September 2020

Business Spotlight: This Black Female-Owned Wizarding Coffee Shop is Making Magical Moves

Imagine a magical coffee shop where witches, wizards and muggles alike can all enjoy delicious treats and whimsical beverages. A coffee shop that’s inspired by the Harry Potter series, and whose decor reimagines characters as black American pop culture icons. From Mariah LeStrange to Albus Freeman – and even a Half-blood Prince, Nimbus coffee is […]

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Get The Vote Out: OWN’s first digital animated short-form comedy series “Sincerely, Camille”

 OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network announced today its first ever digital animated short-form comedy series “Sincerely, Camille” from creator Munirah Safiyah Jones (“Junt Land”). A key component to the network’s OWN YOUR VOTE nonpartisan get-out-the-vote initiative, the six-part original series offers a humorous, irreverent, and informative take on politics and the issues impacting Black women in the

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Chris Rock to Host SNL Season Premiere. Musical Guest Megan Thee Stallion

Chris Rock will take the stage in Studio 8H as host of “Saturday Night Live’s” 46th season premiere on Oct. 3.   This will mark Rock’s third appearance as host. The multiple Emmy and Grammy Award-winner stars in the fourth installment of FX’s critically acclaimed drama series “Fargo,” launching Sept. 27.   Megan Thee Stallion will make her

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Poem: Protect And Serve

Written by Theodore Mosley The Black Community has a graveyard of sudden movements of threats that their commandments perceived viable.  Don’t turn your back on me; I will unleash my clip to silence your disrespect.  Our judgement will be of twelve; we judged you not worthy to live. White privileges lifted me up above your

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NBCUniversal Promotes Janine Jones-Clark to Executive VP, Inclusion – Talent & Content

NBCUniversal today earlier this week that Janine Jones-Clark has been promoted to Executive Vice President, Inclusion – Talent & Content, NBCUniversal Film, Television and Streaming.  Jones-Clark will retain oversight of Universal Filmed Entertainment Group (UFEG)’s diversity, inclusion and equity strategies, and will add NBCUniversal’s entertainment, streaming and television studio teams to her purview.  She will continue

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Award-Winning Journalist Farai Chideya To Host New Audio Series: “Our Body Politic”

    As the election season hits a fever pitch, award-winning journalist Farai Chideya is debuting a new limited-audio series “Our Body Politic” on September 25. The series is being created and syndicated by public radio stations KPCC, KCRW, and KQED as part of the California Regional News Hub collaboration, a consortium of NPR member stations across

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Peacock releases new Stephen King crime thriller “MR. MERCEDES”

Peacock Announces release a new exclusive series titled, ‘MR. MERCEDES,’ based on Stephen King’s NYT best-selling Bill Hodges Trilogy, premiering October 15th.  MR. MERCEDES follows a retired detective who is tormented by a serial killer through a series of letters and emails. This series stars Jharrel Jerome (WHEN THEY SEE US), Scott Lawrence (AVATAR, STAR

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Oprah Winfrey, NAACP & National Voting Rights Leaders Join Together for National Town Hall 9/24

Oprah Winfrey and OWN have joined together with the NAACP and national voting rights leaders to host “OWN Your Vote: Our Lives Depend On it,” a virtual conversation aimed to inspire and equip thousands of voters and community leaders with specific steps they can take to register to vote, request their absentee ballots, and mobilize voters

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Note to America/GOP: Trump train is derailing – Time for an Intervention

By D.L. White  It’s time for America to take a reality check, and examine itself from the inside out. Are you better off today, than almost four years ago when one Donald J. Trump became the 45th President of these United States? Close examination  from the inside (politically speaking) will reveal  those casting votes for 

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