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Source: Djordje Krstic / Getty   Although rising market costs are driving up real estate prices nationwide, Black first-time homebuyers remain committed to homeownership. A new Zillow research report published Feb. 20 revealed that Black first-time homebuyers are playing a significant role in driving a rebound in the housing market, despite ongoing challenges with affordability. While the national percentage of first-time homebuyers has dropped from 50% last year to 44% […]

Source: @diddy / Instagram   With the tragic death of Voletta Wallace today (Feb 21), it’s hard not to think of her connection to Sean “Diddy” Combs based on the multiple decades they worked together to preserve the legacy of her late son and rap legend, The Notorious B.I.G. We’d like to believe that if things were different, Diddy would currently be splurging on a larger-than-life tribute to a woman […]

Source: Nic Antaya / Getty Women’s boxing champ Claressa Shields may be down for the count for a while after receiving a suspension from the Michigan Unarmed Combat Commission. Sky Sports reported that Shields is under investigation after testing positive for marijuana (a banned substance in competition) on February 3. “Ms Shields’ conduct as a licensed professional boxer constitutes an imminent threat to the integrity of professional boxing, the public […]

Source: Kya Kelly / Radio One Cincinnati Dr. Umar Ifatunde Johnson is no stranger to Cincinnati. As he made his way to the Lincoln Ware Show earlier today, the buzz surrounding his visit was already at a high. With a sold-out panel discussion at the Woodlawn Recreation Center set for late Thursday, it’s clear his messages (or meme-ery) resonate with the community. School psychologist, author, and outspoken Pan-Africanist, Dr. Johnson […]

Source: DOMINIC GWINN / Getty Do you remember how Donald Trump claimed that he’d never even heard of Project 2025? Do you remember how loudly and vehemently he denied the accusations, pretending that they were completely ridiculous and that they were complete fabrications and false attacks? I do. I remember writing how we knew Trump’s commitment to Project 2025 because he’d already carried the right-wing’s water once with Project 2017 and […]

Source: Cindy Ord / Getty A Black TV anchor is suing her network, claiming that she was being overworked and treated like a slave on a “plantation” and that she was reprimanded by her boss for complaining about it in language that made her coworkers “uncomfortable.” Ojinika Obiekwe, an on-air news personality at New York-based network PIX11, claimed in a lawsuit filed last month that she suffered racist and sexist […]

Source: John Lamparski / Getty Voletta Wallace, the mother of late hip-hop star Notorious B.I.G., has passed away. She was 72. TMZ reports Wallace died of natural causes Friday morning in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. She was reportedly in hospice care at the time of her passing. Voletta spent much of her life carrying on her son’s legacy after his passing in 1997. She often conveyed how important it was to tell […]

Surveys suggest growing support for school choice, such as in Ohio, even as voters reject such policies in referendums. AP Photo/Samantha Hendrickson Charles J. Russo, University of Dayton and Suzanne Eckes, University of Wisconsin-Madison The school choice movement received a major boost on Jan. 29, 2025, when President Donald Trump issued an executive order supporting families who want to use public money to send their children to private schools. The […]

Source: Jack Vartoogian/Getty Images / Getty We are sad to report that Jerry “The Iceman” Butler, the original lead singer of The Impressions who went on to a successful career as a solo artist and in politics, passed away at age 85. Butler’s assistant and “niece at heart,” Marty, exclusively confirmed the news to TMZ, saying he passed away from natural causes Thursday night at his home in Chicago. Marty […]