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For as long as the nationwide Black Lives Matter protests began gathering momentum, there were rumors of infiltration of the protests by outside groups. Much of the focus, at first, was placed on alleged anarchist or anti-fascist groups destroying public and corporate property. But as the massive protests stretch into…Read more...

I know that President Trump is a white man and that has afforded him luxuries and special powers that have allowed him to be the most mediocre of white men alive. He even parlayed that all the way to the highest office in the land, but acting like the coronavirus doesn’t exist doesn’t make it go away—no matter how…Read more...

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and his wife Patty Quillin will donate an allotted total of $120 million to HBCUs and black scholarship funds. Spelman College, Morehouse College and the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) will each receive $40 million.

“This is a revolution,” proclaims the newest video promo for Pattern Beauty, the haircare line launched by actress-entrepreneur Tracee Ellis Ross in September 2019. Though Ross couldn’t have predicted our current state of affairs when she planned the next rollout of products for her already-cult-favorite brand, the…Read more...

The Bronx, N.Y—Jamaal Bowman is feeling good—like, really good.

When President Trump unveiled his bullshit police reform toilet paper executive order, there was one black person not named Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) who was super supportive, almost giddy over the proposed order. That one black face was Van Jones. Jones is becoming that guy, and truthfully, if he stopped wearing his…Read more...

Being black in entertainment means knowing what it’s like to be the only black person in the room, taking on the responsibility of being a role model to aspiring black creators, pushing the envelope on substantial representation, and much, much more.Read more...

Why does everyone think the Nazis were racist?

Forget the 4th of July! Juneteenth is the day that should be celebrated by all as a pivotal point in America’s freedom story.Read more...

In recent weeks, we’ve seen black athletes in nearly every sport use their platforms to speak out against racial inequality and assert that Black Lives Matter, and in their own efforts to “be the change,” we now have MLB stars following suit.Read more...

The new streaming service HBO Max is under fire for the temporary removal of the 1939 romantic drama, Gone With The Wind. Many believe its removal from the service will erase the film’s legacy in more ways than one; the plot’s setting in the antebellum South depicts the racial prejudices of the time, and Hattie…Read more...

The Atlanta police officer who shot and killed 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks at a Wendy’s parking lot last week had received a written reprimand in 2017 for use of force involving a firearm, according to his disciplinary records.Read more...

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority (AKA) has pledged scholarship funds for George Floyd’s daughter and granddaughters to attend the HBCU of their choice.Read more...

The mogul known as “Mother” has the smoke—the “Divine Smoke,” that is—and for one night only, she’s sharing it on behalf of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.Read more...

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Will Gucci Mane be parting ways with his record label Atlantic Records due to racism? In a now-deleted tweet sent over the weekend, the Atlanta rapper claimed that the people who work there are “polite racist,” and encouraged other artists in the industry to follow suit. According to his tweet, he plans on making July…Read more...

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) announced Monday night that her father died of complications from the coronavirus.Read more...

Here are a few questions: Can anyone name a single county, city or state in America where crimes committed against police officers aren’t treated with the utmost urgency and importance? Is it not true that the penalties for committing crimes against police officers are often higher than they are for the same crimes…Read more...

The family of Robert Fuller, a 24-year-old man who was found hanging from a tree across City Hall in Palmdale, California last week, is seeking an independent autopsy after local police initially said he died by suicide.

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Another day, another piece of evidence that policing in America is about maintaining this country’s foundation of white supremacy, rather than protecting and serving black citizens.

The death of George Floyd has sparked nationwide protests and a national conversation on systemic racism in policing. Predictably, many police officers are responding the way they often seem to when there’s a spotlight on them: By getting in their little feelings about it.Read more...

In 2006, Cariol Horne, a black woman who had been a Buffalo police officer for 19 years, reportedly stopped a fellow officer, who is white, from choking a suspect while making an arrest. Two years later, Horne was fired over the incident; she was just one year away from receiving her pension. Now, the Buffalo city…Read more...

Citizens are demanding answers surrounding the death of 19-year-old Oluwatoyin Salau, a Black Lives Matter activist from Tallahassee, Fla., who went missing on June 6, the same day she tweeted that she was sexually assaulted. The Tallahassee Democrat reports that her body was found on Saturday, and her family…Read more...

Musicians Drake, Roddy Ricch, and Megan Thee Stallion lead the nomination pack for the 2020 BET Awards, which is set to air live across ViacomCBS networks including BET, BET HER, and CBS on June 28 at 8 p.m. ET.

