President Biden made a brief appearance at a debate watch party at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta hotel after verbally sparring for 90 minutes with former President Donald Trump in an event CNN broadcast to the world. The president attempted to
Prosecutors in Los Angeles have decided against pursuing charges against Atlanta’s Grammy-winning rapper Killer Mike, who was arrested during the awards broadcast. The 49-year-old rapper, whose real name is Michael Render, got into a confrontation with a security guard he
The Atlanta Hawks took French teenager Zaccharie Risacher with the first pick in the 2024 NBA Draft Wednesday night. “It’s a blessing you know,” Risacher said immediately after being drafted. “So exciting.” The selection of the French star ended the
Former NBA guard Nate Robinson, known for defying the odds, faces a dire prognosis as his kidneys are functioning at less than 15 percent capacity. Without a kidney donor soon, his condition is critical. Robinson, 40, fashioned an 11-year professional
The American Black Film Festival has found a new Ally. It’s a long-established Ally really. Ally Financial, which has been around quite awhile, recently emerged as one of the supporters of the festival, holding a reception at the recent gathering
He wasn’t the first Negro Leagues alum to play Major League Baseball, but he was among the most impactful. The tributes that are pouring in for Willie Mays, baseball’s “Say Hey Kid” who died Tuesday at the age of 93,
Four months after slamming a Black teenager’s face into the ground, dragging him by his locs and swearing at him, a Columbus, Ohio, police officer has been fired. Donovan Bever’s actions on Feb. 19 left Columbus police chief Elaine Bryant,
Exactly 85 years after her family was burned out of an all-white neighborhood, the 97-year-old “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” is moving back to the address where the fire was set. Opal Lee was 12 years old when a racist mob —
Donald Trump was convicted Thursday on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, becoming the first former president convicted of a crime. Trump was indicted in connection with a hush-money payment made to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels before of
A 23-year-old Air Force airman’s family wants an explanation after he was shot to death in Florida, in yet another instance where police have killed a Black person minding his own business in his own home. The death of Roger
Dozens of Atlanta HBCU students, alumni and sympathizers declaring solidarity with protesters on college campuses across the nation made their displeasure known Wednesday — about the U.S. role favoring Israel in its war with Hamas, about President Joe Biden’s imminent
Kim Godwin, who only three years ago became the first Black woman to run a broadcast television news division, is out at ABC News. The timing seems peculiar, given that Godwin just signed a contract extension in February. Even amid
The Rev. Frederick D. Haynes III has resigned as president and CEO of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, less than three months after his formal installation on Feb. 1. The news stunned the international human and civil rights organization. Haynes is
Veteran Emmy-nominated actress Jurnee Smollett, an NAACP Image Award winner, plays a mother named Dolores in her new film We Grown Now, which she also helped executive produce. It’s about two young boys who grow up in the 1990s in
The Georgia Tech Black Alumni Organization on Friday, April 12, recognized outstanding alumni, faculty, students, and industry leaders whose service and leadership have positively impacted the Black community and the Institute more broadly at its annual Leaders & Legends Awards
O.J. Simpson, first celebrated as an All-American football hero and then, in some circles, for being acquitted of the 1994 murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ron Goldman,has died at the age of 76 in Las
Another high-profile trial involving Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis’ office, another sexual distraction. This time, it involves an investigator. Willis narrowly survived being booted from prosecuting former President Donald Trump in an ongoing Georgia election interference case because
Brylan Donaldson, Northwestern University’s associate director of innovation and new ventures, is on the cutting edge of AI technology and all its possibilities. He was a featured speaker at rolling out’s RIDE Conference in February, but the wisdom of his
In an age where artificial intelligence (AI) and technology are not just buzzwords but the backbone of innovation and progress, the insights from Munson Steed, Jamie Coleman and Arthur Bernier Jr. serve as a navigational compass for aspiring professionals and
Another Donald Trump swipe at Fani Willis has failed. The Fulton County District Attorney is proceeding with election interference charges against the former president and 14 co-defendants after a motion to dismiss the case on First Amendment grounds was shot
