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The Human Rights Campaign tracked a record number of 50 violent incidents against transgender people last year, with majority of the victims being Black and Latinx trans women. This year, at least 18 fatalities have been reported so far. That number just increased upon the murder of 28-year-old Brazil Johnson, per the …Read more...

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Last week, Virginia ‘Ginni” Thomas stated “she looked forward to talking” to the Jan. 6th House select committee to “clear up misconceptions.” Now, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has appeared to change her mind. As CBS News reports, Thomas’s lawyer Mark Paoletta sent a letter to the committee to…Read more...

New York Mayor Eric Adams stated he felt former mayor Rudy Giuliani should be investigated for falsely reporting a crime concerning the alleged assault in a Staten Island grocery store last week, Politico reports. Adams went on to say he will talk with NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell to see if they feel there is…Read more...

In a turn of events that no one saw coming, Diary of a Mad Black Woman star Kimberly Elise is in hot water for sharing her pro-life views on social media. On Tuesday, the actress shared a picture on Instagram of a newborn baby with a caption that read:Read more...

Museum goers who were present at the Jean-Michel Basquiat exhibition at the Orlando Museum of Art on Friday were escorted out of the institution due to an F.B.I raid. Agents went inside the museum and removed all 25 pieces of art from the walls.Read more...

12-time Grammy award-winning artist Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds is set to bring us those sweet sounds once again with a new album titled Girls Night Out, which is expected to drop some time this fall.Read more...

Eric Holder Jr., the man accused of murdering rapper Nipsey Hussle back in 2020, was reportedly unable to attend his trial on Tuesday due to injuries he sustained the day before.Read more...

After a jam-packed, crazy sports year, ESPN had no shortage of amazing moments to choose from for its annual ESPY Awards. This year’s nominees feature some of the most popular athletes in the world.

The news that conservative justices had gutted Roe v. Wade, the case that gave us the constitutional right to an abortion, hit like a ton of bricks last week.Read more...

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With another ruling, the conservative-leaning Supreme Court continues to dilute the power of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. NBC News reports the Lousiana Republican-drawn map will remain in place for the 2022 midterm elections. The high court has placed a temporary hold on a lower order requiring Louisiana to redraw…Read more...

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Media personality Charlamagne Tha God is looking to inspire and promote Black voices in the podcast world. To make his plan a reality, he’s partnering with iHeartMedia for the first ever Black Effect Podcast Festival.

Though Wendy Williams may be gone away from daytime talk shows, that doesn’t mean we won’t see her still entertaining the masses in some way in the near future.Read more...

Marlin Briscoe, a two-time Super Bowl champion with the Miami Dolphins and the first Black quarterback to start in the AFL, died Monday at the age of 76.Read more...

Political analyst Bakari Sellers celebrates the two year anniversary of his eponymous podcast this week. He made history as the youngest member ever of South Carolina’s state legislature at just 22 years of age. Sellers is also the author of New York Times bestseller My Vanishing Country: A Memoir. Black America has…Read more...

With the starters and co-captains set for AT&T WNBA All-Star 2022, the 12 reserves who will play alongside them July 10 in Chicago have been announced.

In case you missed the memo, it’s Black Music Month; which means all throughout the United States of Repealed Abortion Rights, Black singers, musicians, hip-hop legends, and omnipresent mumble rappers have been getting showered with social media challenges, a little extra love from this very publication, and a…Read more...

TikTok is a social media platform that has skyrocketed in popularity ever since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. Content creators use the platform to dance, cook, educate, tell jokes, tell stories and help people.

The California Attorney General’s Office announced a spike in hate crimes, the highest since the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks, according to NBC affiliate KCRA. The crimes against Black people were the most prevalent and following were crimes against LGBT individuals and Asian Americans. Attorney General Rob Bonta…Read more...

Wow, that match was quite the emotional roller coaster.

If you’re looking for a place to host your next party, Airbnb says you’d better look elsewhere. The vacation rental company announced today that it is putting a permanent ban on parties in the properties on their site. The announcement comes after a temporary ban was implemented nearly two years ago.

On Tuesday, it was revealed that popular streaming platform Hulu would be the official streaming partner for this year’s ESSENCE Festival of Culture, taking place over the July 4th weekend.Read more...

The right to an abortion lives on, at least temporarily, in at least one state with a so-called trigger law that was intended to fully ban the procedure immediately after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last Friday.

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is not done setting fire to precedent. After his concurrent opinion on Friday stated a desire for the court to revisit rights like gay marriage and the right to contraceptives, Thomas signaled that he possibly wants to lower the standard for public figures to sue media entities,…Read more...

Right now, inflation rates are higher than they’ve been since the early 1980s, causing the price of everything from the food you buy to the gas you put in your car to go through the roof. And it doesn’t look like there’s an end in sight.

