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Faith-informed reporting and analysis on the news that matters to Black Christian women.
We Are Praying: Miami-Dade police captain and father of NFL player James White killed in car crash
The father of New England Patriots’ running back James White was killed Sunday in a car crash in Florida, authorities said. The wreck that killed Tyrone White happened around 1 p.m. in Cooper City, Florida, the Broward County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.
High court front-runner Amy Coney Barrett hailed by right, feared by left
front-runner to fill the Supreme Court seat vacated by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a federal appellate judge who has established herself as a reliable conservative on hot-button legal issues from abortion to gun control.
Democrats For Life challenge Joe Biden and Democratic Party in full page New York Times ad
Democrats For Life Of America today sent a strong message to the Joe Biden campaign and Democratic Party through a full page ad in the New York Times, challenging the party’s extreme drift on abortion.
Christian athlete turned activist, Maya Moore, marries man she helped free from wrongful conviction
Surprise! Christian basketball star turned activist Maya Moore has wed the love her life, Jonathan Irons – also the man she helped free from a prison sentence stemming from a wrongful conviction 23 years ago.
Backlash grows over Netflix film 'Cuties' which is being called 'child porn' + director explains her intent
Critics say “Cuties” is dangerously and irresponsibly sexualizing pre-teen girls. The campaign against the film includes calls for the Department of Justice to investigate it and hundreds of thousands calling for subscribers to cancel their Netflix accounts.
Andrew Gillum comes out as bi-sexual in exclusive 'Tamron Hall' interview
Andrew Gillum, who said he was driven into a deep depression and drank heavily after losing his Democratic candidacy for governor of Florida in 2018, revealed in a new interview that he identifies as bisexual.
From Hard-Luck to Blessed: The heartwarming story of LeShenda Williams is the one you didn't know you needed
LaShenda Williams has gone from being a hard-luck case to living a blessed life, and we are celebrating all her blessings right along with her. In late 2019, the 46-year-old who was then homeless and living inside her car parked outside of a Kroger in Tennessee is now employed by the grocery store chain and in her own apartment.
TV BUZZ: ‘Tamron Hall’ heads to Oprah Winfrey Network + exclusive with Andrew Gillum
According to an exclusive Deadline report, OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network has licensed the syndicated daytime talk show Tamron Hall from Disney Media Networks, giving one of our favorite women of faith and influence a broader platform.
Good Causes: Muscular Distrophy Association taps Kevin Hart to host famed telethon long hosted by Jerry Lewis
Kevin Hart will host the return of a popular telethon once spearheaded by the late Jerry Lewis to fight muscular dystrophy. The Muscular Dystrophy Association announced that Hart will host the MDA Kevin Hart Kids Telethon. The two-hour, star-studded virtual fundraiser event will air Oct. 24.
Tamar Braxton's ex fiancé explains his decision to file a restraining order and denies being the 'aggressor'
David Adefeso, former fiancé of R&B singer Tamar Braxton, took to social media to deny reports that he assaulted the star before filing a domestic violence restraining order against her. In a recent explosive The Blast report citing sources close to 43-year-old Braxton, Adefeso is characterized as “the aggressor.”
Christian actress Niecy Nash defends decision to marry woman, stops short of saying she’s gay
A lot of Niecy Nash’s conservative Christian fans are struggling to process the surprise announcement that she married a woman. They’re asking: What does that mean? Is she gay? Has she been hiding her sexuality all this time? Here are the answers.
'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.