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According To AfroTech, last week Saweetie confirmed that she will be teaching a class at the University of Southern California (USC), her alma mater. Saweetie will be teaching a branding and marketing course to offer USC students the opportunity to learn how businesses should move and what’s trending today. In October 2021, Blavity previously shared that […]

Over this past weekend, Megan the Stallion graduated from Texas Southern University with a degree in Health Administration! Texas Southern University is known as a historically Black University in Houston, Texas. Megan took to Instagram to share her excitement in the completion of her degree. Check out her graduation below: View this post on Instagram […]

Yesterday, New York Governor Kathy Hochul made the announcement that the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will build a 2.4 million square foot state-of-the-art new international terminal on the south side of John F. Kennedy International Airport. The new terminal comes from reaching an agreement with a group of financial sponsors, New […]

After the brutal wind storm that rolled in on Saturday night, workers continue to restore power for thousands throughout the county. According to county officials as of yesterday afternoon, early 7,500 RG&E customers don’t have power, and the bulk of those without power are located in Greece. On top of those without power, some intersections […]

Members of the USA Woman’s Gymnastics team that were of victims of sexual abuse by former national team doctor Larry Nassar. A federal bankruptcy court in Indianapolis on Monday approved the agreement between USA Gymnastics and the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee and the more than 500 victims. It’s largest sexual abuse scandal in the history […]

Megan Thee Stallion graduated from Texas Southern University with a Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Administration over the weekend. “I know my parents are looking down on me so proud,” Megan, whose legal name is Megan Pete, wrote on Instagram. “💙 Thank you everyone for all the love today.” In honor of the achievement, Megan […]

Claims of sexual harassment against RCSD Superintendent Dr. Lesli Myers-Small were found to be unsubstantiated. Because of the findings, the sexual harassment and retaliation claims against Dr. Myers-Small are cleared. An independent investigation conducted by a law firm the RCSD Board of Education hired concluded the claims were ‘”unsubstantiated”. Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP was hired […]

A man paid several United States postal workers to steal credit cards from mail that they delivered. Reports say this was a $750,000 identity theft scam and over 1,000 credit cards were linked to states like New York and Virginia. This operation was going on for over a two year period from January 2017 August 2019. Click […]

Icon Alicia Keys has done it again with her latest project KEYS, a continuation of her 2020 album ALICIA. This project pays homage to her roots as a classically-trained pianist. KEYS is a double-sided album that comes with its set of original songs like “Skydive,” “Best Of Me,” “Nat King Cole,” “Old Memories,” “Come For […]