A woman went to social media alleging a member of First Baptist Church Forrest City in Arkansas had turned her and her family away because they were Black. According to the woman, a church member referred to her family as “coloreds.”Read more...

Chaka Zulu, an Atlanta music executive and Ludacris’ longtime manager, was shot and wounded during a shooting Sunday night in Atlanta, Ga.Read more...

A Michigan police department is under fire for allegedly using only Black people as targets for shooting practice. A Cub Scout troop leader led a group of kids to the Farmington Hills police department for a tour which included a lineup of only Black shooting targets in the basement, according to Fox 2 Detroit.Read more...

While on the campaign to be the Democratic presidential nominee in 2008, Barack Obama along with Michelle prioritized keeping things as normal as possible for their daughters in the chaotic journey that was campaign life. They kept them in sports and gave them chores and later supported them getting jobs, and…Read more...

The Michigan Supreme Court has struck down the indictments against former Gov. Rick Snyder and eight others, including his health director, in connection with a Flint water probe. As Axios reports, the court stated the Genesee County grand jury lower court, which comprises one judge, does not have the legal authority…Read more...

Though reruns of the popular 90s hit show Martin and the recently released Martin: The Reunion special continues to put smiles on folks faces, others may be wondering how, when or if the cult classic show would ever return for a reboot. Well, costar Tisha Campbell recently touched on that subject and her answer was…Read more...

Coming off her run to the French Open finals, expectations are high for Coco Gauff at The Championships 2022 Wimbledon. On Tuesday, the recent high school grad started her tournament with a 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 win over Elena-Gabriela Ruse of Romania.

One of R. Kelly’s self-proclaimed biggest supporters was arrested Saturday near Chicago on federal charges. Christopher Gunn, 39, allegedly threatened to “storm” the U.S. attorney’s office in New York and made threats involving serious bodily injury or death.Read more...

The on-going beef between the sports media and NBA players continues.Read more...

As soon as the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on Friday, the “trigger laws” 13 states instituted in anticipation of the ruling set off various forms of abortion bans. However, we can’t be naïve to think the Republican Party would stop there. A former head of the Republican National Committee, Michael Steele, was…Read more...

In a joyful, yet revealing “Carpool Karaoke,” Lizzo joined James Corden for a ride around Los Angeles on The Late Late Show. The enthusiastic singer was excited just to be there. After the duo opened with “Good as Hell,” she exclaimed, “Wow, this is so cool. People know my music well enough that I can, like, do this.…Read more...

Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot had some choice words for Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas this past weekend during the city’s Pride in the Park. Thomas, who was one of the justices who voted to successfully overturn Roe v. Wade Friday, received backlash for his concurring opinion which was shared the same day.Read more...

On Monday, fans and loyal followers of Cardi B. rejoiced at the news that the “Press” rapper would finally be releasing new music after her smash hits “Up” and “WAP” dominated charts back last year and the year before, respectively.Read more...

California could be the first state to let voters choose whether to codify the right to an abortion, a new development as individual states wrestle with how to respond to the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade last week.

Michael Jackson’s estate is claiming that the late singer’s property was stolen days after his death in June 2009 by a man who was staying with him in his home in Carolwood, Calif., a new lawsuit claims.Read more...

Vice President Kamala Harris was a senator when she had to vote on former president Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominees, who claimed they would preserve Roe v. Wade. In her first interview since the law was overturned, she told CNN’s Dana Bash she never believed the now-Justices, Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch,…Read more...

It doesn’t take a huge leap to go from worrying about the fall of Roe v. Wade to wondering what other rights could be on the Supreme Court’s chopping block.Read more...

The American Black Film Festival recently held its in-person events in Miami and recognized some of the competition’s top films.

Clarence Thomas and crew ain’t the only judges snatching away rights in these streets.

The hilarious and lovely ladies of Abbott Elementary, namely Janelle James, Sheryl Lee Ralph and Lisa Ann Walter, will be running the classroom—uh, I mean—hosting the 2022 Television Critic’s Association Awards.Read more...

July is Fibroid Awareness Month, a time to bring attention to an issue that impacts between 20 and 70 percent of women of childbearing age. Fibroids are noncancerous tumors that grow in and around a woman’s uterus. And although the cause is unknown, risk factors can include a family history of fibroids as well as…Read more...

Last week, the Supreme Court eviscerated a woman’s right to abortion, undermined Miranda rights, expanded gun rights and allowed border patrol agents to operate with even further impunity. Today, it ruled that a former Washington state high school football coach can pray on the field immediately after games—regardless…Read more...

Although it’s been nearly two years since the tragic passing of beloved actor Chadwick Boseman, the sting of his loss still feels somewhat fresh to those who knew and loved him. Chief among them is undoubtedly Boseman’s widow, Simone Ledward-Boseman, and his parents, Leroy and Carolyn, who have recently come to an…Read more...