Mary Keitany of Kenya and Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia took home the top prizes at this year’s New York City Marathon. In a highly contested field, Keitany beat out the women with a time of 2:22:48. USA Today reports this the runner’s fourth win in five years. […]
Miles was one of 20 semifinalists in the Beard Foundation’s Outstanding Pastry Chef category for five years running, and among its five finalists for the past three years. The awards gala at Chicago’s Lyric Opera House was a celebratory one for the Stitts, too. After […]
Florida has moved to take action in restoring these voter rights, by proposing a ballot initiative that would allow these formerly incarcerated citizens the right to vote, if their felony charges don’t entail convictions for murder or sexual offenses. If not passed, Florida, like many other states, will continue […]
Ciara Sivels knew she was going to make history, but she really wanted to focus on finishing her Ph.D. program first. Sivels, a native of Chesapeake, Virginia, is the first black woman to earn a doctoral degree in nuclear engineering from theUniversity of Michigan, the top […]
Nationwide — The statistics are grim: Black women and black babies are losing their lives at a rate that’s 3-4x higher than any other ethnicity during pregnancy and childbirth in the United States. After coming across news reports exposing this dire issue, Roman Debotch from BlackExcellence.com […]
After landing a lucrative production deal with streaming giant Netflix earlier this year, Barack and Michelle Obama might adapt veteran journalist and author Michael Lewis’ bookThe Fifth Risk, which paints a critical portrait of President Donald Trump and his dysfunctional administration. Black Lives Matter launches arts and culture […]