Source: Arnold Turner / Getty We’re just over a month away before the cruise of the year sets sail on the Tom Joyner Foundation’s 2024 Fantastic Voyage! Outside of a literal nonstop schedule of seaside fun, the weeklong Saturday-to-Saturday expedition will also see the likes of your favorite soul icons hitting the stage, including Earth, Wind & Fire, Chaka Khan, Kirk Franklin and none other than Bobby Brown just to […]

Source: Mimi Haddon / Getty A Black women-led reproductive justice organization that raises awareness of issues at the intersections of race, gender, class, sexual orientation and gender identity has launched a new campaign aimed at educating Black voters on reproductive issues ahead of the 2024 election. In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda kicked off its I Am A Reproductive Justice Voter campaign last week. MORE: Abortion […]

Source: Sigbe Øllgaard / EyeEm / Getty   A new proposed bill would allow for some  mothers to receive child support from the time they become pregnant! This is Kentucky Senate Bill 110, that would allow certain moms who seek child support to retroactively receive it for the 9 months they were pregnant. Kentucky State Senator Whitney Westerfield said, “I believe that life begins at conception, but even if you […]

According to Billboard, Bri Babineaux earns her second No. 1 on Billboard’s Gospel Airplay chart as “I Will Wait” rises from No. 3 to the top of the chart dated Feb. 17 and again the week of March 6. “I Will Wait” was authored by Makeba R. Woods, who also co-produced it with Kayton Bassier, David “Ali” Parilla and Makeba Riddick-Woods.   Billboard Gospel Air Play Chart Week of March 9, […]

Source: Fuse / Getty YOUR HEART’S DESIRE What did you want more than anything else in the world when you were little?  Maybe having a pony or being a princess were the most delightful things you could imagine back then.  What do you yearn for now?  How different are your adult dreams? We’ve all heard that God loves to answer our prayers and to grant our desires.  Should we expect […]

Shaun King pictured on March 8, 2017, in Seattle, Washington. | Source: Karen Ducey / Getty Videos and photos on social media showing Shaun King and his wife speaking in an apparent Arabic dialect with a religious official while dressed in traditional Muslim garb were going viral on Sunday amid reports the former Christian pastor now “embraces Islam.” A social media account with more than 200,000 followers that describes itself […]

Steven Fuller. | Source: Chilton County Sheriff’s Office A Black woman was intentionally struck by a white driver in Alabama who fled a hit-and-run scene before returning later only for the police to delay his arrest on Thursday, according to the victim’s sister who documented the scene in graphic video footage posted to social media. The video, recorded in the small city of Jemison, showed a small pool of blood […]

Source: Shannon Finney / Getty On Wednesday, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) released its Black Policy Agenda: State of The Union Edition, outlining policies that they would like President Joe Biden to uphold this year and in 2024, if re-elected. The groundbreaking agenda, a first for the organization, highlights the pressing concerns of Black Americans ranging from health care and voting rights to police reform. […]

Source: Win McNamee / Getty George Santos, who was ousted from the House of Representatives, has announced that he’s running for Congress again. On Thursday (March 7), as President Joe Biden was giving his State of the Union address, disgraced former Congressman George Santos was in attendance in the lower chamber. His presence prompted questions as to why he was there, and he answered them by declaring that he was […]