. While looking back on February, there were moments that shifted the conversation surrounding Black Pride among Hollywood, politics, and television. From Beyonce’s Black […]
A mother in Harlem, New York plans to launch a $5.5 million lawsuit against a schoolteacher and the public school her second-grader son attends after a teacher allegedly assaulted the boy last December. Chantel Phinazee claims that teacher Osman Couey shoved her son thus creating an environment of fear, DNAInfo reports.
Details are emerging regarding the brutal murder of Rebecca Cutler and two of her three children at the hands of a crazed boyfriend. According to statements from the Staten Island District Attorney’s office, Michael Sykes stabbed the victims a total of 69 times, the New York Daily News reports. The heinous act took place on […]
An African American principal has issued an apology to police if the "cultural relevance" of his school's Black History month assembly was "misconstrued".
Chicago's Barrington High School has released an apology for the actions of a group of teens who depicted a slave auction during a skit representing the school.
Police are investigating a hit-and-run that took the life of an off-duty rookie NYPD officer in New Jersey, the New York Daily News reports. Vincent Harrison, 25, was killed early Sunday during a three car-involved accident on the New Jersey Turnpike. According to the Daily News: Harrison, assigned to the 100th Precinct, pulled his 2013 Chevy Cruze sedan over […]
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas asked questions during oral arguments for the first time in 10 years. Will he become the voice of conservative values in the absence of Justice Antonin Scalia?
Oprah Winfrey was just as disappointed as everyone else who noticed she was mistaken for Whoopi Goldberg at the 88th Academy Awards. Blog Total Beauty made the cringe-worthy flub during red carpet arrivals Sunday evening. The site, which rarely focuses on products for people of color, posted a photo of Goldberg to their Twitter account with […]
School officials there are encouraging parents to download a free math app that, as stated in at least one major study, improves math scores.
Educators are experimenting with research that says children focus better when allowed to move.