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Looks like Ulta Beauty, the American chain of beauty stores, is looking to commit to Black-owned brands.Read more...

Netflix released a trailer for its 2022 movie lineup, and some of our favorites will star on the streaming service this year.

Calling all young Black creatives! HBCU 20x20, a program to prepare Black college students to enter the workforce, has collaborated with DreamWorks Animation to create a talent development initiative called LAUNCH: HBCU Fellowship Program. The initiative is projected to kick off in the spring.

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House Bill 3620, also known as the Clementa C. Pinckney Hate Crimes Act, in honor of the late state senator who was killed along with eight others in a racially motivated shooting at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston 2015, passed in the South Carolina House last year. Democratic members of the house held a press…Read more...

Jolie Noire, an essential wear fashion line owned by sisters Kim and Keyondra Lockett, is taking over Target stores nationwide along with four other Black owned lines for the major retailer’s “Black Beyond Measure” campaign. Target launch the campaign for Black History month 2022, aiming to highlight Black designers.Read more...

Could it finally be happening? An ongoing debate in California has discussed ways to address the impact slavery and systemic racism have had on the lives of Black people. The California Reparations Task Force, made up of lawyers, civil rights leaders and lawmakers, are currently studying the state’s role in carrying…Read more...

Craig Robinson is set to reunite with Brooklyn Nine-Nine creators Dan Goor and Luke Del Tredici on new Peacock comedy Killing It.

Brian Flores lead the Miami Dolphins to a second consecutive winning season with a 9-8 record in 2022–the team’s first-string since 2003. And then, he was abruptly fired with reports of a power struggle behind the scenes. Surely a coach with a winning record would get one of the eight head coaching openings this…Read more...

Former Louisville Metro Police officer Cory Evans was sentenced to two years in prison on Tuesday for striking a protester in the head with a baton during a May 2020 demonstration over Breonna Taylor’s death. Along with his prison sentence, the 34 year-old former veteran was also sentenced to two years of supervised…Read more...

How many Black-owned breweries have you heard of? Not many, right? Well, that’s because there are so few.Read more...

Coming out of Fear State, the DC Universe needs a fresh hero, and Jace Fox needs purpose. You know what that means, we’re getting a new Batman, and he’s Black.

The recent boom in stock values and home prices could actually hurt Black Americans by exaggerating the country’s persistent racial wealth gap, according to a new report from the Federal Reserve Board.

When President Biden hinted that he would appoint a Black woman to Justice Stephen Breyer’s open seat when he retires, one had to figure it would get some pushback. There is especially one particular Senate Republican who feels that a highly qualified Black woman would be a “beneficiary of affirmative action” in an…Read more...

The former Chicago police officer who shot and killed 17-year-old Laquan McDonald has been released early from prison, only serving about half of his sentence, per the Chicago Tribune. Local activists, politicians as well as McDonald’s family have rallied and protested against the decision, reported The Guardian. The…Read more...

On Wednesday, four men were charged in connection to the death of The Wire and Lovecraft Country star Michael K. Williams.Read more...

Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards denied delaying any investigation into the fatal May 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene on Tuesday.Read more...

Hundreds piled into the City Hall chamber to witness the Englewood Board of Education budget meeting on Feb. 1, 1962, anxious to hear a committee report on school segregation in Englewood, New Jersey.Read more...

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has announced its nominees for 2022 induction, and there are some bonafide legends on the list.

The highly anticipated Janet Jackson documentary appeared over the weekend on Lifetime and A&E.Read more...

The mystery of who’s behind the multiple bomb threats towards HBCUs in the last month could be revealed soon. The bomb threats have resulted in campuses having to evacuate, lockdown and cancel classes.Read more...

Tesla, the company founded by Elon Musk that’s been the darling of the electric vehicle market, is being sued by a Black, gay former employee who alleges the company did nothing as she endured racism and physical violence while on the job.

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I’m sure most of us have heard the saying, “if you don’t have anything good to say, then don’t say anything at all.” Georgetown’s newest hire could’ve applied that to his latest comments.Read more...

As if the sugar-coated version of Black history we learned exclusively during February wasn’t enough, students will be subjected to an even more watered down version. Axios reported schools are facing new limits to teaching during Black History Month as states begin banning critical race theory from school curriculum.…Read more...

