NewsOne Featured Video Source: Billboard / Getty Keke Palmer is picking up her pen again. Today, the multihyphenate star announced that she will drop a new book this November. Titled “Master of Me,” the project will be Keke’s second novel. “I’m not sure the next time I’ll write a book but this seemed like the right time […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Chesnot / Getty On Wednesday, April 24, President Biden signed a bill that has the potential to impose a nationwide ban on TikTok, a development that could significantly affect Black content creators on the platform. The bill was passed by Congress earlier in the week as part of a comprehensive foreign aid package aimed at providing […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Bevan Goldswain / Getty Republican lawmakers are still working towards trying to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives nationwide. According to Best Colleges, there are more than 30 proposed bills targeting DEI programs at state-funded institutions. The bills are aimed at defunding DEI offices and programs as well as removing diversity […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Andrew Burton / Getty Black Lives Matter protests in cities with Black women police chiefs experienced significantly lower levels of violence – from both police and protesters – than cities with police chiefs of other racial backgrounds and gender, according to our newly published paper. After George Floyd’s death at the […]
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Source: KENA BETANCUR / Getty If there’s anything we’ve learned about Donald Trump since he’s been drowning in legal woes it’s that he hasn’t met a gag order he didn’t want to immediately violate. (At this point, he might as well be bragging about grabbing gag orders by the…never mind). But Justice Juan M. Merchan, […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Dmytro Chernykov / Getty In the intricate tapestry of racial epithets that mar American history, there exists one word that may seem innocuous at first glance but carries a heavy history of oppression and racism: “Cracker.” Despite its relative lack of prominence in discussions compared to other racial slurs, the term […]
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NewsOne Featured Video A class at Little Flowers Early Childhood and Development Center located in the Sandtown-Winchester neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland, on January 11, 2021. | Source: The Washington Post / Getty No family should be forced to compromise their child’s safety and well-being because they do not have affordable care. And no employer should […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Some colleges and universities have put race-based scholarships on hold. Carlos Barquero via Getty Images The fate of hundred of millions of dollars in scholarship money is up in the air in Ohio after seven state universities put race-conscious programs on hold to check their legality. The review comes after Dave Yost, […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: mixetto / Getty The first Black owned private rocket company wants to create more opportunities for inclusion in space exploration. Founder Mateus Chipa shares how he wants the Black community to be get involved in the space industry. Read more inside. The Black community is far less likely to be interested […]
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NewsOne Featured Video CLOSE Source: RealPeopleGroup / Getty If you’ve had some trouble finding women-led, Black-owned 4/20-friendly Instagram accounts to follow, then I’m going to need all of my weed heads to gather ’round for an important PSA. You tribe exists, and they have a wealth of information on all your cannabis needs. From dissecting […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Chip Somodevilla / Getty Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene does not like being called a white supremacist. She appears to get really offended by the label, and she’s even compared it to a Black person being called a racial slur (we’ll circle back to that in a second). Now, to anyone who […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: VisionsbyAtlee / Getty Republicans in Alabama are making it harder for families who have been the victims of police violence to get the transparency they deserve. According to AP, on Wednesday, an Alabama Senate committee rejected a bill that would have required law enforcement to publicly release police body-worn camera video […]
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NewsOne Featured Video CLOSE Source: MARK PETERSON / Getty A reporter caught Donald Trump dozing off during his Manhattan “hush money” trial again, and social media was quick to poke fun at him. MORE: Black Woman Hugging Trump In Viral Chick-fil-A Video Shows How Desperately MAGA World Wants Black Friends Former president Donald Trump was […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Emma McIntyre / Getty This Black Maternal Health Week comes with an exciting and transformative announcement. Journalist and author Elaine Welteroth and tennis champion Serena Williams launched their birthFUND initiative, aimed at improving maternal healthcare. Welteroth is on a mission to safeguard maternal health one birth at a time. She welcomed […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: GoFundMe / GoFundMe The disappearance of a Wisconsin Black woman has garnished national headlines after her alleged killer was arrested and charged in connection with her death. According to Bossip, Maxwell Anderson was arrested for allegedly killing 19-year-old Sade Robinson. He was then charged with first-degree intentional homicide, mutilating a corpse, […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Noam Galai / Getty / Tyler Perry Tyler Perry and BET’s