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'My Brother's Crossing,' A faith-based film on racial reconciliation premieres in theaters
My Brother’s Crossing is a spiritually-uplifting film depicting the true story of a Black pastor that gets into a head-on collision, accidentally slamming his car into a motorcycle and killing a white couple shortly after the Missouri riots in August 2014.
Jesus Be A Mediator: Tamar Braxton’s fiancé David Adfeso files for domestic restraining order against her
After attempting suicide in July over work-related stress, Tamar Braxton is experiencing a different kind of turmoil – this time in her personal life. The 43-year-old Christian R&B singer’s fiancé, David Adefeso, filed for a domestic violence restraining order against her on Tuesday, EEW Magazine Online can confirm.
This Hurts: Christian actress Letitia Wright shares heartbreaking tribute to ‘brother’ Chadwick Boseman
As the public grapples with the fresh loss of “Black Panther” star Chadwick Boseman, Letitia Wright, who played Shuri— the spunky, intelligent onscreen sister of Boseman’s character King T’Challa— is revealing that their brother-sister bond was real off-screen.
Shock and Grief: Chadwick Boseman, who embodied Black icons, dies of cancer
As his Hollywood career boomed, Boseman was privately undergoing “countless surgeries and chemotherapy” to battle colon cancer, his family said in a statement announcing his death at age 43 on Friday. He’d been diagnosed at stage 3 in 2016 but never spoke publicly about it.
Jacob Blake was no angel, but Kamala Harris says his shooting is unjustified and officer ‘should be charged’
Though some have characterized him as a violent criminal who was resisting arrest and got what was coming to him, democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris said she believes in “due process,” and when it comes to Blake’s shooting, “I cannot see how anybody could reason that, that was justifiable.”
Black Lives Matter: Jacob Blake paralyzed, protests erupt for 3rd night
acob Blake, the Black man shot multiple times by police in Wisconsin, is paralyzed, and it would “take a miracle” for him to walk again, his family’s attorney said Tuesday, while calling for the officer who opened fire to be arrested and others involved to lose their jobs.
Black artist who painted Michelle Obama painted Breonna Taylor for ‘Vanity Fair’ cover
The artist who in 2016 became the first woman and first African American to win the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition talked to the magazine about the deceased 26-year-old and the experience of bringing here to life in the oil-on-linen portrait.
Praying for Vanessa: Wife of Kobe Bryant posts heartbreaking tribute on his birthday, says ‘It should’ve been me’
We are praying for Vanessa Bryant who posted a beautiful and heartbreaking message to her late husband Kobe Bryant and their daughter Gianna on what would have been the NBA superstar’s 42nd birthday Sunday, Aug. 23.
Just Beautiful: LeToya Luckett leads her girlfriends in an anointed prayer
On a recent episode of OWN’s “Girlfriends Check In,” a digital series where female celebrity friends take part in virtual get-togethers to share laughter, support and love, the original Destiny’s Child member led her friends in an anointed prayer.
Kanye proposes ‘Jesus Tok’—a Christian alternative to TikTok—after being ‘disturbed’ by the popular mainstream app
Kanye, a Christian dad, worries that the popular social media app TikTok, which has over 100 million U.S. users, many of them teenagers or young adults, may be harmful for children. So he’s proposing an alternative called “Jesus Tok”.
We Love To See It: O Magazine’s Breonna Taylor issue is selling out around Louisville
O, The Oprah Magazine, featuring Breonna Taylor on its cover, is flying off shelves in her Louisville, Kentucky hometown and was already sold out at Carmichael's Bookstore and Barnes & Noble by Tuesday afternoon.
It's Official: Biden selects California Sen. Kamala Harris as running mate
Joe Biden named California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate on Tuesday, making history by selecting the first Black woman to compete on a major party’s presidential ticket and acknowledging the vital role Black voters will play in his bid to defeat President Donald Trump.
Unconventional Love: Christian husband and wife, Solomon and Liz Ocampo, share their arranged marriage story
According to Pew Research Center, 88% of Americans cited love as the most important reason to get married. But a Christian couple that has been in an arranged marriage for six years is proof that not everyone ascribes to this idea.
Demanding Justice: Parents of Elijah McClain sue Colorado police over his death
DENVER (AP) — The parents of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man who died after officers in suburban Denver stopped him on the street last year and put him in a chokehold, sued police and medical officials Tuesday.
Petition started by Black student against White cheerleaders posing with Confederate flag gets more than 10k signatures
When a Black Alabama high school student quit the cheer squad and called for disciplinary action against the White cheerleaders who posted a photo holding up a t-shirt featuring a heart-shaped confederate flag on Independence Day, she had no idea how much public support she would receive.
It’s still all ‘love’ for Christian minister Pat Smith after split from husband Emmitt Smith
It’s apparently still all love for Christian minister Pat Smith just over two weeks after publicly announcing that she and her husband, pro football Hall of Famer Emmitt Smith, have “decided to separate” and “move forward” after 20 years of marriage.
Farewell Falwell: Liberty University’s president taking leave of absence after he posts distasteful photos online
Jerry Falwell Jr. has agreed to take an indefinite leave of absence from his role as president and chancellor of Liberty University, the school announced Friday.
COVID-19: Hispanic and Black children hospitalized at higher rates
Racial disparities in the U.S. coronavirus epidemic extend to children, according to two sobering government reports.
Yikes! Hasbro accused of normalizing child abuse after placing a button on doll’s private area
Whether intentionally or unintentionally, toymakers send messages to consumers, and Hasbro sent the wrong message with a Trolls doll resulting in the brand being accused of promoting child abuse.