An upcoming HBO documentary about the life and works of abolitionist and orator Frederick Douglass is headed to HBO and HBO Max soon.Read more...

Another prominent CNN personality is headed to the news network’s upcoming subscription video-hub service CNN+. Don Lemon is set to host his own weekly talk show.

The ramifications of climate change are being felt worldwide – from the United States to Africa. 2021 was reported to be the 6th warmest year on record, and storms like Hurricane Katrina, Sandy, Harvey, and Ida show us what is in our future if we don’t reverse course. Weather disasters have cost the United States $750…Read more...

Everyone loves Disneyland right? Well, it looks like it just got a little more Black.Read more...

Longtime friends Queen Latifah and Jada Pinkett Smith will reunite on screen when Smith guest stars on an upcoming episode of The Equalizer.

While Congress and the Biden administration go back and forth on whether to cancel $10,000 or $50,000 of student loan debt (even though President Biden says he would not do more than $10,000, potentially), the total $1.7 trillion amount is impacting 45 million Americans. While many share this burden and are looking…Read more...

The View cohost Whoopi Goldberg has been suspended following her inaccurate comments about the Holocaust on Monday morning’s episode.Read more...

According to NBC News, Lowndes County Sheriff Ashley Paulk is now offering $500,000 of his own money as reward for any information someone can offer to lead to an arrest. Paulk had just recently closed the investigation into the death of Kendrick Johnson, a teenager who was found dead inside a gym mat. Paulk said the…Read more...

In the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee 175-year history, the entity has not had an African American lead its operations. According to AP News, that void is changing with Pastor Willie McLaurin being named interim president and CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee. Before…Read more...

In honor of Black History Month, ABC News is bringing back its docuseries Soul of a Nation for two special editions.

Who thought Tom Brady’s retirement would be the second-biggest NFL story of the day?

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On the first day of a month that is meant to celebrate the history of Black excellence, unknown entities are threatening to destroy it.Read more...

Grammy-award winning songstress India Arie is the latest celeb to join Neil Young and Joni Mitchell in protest of Spotify’s relationship with Joe Rogan.

Inmates from Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility have reached out to the public through staff members and prison reform activists to expose the abuse and inhumane conditions they have been suffering. The facility is heavily populated with Black women. Fox 2 Detroit reported two staff members were fired from the…Read more...

The new film adaptation of the Broadway musical The Color Purple has found its Shug Avery. Variety reports, Taraji P. Henson will play the jazz singer in the upcoming movie.

Questioning was supposed to begin Tuesday for potential jurors in the criminal trial of former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison. He was charged with three counts of felony wanton endangerment for firing shots during the raid at Breonna Taylor’s apartment in March 2020.Read more...

Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old Black boy, was shot to death by Cleveland police in 2014 while playing with a pellet gun. One officer was fired and another was suspended, no criminal charges were made against either of the officers. Eight years later, the U.S. Department of Justice has declined to reopen the federal probe…Read more...

The City of Pittsburgh has determined it needs to fire seven cops who were involved in the death of a Black man last October, but it can’t because of a personnel move made by the new mayoral administration.

Sometimes the hardest conversations to have also prove to be the most necessary ones to engage in. Such appears to be the case with W. Kamau Bell’s newly released docuseries, We Need to Talk About Cosby, which explores the “complex story of Cosby’s life and work,” chronicling his “descent from “America’s Dad” to…Read more...

Stacey Abrams’ Fair Fight political action committee spent almost $1.4 million on private security in 2021 for the group, according to Insider. These security payments stood out because not many political committees or candidates spend such a large sum of money on private security, reported Insider.Read more...

Recently, the Chicago School System has been in the news concerning the teacher strikes, and student walkouts regarding COVID-19 and safe conditions. While that debate is ongoing, a new report from Kids First Chicago shows the school system is losing its diversity.Read more...

Law & Order: Organized Crime is adding another fan favorite to its ranks, as Jennifer Beals joins the cast in the recurring role of the wife of Preston Webb (Mykelti Williamson), a drug kingpin who runs the Marcy Corporation, per Deadline.

While the rest of y’all spend your lives going to extraordinary lengths to disguise your true intentions, I wear my deep disdain for Tom Brady like a badge of honor.