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Comedian and author W. Kamau Bell is ready to talk about Bill Cosby.

The dog whistle that Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene carries is quite literally a foghorn.Read more...

In Clearwater, Florida, hundreds of abandoned African American graves were found just outside of a downtown office building, according to NPR.

I don’t know if you had former President Trump getting booed by a conservative crowd on your 2021 Bingo card–but it happened. It sure did– at the final stop of “The History Tour” with former Fox host Bill O’Reilly in Dallas. As soon as the topic of vaccination came up, that was the breaking point.

After expanding the empire into various competitions around the world, RuPaul’s Drag Race is now pitting those queens against one another in the first international all stars outing.

As a surge in Covid-19 cases hits New York City, a still recovering Broadway is once again plagued by cancellations and closures.

To say that Georgia’s role in shaping the 2020 election and the overall makeup of Congress itself would be an understatement. Georgia organizations like Stacey Abrams’ Fair Fight, The New Georgia Project, and Georgia Fund help push the state blue. The state also won two Senate seats for Reps. Rev. Raphael Warnock and…Read more...

Crystal Kittles received her first Black Santa as a housewarming gift from her husband. Little did she know, two decades later she’d still be collecting Black Santas, according to WPVI.Read more...

“Carrying a badge and a gun is not a license to kill,” Prosecutor Erin Eldridge said during closing arguments on Monday.Read more...

One of television’s funniest men has “suffered a loss of enjoyment for life,” following a a surgery performed in November 2020. As reported by Page Six, a new lawsuit filed by The Daily Show host Trevor Noah against the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York and orthopedic surgeon Dr. Riley J. Williams III, , Noah…Read more...

Your mom called; she wants to know if you’ve been vaccinated or boosted yet. Okay, so maybe not your mom, but the moms of several celebrities—including Zendaya, John David Washington, Alicia Keys, Chris Paul and little-known up-and-comers Malia and Sasha Obama—are urging Americans everywhere to consider not only their…Read more...

Since tragedy struck at the Astroworld festival last month, more and more details have emerged in the aftermath.Read more...

While the rest of us law-abiding citizens were out scouring the mall for last-minute Christmas gifts, the Ohio Department of Education spent its weekend doing the Lord’s work and determined that Bishop Sycamore High School—the undisputed Rachel Dolezal of amateur sports—was, in fact, a whole-ass scam.Read more...

There aren’t many times in life where you’re offered a second chance to correct a previous mistake; be it the long-lost love that got away, or the audition you bombed that could’ve completely changed your life. But after embarrassing our ancestors by losing a boxing match to serial idiot Jake Paul back in August,…Read more...

Ex-cop turned security guard Gregory Livingston has been indicted with first- degree murder in the fatal shooting of Alvin Motley at a Kroger gas station in Memphis, Tennessee. Originally charged with second-degree murder, the grand jury decided to indict Livingston on this new charge after viewing surveillance footageRead more...

Morehouse med students are getting an early Christmas gift.Read more...

It’s a day that ends in y, so that means Sen. Joe Manchin from West Virginia impedes some legislation. This time, his gaze is turned towards the Build Back Better Act–the “will they or won’t they” reconciliation bill that the White House hoped to get passed before the holiday recess. President Joe Biden recently…Read more...

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Regina King is set to play a legend, as she brings Shirley to Netflix. The Oscar winner stars as Shirley Chisholm, and produces through her Royal Ties Productions.

While the majority of us were happy to spend the summer and fall seasons outside, and plan family trips once again with the kiddos, the fact of the matter is we are very much still living in a pandemic state. With the onset of the newly detected Omicron variant of the Coronavirus, cases have been rising in recent…Read more...

Things may be looking up for Real Housewives of Atlanta star, Nene Leakes after a tough year, at least in the romance department. This past summer, the Georgia peach revealed on an Instagram live with The Jasmine Brand that her late husband, Gregg Leakes, was once again battling cancer. By September, just a few months…Read more...

On the tail of Amazon docuseries, LuLaRich, comes another on screen deep dive into the dark side of multilevel marketing company, LuLaRoe. This past Monday, Discovery+ released a new documentary, “The Rise and Fall of LuLaRoe,” which Rolling Stone Magazine reports will focus solely on those behind the scenes of the…Read more...

