by Jeroslyn JoVonn December 5, 2025 Former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg is investing in charter schools designed to create pathways to HBCUs for Black students. Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is deepening his support for historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) with a $20 million investment to launch two K–12 charter schools on…
by Sharelle B. McNair December 5, 2025 Cole reportedly told FBI officials that he believed the 2020 presidential election, which resulted in Joe Biden being elected, was stolen from Trump. The FBI have arrested Brian Cole Jr. four years later in the case surrounding pipe bombs being planted in Washington, D.C., just hours before the…
by Mitti Hicks December 5, 2025 Data from the National Institutes of Health reveal that physical and sexual assault are a part of the prison experience. Approximately 21% of male inmates are physically assaulted during a six-month period. The Trump administration is eliminating prison standards to protect transgender, intersex, and gender-nonconforming inmates. The Department of…
by Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton December 5, 2025 Ray J has had a tumultuous few weeks. Ray J had a not-so-great November. The R&B singer was arrested on a charge of making a criminal threat days after he was hit with a lawsuit by American Express. According to US Weekly, the finance company filed paperwork…
by Kandiss Edwards December 5, 2025 He made the clarification while accepting the Shoe of the Year award at the 2025 Footwear News Achievement Awards. Grammy-winning artist and entrepreneur Pharrell Williams publicly addressed his widely circulated comments about “hating politics.” Williams said his frustration was explicitly aimed at the immediate drying up of diversity, equity,…
by Kandiss Edwards December 5, 2025 A main attraction of the museum: 120 paintings by the King of Pop. Jermaine Jackson has announced plans to open a Jackson Museum on the Côte d’Azur, which will showcase an estimated $1.6 billion worth of artwork created by the late Michael Jackson, MonacoLife reported. He revealed the ambitious…
by Jeroslyn JoVonn December 5, 2025 The City of Portland has settled a racial discrimination lawsuit with a Black firefighter, marking the third such case in 18 months. A third Black firefighter in the past 18 months has filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against the City of Portland. On Dec. 3, the Portland City Council…
by Sharelle B. McNair December 5, 2025 Liberal Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor, and Ketanji Brown Jackson condemned the ruling, saying the decision “ensures that many Texas citizens, for no good reason, will be placed in electoral districts because of their race.” Christmas came early for President Donald Trump as a recent Supreme…
by Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton December 5, 2025 Eugene Antwi was charged with identity theft, access device fraud, theft by deception, forgery, and other related offenses. Pennsylvania police have arrested a Brooklyn man after he was accused of using stolen credit cards to buy more than $65,000 worth of liquor from stores across the state. The Attorney General of…
by Kandiss Edwards December 5, 2025 Estate manager Wayne Barrow sharply rejected that narrative. The Christopher “Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace estate denies claims in the docuseries Sean Combs: The Reckoning that his 1997 funeral was billed to the late rapper’s estate rather than paid for by Bad Boy Records. Estate manager Wayne Barrow told Breakfast Club co-host Loren…
