Author: Dominique Noelle

Dominique Browder is a Digital Content Creator for UnmutedCo. Dominique is creating news content for Black News Alerts website, social media and newsletter. She enjoys the freedom and loose structure at UnmutedCo and loves how she is able to gain a more hands-on experience. When she is not writing and researching content, Dominique lends her skills to empowering women.

Martin Lawrence is finally speaking about the real reason behind calling it quits on his self-titled hit series Martin. What We Know: In 1997, Tisha Campbell, who played Lawrence’s girlfriend Gina on the show, charged the actor with “repeated and escalating sexual harassment, sexual battery, verbal abuse and violent threats”. The suit was reportedly settled out of court. Lawrence has always adamantly denied these accusations, In his latest interview with GQ, he alluded to how the tension on set led to him leaving the show, even though it was originally reported that the show had been canceled. When directly asked…

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Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms will be in Iowa Friday campaigning for Democratic Presidential hopeful Joe Biden. What We Know: Atlanta’s Mayor has played a pivotal role in Biden’s campaign. Since her 2019 endorsement, Bottoms has traveled to several of Biden’s office openings coining him the best candidate to beat President Donald Trump. Mayor Bottoms decided to support Biden because of his past work as senator and Vice President. She was quoted saying “When I looked at all of the candidates, the one I thought was the strongest candidate and along with who had the best policies and plans, all…

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Some California law makers say they support a group of homeless women who have been living illegally in a vacant three bedroom home since November. What We Know: Recently Moms 4 Housing, a collective formed to support the Oakland women, interrupted a news conference on legislation to boost housing construction Tuesday at City Hall, shouting “affordable housing now”. The protest highlighted real estate investors who some say are driving up housing costs in the expensive Bay Area. The women say they are also protesting developers who throw up distressed homes and leave them empty Berkeley Senator, Democrat Nancy Skinner said…

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Lizzo has voiced her support for the FOMO festival’s ongoing bushfire fundraiser, asking festival goers to donate $1 towards state emergency services when they buy drinks at the festival bar. What We Know: 24 people have been arrested for deliberately starting the blaze that has covered 14.5 million acres of land and have claimed the lives of 23 people. FOMO launched the bushfire fundraiser initiative on January 4th before it’s first stop in Brisbane. Lizzo is currently on the continent as a part of her World Tour where she has a stop in Queensland. In a video posted to her…

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The announcement was made January 2nd that Netflix’s popular series Raising Dion will be back for a second season. What We Know: Raising Dion is a Netflix original superhero-drama series based on the comic book series of the same name by author Dennis Liu. The comic book has been described by The Guardian as a “diverse comic book that turns it’s back on superhero tropes”. The series was originally adapted into a short film in 2015 where it garnered a lot of online popularity. Then, a couple of years later Netflix ordered the series for themselves. Raising Dion follows Nicole and…

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