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The mostly white jury in the trial for former Minnesota officer Kim Potter have not come to a verdict after nearly a week and a half of testimony and evidence. At the end of over nine hours of deliberations on Tuesday, the jury asked the court what would happen if they could not reach a consensus.Read more...

Like this Black woman in New Jersey, it looks like Black people all over the country are looking for a Black representation of Santa. In Appleton, Wisconsin, a Black couple has found it.Read more...

On Halloween night in Woodsboro, Texas, two teenagers, one white and one Hispanic, both 17-years-old, dressed in Klan outfits, harassed and tased their 16-year-old Black classmate while a White teenage girl recorded the incident on her cellphone, according to Texas Monthly.

Mrs. Tina Knowles-Lawson, undoubtedly one of Hollywood’s most iconic moms, is bringing her famous Instagram Live talk series to Facebook Watch.

Since his playing days ended back in 2008, there have been plenty of times I’ve worried about the health and wellbeing of former NBA star Steve Francis.Read more...

It can’t be easy growing up in the public eye, but for the better part of the last decade Chloe Bailey, now just Chlöe, has been doing exactly that. Since she and sister Halle first enchanted listeners with their ethereal harmonies as tweens, the duo has garnered a development deal (and mentorship) from Beyoncé,…Read more...

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A Boston suburb has decided that the best way to deal with an epidemic of racist and homophobic incidents is by sweeping it under the rug.Read more...

The queen of Christmas can place another jewel in her crown this holiday; Mariah Carey’s modern classic “All I Want for Christmas Is You” has returned to the top of the Billboard Hot 100. It’s the single’s third time in the No. 1 spot since its 1994 release, and as Billboard explained, it sets a chart new record.Read more...

At AmericaFest, a four-day festival hosted by Turning Point USA in Phoenix, recently acquitted Kyle Rittenhouse was greeted with a hero’s welcome— complete with streamers, music, and a standing ovation from the convention crowd as if he were a wrestling champion. After he spoke on a panel, he was then asked by …Read more...

Trigger warning: this story is one of the saddest depictions of a Black man in mental health crisis dying at the hands of law enforcement in recent memory.

The life and times of legendary music producer Suge Knight will be getting the biopic treatment soon.

Old National Bank, based in Indiana, will direct more housing loan opportunities to the Black residents in order to settle a federal racial discrimination lawsuit filed back in October. The Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana (FHCCI) accused the bank of discriminating against Black people with their mortgage…Read more...

Texas governor Greg Abbott attended George Floyd’s memorial service last year in Houston. He also stated that he was prepared to work with his family to pass the “George Floyd Act” through the Texas legislature. That has not happened at all. Instead, Abbott has passed measures to hurt cities that reduce police budgets…Read more...

A group of advocates, including a local NAACP chapter, are looking to clear the names of 110 Black World War I soldiers found guilty of the deadly Camp Logan riot in the summer of 1917. Some of the men were given life sentences and others were executed in what would go down as the largest murder trial in United…Read more...

A White man by the name of Steven Vogel was sentenced to life for the murder of Michael Williams in Grinnel, Iowa, whose Black body was found burning in a ditch one year ago according to the Des Moines Register.Read more...

What would you do with superpowers for 24 hours?

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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...