How Liberals Lost Comedy − and Helped Trump Win

How Liberals Lost Comedy − and Helped Trump Win

By Nick Marx, THECONVERSATION | Editorial credit: Artist Nadia Russ / shutterstock.com  Throughout the 2024 election cycle, reproductive rights were an electoral vulnerability for Donald Trump. Though popular with the Republican base, his appointment of antiabortion judges gave serious pause to many key voting blocs, including undecided young men. In pursuit of these voters, Trump’s strategy […]

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ Case Raises Questions About the Many Observers who Might have Ignored his Alleged Crimes

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ Case Raises Questions About the Many Observers who Might have Ignored his Alleged Crimes

By Zoe D. Peterson, theconversation.com | Editorial credit: Denis Makarenko / shutterstock.com  The billionaire hip-hop producer Sean Combs was charged in September 2024 with sex trafficking and a range of other offenses – and continues to be hit with lawsuits from alleged victims. Perhaps one of the most stunning aspects of the unfolding case is the large number of people […]

Bahamian Songstress Simmone Bowe to Headline 2024 CMEx Awards in Miami

Bahamian Songstress Simmone Bowe to Headline 2024 CMEx Awards in Miami

Photo courtesy: CMEx Bahamian Songstress Simmone Bowe to Headline 2024 CMEx Awards in Miami SCOTCH PLAINS, New Jersey (November 21, 2024) – Soulful Bahamian singer and performer Simmone Bowe will headline the 2024 CMEx Leadership Awards and Fundraiser in Miami next month. Renowned for her warm, powerful voice and captivating stage presence, Bowe will deliver […]

All Fours: Cultural Significance and Gameplay Across the UK, Trinidad & Tobago, St. Vincent, Grenada, and Canada

All Fours: Cultural Significance and Gameplay Across the UK, Trinidad & Tobago, St. Vincent, Grenada, and Canada

By Esther Claudette Gittens All Fours is a unique and competitive trick-taking card game with deep historical roots in 17th-century England. Over centuries, it migrated with British colonists to the Caribbean, where it evolved in the hands of Trinidadian, Vincentian, Grenadian, and Canadian communities. Today, it is more than a game—it is a beloved cultural […]

Sundown Road Strikes a Chillingly Familiar Chord

Sundown Road Strikes a Chillingly Familiar Chord

New AfroPoP Digital Short is the perfect spooky story for the season and for our times The experience portrayed in the latest AfroPoP Digital Short, Sundown Road, is chillingly familiar. You’re driving on a back road in Anytown USA. Your car breaks down. Your mobile signal is lost. The sun begins to set and there doesn’t seem […]

An Open letter to Mr. Adidja Vybz Kartel Palmer

An Open letter to Mr. Adidja Vybz Kartel Palmer

Photo credit: Vybz Katel Facebook  Good day, Mr. Palmer.  I was one of many who advocated for your release. I defended your release from imprisonment, even at the cost of losing friendships. I must admit that I didn’t follow the original trial. Still, over the past couple of years, I have thoroughly reviewed the events […]

Jamaican Women in Hollywood Honored

Jamaican Women in Hollywood Honored

By Linda Hohnholz, eTurboNews |Editorial credit: Gustavo Frazao / shutterstock.com  Jamaican Women Leading Hollywood recognized 25 honorees at inaugural dinner. Presented by CODA Network with support from the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), the inaugural Jamaican Women Leading Hollywood (JWLH) Honors dinner on September 28 at Hotel Figueroa brought together industry leaders, advocates and talents to […]

First-Ever Bouyon Festival in New York

First-Ever Bouyon Festival in New York

Photo courtesy Tracey Khan New York, NY— The inaugural Bouyon Festival in New York was a tremendous success, selling out to an eager crowd at Amadeus Nightclub in Queens on Saturday, August 25. The event celebrated Caribbean unity with a vibrant display of flags from various nations, creating an atmosphere of love and togetherness. Sold […]

Rihanna Sets the Record Straight: Not Retired, but ‘Starting Over’ with ‘R9’

Rihanna Sets the Record Straight: Not Retired, but ‘Starting Over’ with ‘R9’

Editorial credit: Debby Wong / Shutterstock.com By CAW Staff Writer In recent events that sent waves through the music industry, Rihanna has emphatically clarified that she is not retired from making music. The global billionaire superstar recently spotted donning an “I’m Retired” shirt. She has reassured fans that she is far from hanging up her […]

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