When the Oklahoma City Thunder needed someone to step up in Game 5 of the NBA Finals, it wasn’t just their MVP candidate Shai Gilgeous-Alexander who answered. It was his right-hand man, Jalen Williams, a rising star who is no longer hiding in anyone’s shadow. Williams exploded for a career playoff-high 40 points, leading the […]
Benjamin Netanyahu is no stranger to confrontation. But even by his own standards, Israel’s recent military escalation against Iran marks a stunning, high-risk shift in regional dynamics, and potentially, the global order. Over the past week, Israel, under Netanyahu’s direct command, has launched a string of devastating airstrikes on Iranian military and nuclear installations. Among […]
As the nation prepares to mark Juneteenth, the day the last enslaved people in the United States learned of their freedom in 1865, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, Black Americans are taking stock of what that freedom has meant in practice. And for many, the answer is sobering. In a recent BET special commemorating […]
Tennis legends Venus and Serena Williams are stepping into the podcasting arena with a new show titled Unfiltered Truth, set to debut this August exclusively on X (formerly Twitter). Announced by Serena Williams on her official X account, the podcast promises far more than tennis talk. Produced by Serena’s Nine Two Six Productions, Unfiltered Truth […]
As former President Donald Trump doubles down on his vow to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education if re-elected, concern is growing, particularly among educators in states like Mississippi, where historic racial inequities and chronic underfunding already strain public education . For many Black teachers, the threat isn’t just political, it’s personal. In interviews with […]