Remind me never to run for office.Read more...

For all of his otherworldly talent, tremendous business acumen and standing as arguably the greatest athlete in the history of professional sports, Michael Jeffrey Jordan is primarily known for one specific thing: being a fucking asshole.Read more...

What happens when you combine a soulful tribute to the late Bill Withers with the current need to amplify frontline workers during the COVID-19 crisis?Read more...

Dr. Melanie Malloy remembers a time when a 21-year-old patient experiencing nausea and vomiting could be exhibiting symptoms of appendicitis, gastritis or another malady.

Kamala Harris knows how to fight.Read more...

One of the only things getting us through this endless, nationally mandated quarantine is the “Verzuz” battles on Instagram Live. The virtual event, ideated by super producers Timbaland and Swizz Beatz, features two musicians putting a selection of songs they’ve sung, produced, or written against each other, in order…Read more...

Saturday Night Live head writer and “Weekend Update” host Michael Che unfortunately lost his grandmother last week to COVID-19. However, he’s working to make the lives of others who may have been impacted by the results of the national response to the disease a bit easier.

It’s a question you normally wouldn’t ask a stranger, but ever since starting a podcast about black people and pregnancy, Martina Abrahams Ilunga and Gabrielle Horton have fielded it constantly: Do they plan on having kids?

Today, April 16, marks the date 158 years ago, when Washington, D.C., became the only American jurisdiction to end slavery by paying $1 million in ransom to slaveholders to free the 3,100 people enslaved in the nation’s capital.

Are Republicans still even bothering to try to hide the fact that they just don’t want people voting?Read more...

If the COVID-19 pandemic has shown anything, it’s that white people have very little interest in self-preservation. Take for instance, Michigan.

Whether it’s for using antibodies from those who recovered from COVID-19 to help those currently suffering or for blood transfusions for standard procedures, the nation is in dire need of blood donations. While the FDA made a move two weeks ago easing restrictions for gay men to donate, it appears it won’t be as…Read more...

This story shows how well-respected and beloved Former President Barack Obama remains among people who don’t believe Colin Kaepernick kneeling is worse than COVID-19. It is proof that a large swath of America can all come together for one uniform goal:Read more...

ARRAY has consistently been a champion of highlighting marginalized voices in the arts, and the current unprecedented climate of the industry during the coronavirus pandemic has inspired the independent distribution company and resource collective founded by Ava DuVernay to go a step further.Read more...

Since the coronavirus pandemic began, one issue has come up again and again: How do we best care for the nation’s homeless population? San Francisco lawmakers have taken a noble and aggressive approach to shelter the homeless in their city by ordering the mayor to lease thousands of hotel rooms to be used as safe…Read more...

On Monday, the Pied Piper of the Coronavirus claimed that he had “total authority” over all of the land. As Republicans raised their chalices to the Dollar Tree dictator masquerading as president, anyone in America with a double-digit number of teeth and the ability to read without moving their mouth looked at each…Read more...

As we measure the ongoing effects of COVID-19, loss of life and public health should remain chief among our concerns—despite any GOP rhetoric to the contrary. But America’s economic health is also in jeopardy, as evidenced by what the New York Times writes are “a number of reports that highlight just how badly the…Read more...

DJ Jazzy Jeff recently opened up to Tamron Hall about his experience living with COVID-19 and pneumonia.

For 364 days out of the year, I ignore Major League Baseball entirely.Read more...

Early on April 15, folks flocked to social media to report that their promised stimulus checks made their way into their bank accounts. Others were attempting to grapple with the strange quaran-dreams that continue to occur during these uncertain times.

It’s one thing to do something nice; it’s another thing to do something nice and then demand that you be acknowledged. But it’s a whole other thing to be the president of the people and send them the most minimal bailout you possibly can during a global pandemic and then hold that desperately needed money up so that…Read more...

Donald Trump is such a camera hog that he does his own press briefings. It’s a moment for the narcissist-in-chief to preen like a peacock. What he can’t stand is anyone who questions the image he wants projected to the people.

A Republican congressman has joined President Trump and others in hastily looking to “reopen America” despite a very much still active global health crisis. This congressman, however, went so far as to flat-out say that people dying is acceptable as long as the U.S. economy gets back on track.Read more...

The Lyon King known as Lucious Lyon (Terrence Howard) is ending his reign much sooner than expected and even Lee Daniels couldn’t have drummed up this kind of drama.Read more...

The emergence of COVID-19 has forced the music industry to adapt to unprecedented circumstances, and with virtual entertainment establishing a new normal, it only makes sense that LiveXLive Media is joining forces with social media juggernaut TikTok for a massive music festival.

The Good Fight fights the good fight and never bites its tongue.Read more...

Kenya Barris is Black-ish no more; now, he’s #BlackAF.Read more...