It’s the most…wonderful time…of the year! That is, if you’re among those of us who annually await Barack Obama’s favorites list. This year, the former president gifted us 27 tracks that quite literally land all over the musical map. From rap to reggaeton, indie hits to pop charters, there’s a little something here for…Read more...

“I remember yelling, ‘Taser, Taser, Taser,’ and nothing happened and then he told me I shot him,” former Minnesota Officer Kim Potter said before she broke down into B-movie tears.Read more...

Civil rights regulators in California are investigating the treatment of Black women at the parent company of Google, Alphabet Inc, after alleged incidents of harassment and discrimination occurred, according to Reuters.Read more...

Boy, these cops must be getting dumber, or they just love arresting the wrong person.Read more...

The story of the Astroworld tragedy keeps getting worse, with medical examiners in Texas releasing a horrific explanation of how the stampede at the deadly concert claimed the lives of some victims.

You did it again, didn’t you? We gave you ample warning, gift guides, and even Cyber Weekend deals, but for the umpteenth year in a row, you waited until the absolute last possible minute to even start thinking about holiday shopping—and now, your options are woefully limited.

Music fans are mourning the death of Leonard “Hub” Hubbard, former bassist for The Roots.

Chad Vorce, a white Michigan police officer, has been reinstated just months after he was fired from DeWitt City Police Department for pursuing and puling a gun on a 19-year-old Black newspaper deliverer.Read more...

The Biden Administration is about to finish its first year in office. There have been successes like the American Rescue Plan and challenges like Republican obstruction. Even though President Biden has indicated that he will run for re-election, there are questions about who will also be candidates to the 2024…Read more...

With Russell Westbrook joining James Harden and two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo as the latest stars to enter the NBA’s COVID-19 health and safety protocols, the league has clearly had enough of this foolishness. So in its efforts to stand up for itself and stop allowing the coronavirus to shake everyone down for…Read more...

It’s never too late to get your degree.Read more...

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Wow, Starz really is becoming the Blackest channel on cable. The network is in development on Queen Nzinga, which follows the life of the famed African Warrior Queen.

Eye-catching fits complete with dazzling diamonds are pretty much a requirement on the red carpet—but at a few recent Tinseltown events, there was even more to a pair of standout ensembles than met the eye.

I’m poor—as in broke. As in “I ain’t got it.”Read more...

Netflix is building up an Avengers style roster of Black talent. Fresh off announcements that the streaming giant has deals with Halle Berry and Megan Thee Stallion, now it has signed a multiyear partnership with filmmaking legend Spilke Lee.

Mere days after being “robbed” of a record-breaking eighth Formula One title, British racing driver Lewis Hamilton still has plenty to smile about after receiving his knighthood at Windsor Castle.Read more...

It’s crazy how a phrase can be turned around and used against you. “Stay Woke” means to stay aware of everything around you – especially a societal sense. It’s been used in songs like Erykah Badu’s “Master Teacher” and Childish Gambino’s “Redbone.” However, the Republican party has taken those two words and weaponized…Read more...

Herschel Walker never graduated from college.

The defense called several of Kim Potter’s little cop friends to the stand Thursday to testify on the seventh day of trial, including former police chief Tim Gannon who had rather lost his job than fire his good friend.Read more...

When we think of boycotts in Montgomery, Alabama, collective minds immediately go to Rosa Parks and her bravery on Dec. 1st, 1995, rejecting a bus driver’s insistence to vacate a “colored” seat for a white passenger. She was later arrested, setting off the Montgomery Bus Boycotts and the modern Civil Rights Movement.Read more...

A high court in Texas smacked down the state attorney general’s argument that he can prosecute election offenses all by himself. The ruling means that Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican Trump supporter, loses a potentially powerful tool in his party’s voter suppression campaign.

Whether or not you agree that Travis Scott is primarily responsible for the mass casualty event that took place at his Astroworld festival last month, it appears he’s going to be leading the charge to hopefully prevent tragedies like that from ever happening again.

When we say the legal system is inherently racist and operates with a bias toward Black people, we aren’t just talking abstractly about the way U.S. laws are written. The police, lawyers, judges— they’re all in on it.Read more...

President Joe Biden posthumously awarded Sgt. 1st Class Alwyn Cashe the Medal of Honor on Thursday, making Cashe the first Black recipient of the award since 9/11.Read more...

Between the coronavirus and its wicked stepsisters Omarion Omicron and Delta, it’s hard out here for an immune system—but especially difficult when you have multi-billion dollar sports entities to protect.