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New Year's Eve celebrations around the world, from earliest in New Zealand to latest in Hawaii.
Recap of 2025 events: NAACP LDF fights injustice, Nicki Minaj controversy, tax tips, new holiday film celebrates Black stories.
Since President Donald Trump renamed the Kennedy Center, several artists have bowed out from performing at the institution.
Gospel legend Richard Smallwood, 8-time Grammy nominee, dies at 77 after kidney failure. Pioneered contemporary gospel sound.
Recap of 2025 events: NAACP LDF fights injustice, Nicki Minaj controversy, tax tips, new holiday film celebrates Black stories.
We are now just finding out how real the G-Unit era was. Tony Yayo shares that his car got shot up at the Mixtape Awards during their beef with Jimmy Henchmen. As spotted on Complex Tony Yayo and Uncle Murda recently paid a visit to the Joe And Jada podcast. The two MC’s discussed a […]
Kwanzaa teaches Black folks that they are allowed to build meaning deliberately, community can be centered, and identity does not have to be mediated through whiteness.
The first Black-owned children’s bookstore, Liberation Station, has reopened in Raleigh, North Carolina Monday, Dec. 29, after online threats forced it to close earlier this year. The bookstore has relocated to 430 Hill Street in Southeast Raleigh. The owner, Victoria Scott-Miller, a former educator, said that her two young boys were the motivation behind her […]
As 2025 comes to a close, communities throughout the North Carolina Triangle are planning a variety of New Year’s Eve events to ring in 2026, from family-friendly festivities to late-night parties across Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Morrisville, and surrounding areas. Downtown Raleigh will once again host WRAL First Night Raleigh, a multi-venue celebration that begins […]
Tyler Perry faces a new civil lawsuit that alleges sexual assault and professional misconduct. Actor Derek Dixon filed the lawsuit Thursday in Los Angeles County Superior Court. Dixon appeared in the 2016 comedy film Boo! A Madea Halloween. This is the second time a male actor has accused Perry of using his power in the […]
It happens to all of us, getting a not-so-great gift during the holidays. Whether it is a kitchen appliance you already own or an obnoxiously colored sweater that just isn’t your style, you take it with fake excitement to not disappoint your loved ones. While you can’t always avoid getting certain presents for the holiday […]
From health updates on civil rights icons to economic protests and the passing of a movement leader, here’s a rundown of the top stories.