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The summer baby boom continues, as Serena Williams and her husband Alexis Ohanian have welcomed their second daughter. The couple made the announcement on social media on Tuesday, with Ohanian celebrating their new little girl with a series of adorable family photos on Instagram.

An Ohio prosecutor has petitioned a judge to dismiss charges against 22-year-old Jadarrius Rose, the Black truck driver who was brutally attacked by a Circleville, Ohio police K-9. Despite having surrendered to the cops and leaving the scene with bloodied dog bites, Rose is still the only one facing...Read more...

Justice was served to yet another person who decided to harass Black Lives Matter protesters unprovoked. This time, it was a man from Queens, N.Y., who crafted a claw-like weapon reminiscent of Wolverine, the ferocious antihero from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The problem here is Wolverine's a figment of his...Read more...

Despite what some young music lovers may say, hip-hop's Golden Era is still in full effect.Read more...

Living Single is one of the most influential shows in all of TV history. It's the launched the friends hanging out" boom of 90s and 2000s sitcoms-with emphasis there on Friends. It made hip-hop pioneer Queen Latifah a household name in white America while showcasing the beauty of Black culture, friendships and love....Read more...

Charity Lawson,27, is the fourth Black Bachelorette in the show's history and last night she made history yet again! After a dramatic three-hour finale on August 21, she got engaged to Nigerian-American Dotun Olubeko, being the first monoracially Black couple in Bachelor Nation!

I thought we were over the whole work hair discrimination thing... or at least getting there. However, a Chick-fil-A in North Cackalacky enforced their shady dress code standards on an employee with blonde boxed braids. Apparently, the color blonde was considered unnatural" for a Black girl.

The Republican primary election is in full swing. On Wednesday, the candidates will gather for the first Republican primary debate, which, if previous election cycles have taught us anything, will likely be unhinged. But this year, the debate will be missing something or, rather, someone.Read more...

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Despite their pledge to rebuild trust after the unfortunate death of Elijah McClain three years ago, the Aurora Police Department is still being accused of participating in violent and dangerous behavior.Read more...

The internet loves sibling rivalries and drama, but you will find none of that between Chloe and Halle Bailey. When rumors that Halle was pregnant started circulating around social media, her sister quickly shut that nonsense down. In a now expired Instagram Live, she made it clear that Halle slander will not be...Read more...

A superstar family may have just gotten bigger.

When Lisa Price sold her Carol's Daughter line of hair products to L'Oreal in 2014, it was met with mixed reactions. While some thought it was a boss move that gave her a powerful ally in the crowded beauty space, others criticized the deal as selling out and giving up yet another thing that was supposed to belong to...Read more...

If you're looking for a fanbase more dedicated to their leader than Swifties, then look no further than the BeyHive! Beyonce's fans never received visuals and concepts for the Renaissance album, so they took it upon themselves to determine that futuristic cowboy with a ton of metallics" is the theme for the ...Read more...

On Monday, Sha'Carri Richardson proved that she is that girl after winning the 100m at the world track and field championships in 10.65 seconds-a championship record time. Richardson outran Shericka Jackson and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce in her global championship debut in Budapest, Hungary.Read more...

The family of Yohanes Kidane is asking for help in locating him after he disappeared in San Jose last week. According to KTVU, he was last seen getting into an Uber but it's unclear if he ever made it to his destination.Read more...

In a year marked by unrelenting attacks on transgender Americans, there's finally some good news. On Sunday night, U.S. District Court Judge Sarah Geraghty blocked a new Georgia ban on hormone therapy for transgender youth, debunking anti-trans rhetoric in the process.Read more...

Most people know Michael Oher as the former NFL player who was the subject of the 2009 movie The Blind Side. The movie, which earned over $300 million at the box office and a Best Actress Oscar for Sandra Bullock, depicts Oher as a poor Black kid rescued from poverty and despair by the white Tuohy family. But while...Read more...

The scandal surrounding former NFL player Michael Oher and his adoptive" parents Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy has led to a closer examination of The Blind Side, the movie based on their story. In the film, Michael is presented as a foster child with no family and a dangerous, uncertain future until the Tuohys take him...Read more...

For years, The Shade Room has been repeatedly called out for spreading misinformation in the Black community. They are at the center of yet another controversy and this time it's about Biden's relief efforts for Maui wildfire victims.Read more...

For Black Star Wars fans, the live-action Disney+ series have opened doors to new characters and more diverse worlds. As much as we've loved these fresh additions to the universe, there's one fan favorite we couldn't wait to see make their live-action debut: Ahsoka Tano. Shortly after Rosario Dawson made her first...Read more...

After a star-studded bidding process led to the most interest BET has seen in years, Paramount Global abruptly pulled the plug on the sale of its majority stake in the BET Media Group. Notable names interested in acquiring BET, its streaming service BET+, BET Studios and VH1 included Tyler Perry, Sean Diddy" Combs,...Read more...