relationship will continue after the two entities secured a new deal. Spotted on Variety, the Mea Culpa writer and director inked a new multi-year deal with BET Media Group that will renew eight of his shows that live on the […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: mikroman6 / Getty Have you heard of the first woman ever accused of witchcraft in the United States? Her name was Titbua, and she was thought to be a woman of color. Nothing is more compelling than researching the unexplained tales from American history. Some of it is weird, some of […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Anadolu / Getty Laithan Dickerson is carving out a historic path in Arkansas. At just 7 years old, this rising star stands as the sole Black female bull rider in the state, as reported by CBS News affiliate THV11. Over the past weekend, she clinched her inaugural trophy at a state rodeo […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: nicoletaionescu / Getty In the spirit of Black Women’s History Month, we spotlight this young Black teenager who has come up with a life-changing invention. New Orleans student Naya Ellis recently designed a stroke-detecting watch, earning a championship in the National STEM Challenge at just 14 years old. Read more about […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: x / x The murder-suicide involving a popular social media astrology influencer and her family is drawing attention to Black women and mental health awareness. Authorities, who are still working on the ongoing investigation, say on April 8, Danielle Johnson allegedly stabbed her boyfriend Jaelen Allen Chaney to death before pushing […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Virojt Changyencham / Getty Rhonda Frost, the former Deputy Director of Public Affairs with the Atlanta Police Department, is suing Mayor Andre Dickens and Chief of Police Darin Schierbaum for wrongful termination. Inside her suit filed on March 18, Frost, who served as deputy director from 2019 to 2023, claimed that […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Anadolu / Getty A video of plainclothes Chicago police firing nearly 100 gunshots at a Black man during a traffic, stop which led to his death, was released on Tuesday, spotlighting the dangers Black men face when pulled over by police. According to ABC News, Dexter Reed was shot and killed […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: ProfessionalStudioImages / Getty In February, Pennsylvania Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick teamed up with Illinois Congresswoman Robin L. Kelly (IL-2), Yvette D. Clarke (NY-9), Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12), and several other officials to re-introduce the bipartisan Protect Black Women and Girls Act. The legislation was first introduced in 2021. If passed, the bill […]
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NewsOne Featured Video A former Michigan cop who punched a Black man in the face during booking pleaded guilty on Monday to a federal civil rights violation. According to the AP, Matthew Rodriguez admitted to using “unreasonable force” when he was processing 19-year-old Jaquwan Smith in the fingerprint room at the Warren jail last June. […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Iuliia Zavalishina / Getty In a world where it’s easy to forget to “love on yourself” because the focus is often shifted to those around you, it’s time to shift into a new way of thinking and prioritize self-love. You deserve the love you so easily give to others. Because if […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Allen J. Schaben / Getty A federal judge has reminded us that judges don’t actually have to be objective and that white nationalism doesn’t stop in the courtroom. Meet U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney. Last Thursday, Carney sentenced Tyler Laube, a member of a violent white supremacist group who confessed […]
Read More NewsOne Featured Video Source: Allen J. Schaben / Getty A federal judge has reminded us that judges don’t actually have to be objective and that white nationalism doesn’t stop in the courtroom. Meet U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney. Last Thursday, Carney sentenced Tyler Laube, a member of a violent white supremacist group who confessed […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Karwai Tang / Getty Ernie Hudson is 78 years old. Yes, you read that correctly. And yes, that is a recent picture of him above. The Ghostbusters star went viral after his appearance at the Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire premiere. Hudson kept it casual in a black tee and jeans that highlighted […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Christopher Cavanaugh / Brandon Coton / iOne Digital In exclusive news, iOne Digital is relaunching Elev8, a new platform with a spotlight on a new wave of Christian Hip-Hop and R&B artists. As the world is undergoing some turbulent times, there are many online who are looking for a sort of […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Bill Pugliano / Getty The former spokesperson for right-wing figure Kyle Rittenhouse is telling all to combat bigotry – and it’s not pretty. As Kyle Rittenhouse is trying to capitalize on his infamy after being acquitted of shooting three people at a protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin to be a conservative voice, […]
Read More NewsOne Featured Video Source: Bill Pugliano / Getty The former spokesperson for right-wing figure Kyle Rittenhouse is telling all to combat bigotry – and it’s not pretty. As Kyle Rittenhouse is trying to capitalize on his infamy after being acquitted of shooting three people at a protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin to be a conservative voice, […]
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