Source: General / Radio One Thursday evening (March 30) rising rapper BTB Savage was reportedly shot to death in the River Oaks area of Houston while in his vehicle. His murder took place just hours after he “trolled” a now-deceased man who tried to rob him. In an interview that premiered on VladTV earlier this […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Anadolu Agency / Getty The family of a US couple kidnapped in Haiti is pleading with gang members for the safe release of their loved ones. On March 18, Jean-Dickens Toussaint and his wife, Abigail Michael Toussaint were kidnapped in Haiti after their bus was hijacked by gangs trying to cross […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Black Lawyers for Justice / Black Lawyers for Justice Police in Mississippi are under investigation after being accused of violating the civil rights of multiple Black men in at least four violent encounters since 2019. As previously reported by NewsOne, multiple white police officers in Brandon, Mississippi falsely accused two Black […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: GaudiLab / Getty If you haven’t heard of ChatGPT, you must live in a bubble. The artificial intelligence chatbot, which was developed by OpenAI and launched in November 2022, has taken the world by storm. According to Demand Sage, ChatGPT gained more than 100 million users within the first two months […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: The Washington Post / Getty Maryland Gov. Wes Moore says the state is ready to protect reproductive rights for women, as access to an abortion pill nationwide is on the line while people wait for the ruling from Texas. Since Roe v. Wade was overturned last June, anticipation is building in […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: screenshot / Facebook After receiving backlash from civil rights leaders, a Mississippi sheriff is slightly changing his tune regarding the mysterious death of Rasheem Carter. MORE: GoFundMe Created For Rasheem Carter, Black Man Who Mysteriously Disappeared In Mississippi According to NBC News, Smith County Sheriff Joel Houston says he hasn’t ruled […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Carolyn Cole / Getty A reparations committee in San Francisco had some interesting recommendations for how the city should repay its Black residents who are descendants of slavery. The city-appointed committee proposed $5 million payouts to eligible Black adults with a guaranteed annual income of at least $97,000 for 250 […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Getty / Getty Last week, three people lost their lives after a stampede broke out at GloRilla’s and Finesse2Tyme’s concert in Rochester, New York. Now, the family of one of the victims is planning to prepare a lawsuit for the two rappers, the venue, and the promoters who organized the show. […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: PeopleImages / Getty Freckles are small, flat, brownish, or reddish spots on the skin that are often found on the face, arms, and shoulders. For years, the small beauty marks were often associated with people of fairer skin tones and individuals with red or blonde hair. But evolution has shown that […]
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NewsOne Featured Video U.S. women earn 82% of what U.S. men earn — and the gap is significantly higher for Black and Hispanic women. Portra/E+ Collection/Getty Images Equal Pay Day falls in 2023 on March 14 — a date determined by how long into the new year American women must work to catch up to […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: bernardbodo / Getty The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Nonprofits that serve people of color or are led by nonwhite executive directors have a harder time getting the funding they need than other organizations, increasing their financial hardships. That’s what we found when […]
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UPDATED: 11:00 a.m. ET, March 3, 2023 But if anybody thought police would be deterred by that apparent exception to the rule of holding police accountable for killing Black people, they should think again as it has been a quick resumption of law enforcement normalcy with continued shootings of Black men and boys with impunity […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Cardinal Wilton Gregory, archbishop of Washington, delivers the homily during an Ash Wednesday Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle on February 22, 2023, in Washington, D.C. | Source: Chip Somodevilla / Getty This week marked Ash Wednesday as Christians across the globe began entering the Season of Lent: The […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: kali9 / Getty HBCU-educated teachers mean more to our communities than we realize. Their role in developing Black students is unmeasurable. In the U.S., only 7% of teachers are Black, compared with 15% of students. But, Nearly half of the Black teachers in America graduated from an HBCU. HBCUs have historically […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: fotostorm / Getty Elise, a nursing student at an elite U.S. university in the Northeast, found herself back home and sleeping on the floor of her parents’ one-bedroom apartment after the COVID-19 pandemic was declared in March 2020. It was tough to get a good night’s sleep as family members passed […]
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NewsOne Featured Video White teens and teens of color do not have identical online experiences. JGI/Jamie Grill/Tetra images via Getty Images Most research on teen social media use has been conducted on white teens and college students. As a result, it is unclear to what extent overlooked populations such as racial and ethnic minorities, sexual […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: STEFANI REYNOLDS / Getty Millions of Americans will find it harder to put enough food on the table starting in March 2023, after a COVID-19 pandemic-era boost to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits comes to an end. Congress mandated this change in budget legislation it passed in late December 2022. Roughly […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: San Francisco Chronicle/Hearst Newspapers via Getty Images / Getty Oakland’s head of police was fired Wednesday for failing to properly handle an officer’s misconduct. During a press conference, Mayor Sheng Thao announced she was firing Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong after an investigation revealed that the department, at the behest of Chief Armstrong, […]
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NewsOne Featured Video MoMo Productions/Getty Images Finding and keeping a good Black man in a relationship has become a cottage industry. From celebrities and reality TV stars to social media influencers, for better or worse, there is no shortage of relationship advice to people seeking to figure out Black men. And while much of this […]
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UPDATED: 9:30 a.m. ET, Feb. 14, 2023 But if anybody thought police would be deterred by that apparent exception to the rule of holding police accountable for killing Black people might want to think again as it has been a quick resumption of law enforcement normalcy with continued shootings of Black men and boys with […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Sarah Morris / Getty Donald Trump wasn’t a big fan of Rihanna’s Super Bowl Half Time Show performance. In fact, the former president thought it was the “worst” show ever. “EPIC FAIL: Rihanna gave, without question, the single worst Halftime Show in Super Bowl history,” the Republican fire ball wrote on […]
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NewsOne Featured Video The fatal beating of Tyre Nichols started after he was pulled over by cops. City of Memphis via AP The killing of Tyre Nichols has raised questions about the use and risks of a routine part of U.S. policing: the traffic stop. Nichols died in the hospital on Jan. 10, 2022, from […]
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Source: The Washington Post / Getty Three former Memphis police officers with ties to the Omega Psi Phi fraternity had their membership revoked Tuesday (January 31), weeks after they were indicted on second-degree murder charges in the death of Tyre Nichols. MORE: ‘Nothing More Insulting:’ Sharpton Calls Tyre Nichols Beating A Disgrace To MLK’s Legacy […]
Read MoreNewsOne Featured Video Source: Pool / Getty American civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton gave the eulogy at the funeral of Tyre Nichols on Wednesday and expressed his disgust with the five Black ex-Memphis cops involved in Nichols’ death. MORE: Jason Whitlock Blames Tyre Nichols’ Killing On Black Single Moms: ‘They Don’t Want Us Focused […]
Read MoreNewsOne Featured Video Source: Jerritt Clark / Getty 19 Keys is trailblazing an enormous financial literacy movement in the Black community right now. Whether he’s talking about stocks and wealth-building vehicles on The Earn Your Leisure Podcast or educating listeners on the power of crypto and spirituality with his popular YouTube show High Level Conversations, advancement, […]
Read MoreNewsOne Featured Video Source: PeopleImages / Getty During this Black History Month, while we remember the leaders of the past, let’s not forget about our own well-being. Being Black in America is hard. It comes with built-in trauma that if left unchecked can be really damaging. For the month of February let’s make the conscious […]
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