In a year in which the outbreak of COVID-19 has not only threatened the lives of millions but life as we’ve known it (because rather than “going back to normal,” we’re likely looking at a “new normal”), another highly anticipated cultural event has become a casualty. To the chagrin of aunties and Flossy Posses…Read more...

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Cardi B has been open about her interest in politics for quite some time, famously commenting on Donald Trump’s 2019 government shutdown due to his incessant whining about building a border wall between the United States and Mexico. (“I really feel bad for these people that gotta go to fucking work to not get…Read more...

If we’ve learned anything over these past few months, it’s that leadership matters.Read more...

Those currently incarcerated are among the most vulnerable of our population when it comes to COVID-19, as the crowded living conditions make them far more susceptible to catching the disease. Exorbitant calling fees have also made it harder for inmates to check in on their loved ones during these trying times. At…Read more...

The current crisis facing our country has consistently shown that President Trump straight-up isn’t built for this job. From constantly being two steps behind to turning the daily press conferences meant to inform the public about the virus into campaign rallies, dude stays doing the wrong thing. One Georgia Democrat…Read more...

It may not cover everything, but for people who have lost work or wages due to the coronavirus outbreak, the stimulus check promised to them by the federal government could mean the difference between putting food on the table and paying bills or being unable to do either. Imagine the impact on individuals and…Read more...

The 2020 elections will forever be marked by the coronavirus, but how the pandemic will affect voter turnout—and equally as important, voter mindsets—remains to be seen. A new poll from the political action committee BlackPAC, however, provides some important insight into the pandemic’s impact on black voters in…Read more...

When I have some spare time on my hands, my brain tends to wander to the important questions. Questions like: “Why does Smart Guy still hold up?” and “Why haven’t they ported the Rogue Squadron trilogy to Switch?” Perhaps the most important question that comes to mind is “Who is the Super Mario of the rap game?” While…Read more...

Since the beginning of the 2020 election season, one subject seems to pop up in political discussion again and again: the coveted black vote. Now, with the general election soon upon us, two liberal political action groups are joining forces and planning to launch a multimillion-dollar digital campaign targeting young…Read more...

Newly released data on COVID-19 infections and deaths in South Carolina reveals that the global pandemic seems to be disproportionately targeting the state’s rural black residents in the same way it has targeted non-white people in more populous states.Read more...

The coronavirus pandemic is a crisis unlike any we’ve seen in our lifetime. In the United States alone, hundreds of thousands of people are confirmed sick, more than 20,000 people have died, and more than 16 million have filed for unemployment.Read more...

Monday marked the fourth anniversary of Kobe Bryant’s final NBA game. And to commemorate what’s gone on to become Mamba Day, Vanessa Bryant paid tribute to her late husband’s life and legacy with a touching Instagram post.

A few years ago, West Coast Customs—the auto repair and body shop featured on the early-aughts MTV series Pimp My Ride—was outed for adding fake or faulty accessories to the cars they claimed to have pimped out, and also for instructing the young people featured on the show how to act.Read more...

The Lifetime network doesn’t have the best track record when it comes to black biopics. My life has never quite recovered from their attempt at the Aaliyah story. That particular movie was so bad in casting, thought, mind and deed that while watching the movie with all of social media, when Aaliyah showed up dating a…Read more...

Wisconsin Republicans, backed by the Supreme Court, gave voters an unenviable ultimatum: Go outside during a global pandemic, ignoring countrywide pleas of sheltering in place, to cast their votes or stay in the safety of their homes and not vote at all.

Even during the dark days of the pandemic, when a handshake will kill you and a Kushner will drink your blood, the sun occasionally shines on us, and it’s our duty to bathe in its luminance. Such a time happened on Sunday when, during an iRacing event, NASCAR star Kyle Larson lost communication with the spotter on his…Read more...

In the midst of celebrity messiness, Ciara and Russell Wilson have served as a “good mood pill” for a while now and that attribution is even more true as we desperately seek out some source of joy during the coronavirus pandemic.Read more...

In a 12-minute video that was a glimpse of what America used to look like when it had a compassionate, impassioned, courageous, loving president, former leader of the coronavirus-free world, Barack Obama endorsed his two-time running mate, former Vice President Joe Biden.

T-R-A-N-S-P-H-O-B-I-C, do you know what that means, mayne?Read more...

Contrary to the internet’s (...always correct...) attribution, Jordan Peele is not the director of the film Candyman, he is simply a producer and co-writer of the upcoming revival of the ‘90s horror flick. Nia DaCosta, who is rising up the ranks as a filmmaker thanks to her work on Netflix’s Top Boy and the…Read more...

A video of a FedEx delivery worker is being shared across the country for all the right reasons.Read more...

In a video posted to social media Saturday, police officers at the 145th Street subway station in Harlem appear to be aggressively dragging a visibly distraught child away from a woman later identified as his mother as people witnessing the spectacle expressed anger and concern for the child’s wellbeing. The boy’s…Read more...