More than 15,000 people, all wearing white, came together in front of the Brooklyn Museum in New York City on Sunday to stand up for and celebrate black trans lives.

One day, Cameo will get the documentary they truly deserve. One trip through their video archives makes want to know everything about the group possible. Sure, Larry Blackmon is the most recognizable because he was the front-man and lead vocalist (I struggled with putting singer here), but the whole band was really…Read more...

In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court of the United States has ruled that firing someone because of their sexual orientation or gender identity violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. That act barred an employer from refusing to hire, firing, or discriminating against an individual “because of such…Read more...

In March, 26-year-old Breonna Taylor was fatally shot by members of the Louisville Metro Police Department, after officers entered her Kentucky using a no-knock search warrant. The officers, Jon Mattingly, Myles Cosgrove, and Brett Hankison, have been placed on administrative leave, but have not been arrested for her…Read more...

If there was ever a moment when a black progressive could win national primary in Kentucky and convince the America people that the state is ready to move beyond Mitch McConnell, state Rep. Charles Booker (D-Louisville) is ready to claim it.Read more...

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I know I’m not the only one who wondered why more black athletes didn’t have Colin Kaepernick’s back during the height of his national anthem protests. But the NFL isn’t merely a sport, it’s a job; and former NFL receiver Brandon Marshall admits that providing for his family prevented him from participating.Read more...

Though we’ve long known it to be true, in some ways “Black Lives Matter” has suddenly become the little black dress of the fashion industry: the oft-forgotten yet indispensable and unfailingly stylish way to show solidarity in a moment of global outrage. One need look no further than the spate of daily newsletters…Read more...

There are no-brainers and then there are no-brainers. This one, is a no-brainer. For starters, I VIVIDLY remember when D’Angelo’s Voodoo dropped in January 2000. We’d been waiting for a new D’Angelo album since he came through and crushed the buildings with 1995's Brown Sugar. When Voodoo dropped, I remember the…Read more...

Florida is the asshole of America.

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A group of angry, loud and wrong white people must have thought it was Angry, Loud and Wrong White People Day when they decided to stage a disgustingly insensitive counterprotest during a peaceful march against police brutality and systemic racism over the death of George Floyd.Read more...

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This is the kind of “cancel culture” you can get behind.Read more...

You ever look at someone and think, “It couldn’t be me?”Read more...

I want to Men in Black-out to the time before I saw screenshots from a piece titled, “Why Darnella Frazier Is the Most Influential Filmmaker of the Century.”Read more...

The only thing Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell (R) could tell me about is how he lives in the sewer with his three turtle friends from high school and why he listens to a rat. Other than that, Mitch McConnell and his saggy neck skin can take a long walk off a short pier into a sea of go fuck himself. The best thing that…Read more...

U.S. Senate candidate Jaime Harrison is on a mission to help the Democrats take back the Senate after winning his South Carolina primary Tuesday unopposed. Soon after winning, Harrison challenged his GOP opponent and current S.C. Sen. Lindsey Graham, aka Donald Trump’s biiiatch, to a series of debates.

In the last few years, there have been progressive strides towards the visibility of female rap artists. In 2017, Cardi B became the first female rapper in nearly 20 years to top the Billboard Hot 100 chart (after Lauryn Hill); since then, Lizzo, Doja Cat, Nicki Minaj and Megan Thee Stallion have also had No. 1 hits.…Read more...

Outside of chin-checking racists and forgetting what I look like with a haircut, one of my favorite pastimes is spending exorbitant amounts of time devouring Wikipedia pages. And a cursory glance at John Caldwell Calhoun’s page reveals that our former vice president is remembered for “strongly defending slavery,”…Read more...

Tommie McGlothen’s family were suspicious when Shreveport, La., police told them that he had died of a heart attack while in police custody. Cellphone video released earlier this week proved that, unfortunately, their suspicions were right.Read more...

Over the last five years, a prolonged effort has ensued to remove Confederate statues from public spaces. These efforts have only intensified in recent weeks as protests have spread nationwide over the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor at the hands of police. But in Virginia, efforts to remove a monument to…Read more...

After several memorials that took place over six days in Minneapolis and North Carolina and weeks of nationwide and global protests fueled by his death, George Floyd was laid to rest Tuesday following a private funeral held at the Fountain of Praise church in Houston, where he grew up.

The song of the summer had no marketing plan, no record deal, no big, glitzy video with star cameos. It contains just two lines, perfectly delivered and perfectly encapsulating a moment that is both maddening, exhausting, and oddly hopeful. It comes courtesy of 27-year-old Johnniqua Charles, and she’s as surprised by…Read more...