In another episode of What the Hell Is Wrong With People," this might be the craziest one yet.Read more...

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This Is Us fans were dealt a tragic blow on Saturday when Ron Cephas Jones died at the age of 66 from a long-standing pulmonary issue. The two-time Emmy-winning actor played WIlliam Hill, the biological father of Sterling K. Brown's Randall Pearson. Jones had a long and distinguished career with memorable roles in ...Read more...

Well, no one saw this one coming. During a recent interview with Megyn Kelly, Sage Steele told a story about an alleged exchange that happened with her and the late Barbara Walters back in 2014 in the greenroom of The View. During an episode of The Megyn Kelly Show podcast, the former SportsCenter claimed that Walters...Read more...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has set his sights on the White House, but so far his campaign isn't going so well. And that sucks not only for him, but all Floridians given the crux of his strategy seems to be trying to put forward the most obnoxious, fear-mongering policies and talking points possible. From his...Read more...

This is getting messy and some people need to mind their own damn business. It feels like everyone is getting involved in The Blind Side" drama and got something to say.Read more...

As a student at Norfolk State University in the early 2010s, Ashley Jones set out to create apparel and accessories that reflected her style and showed her school pride. But what started as a side hustle has turned into a lucrative business. And now, Jones is teaming up with one of the most recognizable investors in...Read more...

A white man accused of killing a Black man in Kansas City has been charged with a slap on the wrist, charged with disturbing the peace and nothing else in connection with a deadly stabbing, according to the Kansas City Star.

The nonprofit organization Everytown for Gun Safety is suing several companies in connection to the racist Buffalo shooting that happened at a Tops supermarket last year. According to the lawsuit, several defendants are named and include Reddit and YouTube-online spaces where the shooter was allegedly radicalized.Read more...

Ever since Ron DeSantis announced his bid for the White House in the upcoming election, a slew of Republicans crawled out of the woodwork to also share their presidential ambitions. DeSantis has built his platform using hate through legislation like his infamous Don't Say Gay" bill and his recent decision to have...Read more...

Even if you didn't grow up playing with Barbie dolls, you have to admit her dream house is something special. It may not have walls, but everything from the pool slide to the working elevator gave glam. All of the hype around her feature film got us thinking about creating a dream house of our own.Read more...

Of course we should have added Blind Side, but we did include it in another gallery of movies with the hated white trope. Ok let's get started.Read more...

For Bronx-born culinary collective Ghetto Gastro, food is a movement. It's a way to share personal stories and culture with as many people as possible. No matter how it's consumed, our shit has to hit. Non-negotiable," they proudly proclaim on their website.

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Once you've been in an arena or stadium with thousands chanting your name and millions watching you from home, it's hard to find a replacement for that feeling when it's over. This is why so many athletes head into acting when their careers are over. Some even appear on the big screen while they're still playing. With...Read more...

On my list of things I did not expect to see in hip-hop this year, this one might be near the top of the list.

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If you ask a group of people for their top five favorite MCs, you'll get lots of different answers. But although they may disagree over Biggie versus Tupac, female MCs rarely make the list. Hip-hop fans know what artists like Roxanne Shante, Queen Latifah, Salt N Pepa and Missy Elliot have done for the culture, but...Read more...

Rejoice! Grammy-award-winning singer Jon Batiste is back, and he brought more creative, inspired, and unique music with him. His latest album, World Music Radio, is out and I'm glad to report that it is an enjoyable listen.

Former Real Housewives Nene Leakes and Bethenny Frankel have recently been outspoken about their issues with Bravo. Frankel who created the brand Skinnygirl while she was on The Real Housewives of New York City, refused to allow NBC to take a percentage of her earnings for presenting her business on the show. After...Read more...

Nine officers across two police departments in East Bay, Calif. were arrested by FBI agents Thursday after being indicted by a federal grand jury. Of those officers were the slimy Antioch cops exposed for calling Black people gorillas, n-words and all types of degrading insults in their texts.

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The focus for the last week has been on Michael Oher and his relationship with the Tuohys. Oher claims he was tricked into signing conservatorship documents and Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy allege that Michael is attempting to shake them down of money. It's a classic battle of he said, she said," and there is no clear...Read more...

Since Elon Musk took over Twitter, it's become a lot less fun for people of color, women and the LGBTQ+ community. We've all seen the rise in hate speech and harassment. We thought changing the name to the completely ridiculous X would be the worst decision he made for a while, but now it appears that the billionaire...Read more...

Updated on 8/18/2023 at 1p.m. PT: Ron Zambrano, the lawyer representing the three former backup dancers that are currently suing Lizzo, has issued a response to the open letter of support form the Juice" singer's current backup dancers.Read more...

Oprah may be, well, Oprah and a legend in her own right, but that doesn't mean she's not still learning from other fellow legends, namely Beyonce.Read more...