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Victor Glover Is About to Become the First Black Astronaut to Fly Around the Moon

The Artemis II pilot is about to make history as the first Black astronaut to travel beyond Earth's orbit. Not in the future. Right now.
04/01/2026

Black Residents’ Historic Reparations Program Now Faces Uphill Court Battle

A pioneering reparations plan—born from demolishing Black homes and trapping families in a sewage-flanked ward—now hangs in legal limbo.
03/31/2026

John James Booed By His Own Party At Michigan GOP Rally

The Republican governor hopeful received an icy welcome as his primary rivals looked on, amused.
03/31/2026

Born in America and Still Not a Citizen? The Supreme Court Is About to Decide

Trump's executive order to strip birthright citizenship from babies born to undocumented and temporary visa-holding parents hits the nation's highest court Wednesday.
03/31/2026
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BET Current: Chilli Addresses Trump Donation Backlash, Brandy Reflects on Whitney, and Bow Wow & Lil Mama Reunite

Chilli denies MAGA ties after campaign donation criticism, Brandy shares her final conversation with Whitney Houston, and Bow Wow and Lil Mama spark viral energy in Brooklyn.
03/31/2026

Nick Cannon Doubles Down on Trump Support

During a conversation with Amber Rose on Nick Cannon’s Big Drive, Cannon argued that Democrats have failed Black voters.
03/30/2026

Cory Booker Says the Democratic Party 'Has Failed This Moment' and Is Not Ruling Out a 2028 Presidential Run

The New Jersey senator is calling for new leadership, generational renewal, and a Democratic Party that stops making Trump the main character.
03/30/2026

Calls Mount for Indicted Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick to Resign

A House panel says evidence supports 25 alleged violations tied to her alleged misuse of COVID relief money.
03/30/2026

Trump Says He Wants to 'Take Iran's Oil' — And His Threats Are Already Driving Up Gas Prices

The president's Truth Social post threatening to obliterate Iran's energy infrastructure sent Brent crude above $116 a barrel. Here's what's actually happening.
03/30/2026

How She Built This: Jessie Maple, The Trailblazing Filmmaker Who Lit Up The Industry

She sued ABC, CBS, and NBC for discrimination, won her landmark case, and wrote a guide that armed Black women with the tools to grab cameras of their own.
03/27/2026

From Flatbush to The World: How 28th & Foster Is Rewriting Black Global Business

Peter Brooks turned a self-taught passion into a cross‑continental agency linking U.S. brands with Africa’s fastest‑growing economies—and proving that cultural capital can move markets.
03/27/2026