Feature Story

I’m starting to have a love/ hate relationship with social media, so it doesn’t surprise me that a study shows that it is being linked to depression. According to Fox 28, a new medical study recently published indicates the constant need for “likes” and “love” on social media could lead to depression. Researches say that […]

Praise Report

As Kim Burrell is raked over the coals in media for her comments on homosexuality, many within the gospel community have been silent. Now GRAMMY® Award-winning singer Donnie McClurkin is both breaking and explaining his own silence, while making it clear that he is “holding Kim Burrell up in prayer.” “Let me tell you something. […]

Praise Report

Kim Burrell is still facing heat after a video of her preaching about how homosexuality was perverted emerged. After being nixed from her KTSU radio show and her performance with Pharrell on the Ellen Show, BMI followed suit, uninviting her from its annual Trailblazers of Gospel Music Honors where Burrell was set to be awarded […]

Praise Report

GETTY IMAGES: Veteran gospel singer Shirley Caesar is making headlines again, but not for singing about “beans, greens, potatoes, tomatoes.” The 11-time Grammy-winner has weighed in on the heated controversy swirling around fellow gospel songstress Kim Burrell’s comments on homosexuality. According to her, the way to avoid being lambasted online for controversial commentary is to […]

Entertainment

GEORGE PIMENTEL VIA GETTY IMAGES: Will Smith is outraged at the way Donald Trump talks about women.  The “Suicide Squad” star vented his anger over the GOP presidential candidate’s discourse on women during a wide-ranging interview with Australian news websitenews.com.au. “For a man to be able to publicly refer to a woman as a fat pig, […]

Praise Report

GETTY IMAGE: The first black woman crowned Miss Alabama is standing by a controversial video in which she called the Dallas gunman a “martyr,” but admits it was a poor choice of words. Speaking to Inside Edition Tuesday, Kalyn Chapman James said she was emotional while recording the video, which made her the target of national backlash. “I do wish […]

Praise Report

Jamal Bryant, pastor and founder of Empowerment Temple AME Church in Baltimore, Maryland, called out church leaders for their absence from the Black Lives Matter movement Monday, charging that it’s the first civil rights movement in America that isn’t being led by the Church. “We cannot diminish or presume that this is a colorblind society. […]

Praise Report

ABC: Kyle Bridges // EEW Magazine News Cameron Sterling, the 15-year-old son of Alton Sterling, a black man who was gunned down by white police officers outside a convenience store in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, wants America to “protest the right way.” “Protest in peace, not guns,” said Cameron today while standing outside the Triple […]

Praise Report

After an epic dragging by Black Twitter, Wendy now says her comments about HBCU’s were misinterpreted. On Thursday, Williams attempted to clarify her original comments, saying she has family members who are HBCU grads, then, doubling down on her insinuation that a historically Black college is as racist as the idea of a “historically white […]

Gospel star Kirk Franklin received the Bobby Jones Best Gospel/Inspirational Award at the BET Awards Sunday night. Hand-in-hand with his wife of 20 years, Tammy, a humble-looking Franklin took to the stage to accept his award after hearing his name announced in a field that included other talented artists such as Erica Campbell, Lecrae, Tasha […]