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If you’re professionally involved in music, being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is probably the endgame for you.Read more...

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The 2020 election is shaping up to be one of the most consequential elections in American history, and frankly, many of us are stressed just thinking about choosing a new leader (and getting rid of the old one).

I’ve never spent a day of my life in prison, but after a recent rash of stabbings and violent attacks led to the deaths of five inmates housed at the Mississippi State Penitentiary, I’m pretty sure there’s a blatant disregard for the safety of those being kept behind bars. Evidently, Jay-Z feels the same way, and on…Read more...

As I sat and binge-watched what I thought would be an inclusive, sex-positive, informative series, I realized that Netflix and Janelle Monáe sold me a dream of black kink and birth outside the binary.

When Tyler Perry decided to show off his screenwriting prowess, let’s just say it didn’t serve the inspiration he intended and the whole display ended up as dramatic as his television shows.Read more...

When I got married in October 2018, my wife and I broached the idea of going to Accra, Ghana, for our honeymoon. Now, this wasn’t a random “Let’s go to Africa!” ideation; I’d never been to the African continent in any of my travels and had wanted to go, and my wife grew up in Accra, eventually moving to the United…Read more...

“Swatting,” if you’re unaware, is a prank where some calls in a fake emergency in a targeted effort to generate a huge response from law enforcement. It’s never funny, it’s always dangerous and apparently it’s being weaponized by racists.Read more...

So it’s looking like the President may have killed Gen. Maj. Soleimani simply because it was a Thursday.Read more...

Institutionalized racism is an unfortunate reality of life in America. Luckily, there are those like Kim Gardner who are willing to fight back against it.Read more...

You know, maybe all the white Hollywood insiders just need to keep diversity’s name out their mouths and just yield the floor to the writers, directors, and actors of color who actually have to deal with the lack thereof.Read more...

Tonight is the final Democratic debate before the Iowa caucus next month. Each candidate is essentially making his or her closing statement before Iowa engages in its hella weird, rather archaic primary system that will let us know who white America is really feeling at the moment. With Bernie Sanders allegedly…Read more...

Like millions of other people, my holiday season was pretty trash.Read more...

Folks, it’s time to steam that impeachment outfit. The Senate impeachment trial of Donald J(ulius d’Orange) Trump will begin this week, according to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.Read more...

A collective of black faith leaders has penned a letter criticizing white Christians who are willing to support a racist, law-breaking, lying, adulterous president who treats the Ten Commandments and the Constitution like toilet paper.Read more...

Over the course of her brief career, Cardi B has repeatedly defied the odds to become one of the most successful artists in the history of rap music. And on Monday, she added another feat to her lengthy list of accomplishments when her debut album, Invasion of Privacy, became the longest-charting debut by a female…Read more...

The NAACP, in a lawsuit filed against the U.S. Census Bureau last Friday, is alleging the federal government is unprepared to accurately count America’s black residents—an issue that could result in political disenfranchisement and billions of dollars in losses for black and brown communities.Read more...

Monday, San Francisco city and community leaders gathered in the Tenderloin district for a call for action in the wake of three homicides where black women were killed within a month’s time.Read more...

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The #OscarsSoWhite, they called the police on the BET Awards.Read more...

If tabloids have taught us anything, it’s that life after fame isn’t always glamorous.Read more...

In a statement released Monday, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced her office would be investigating the NYPD over allegations its officers have illegally targeted black and brown commuters on the city’s subway system. James’ probe is the latest development in the city’s effort to crack down on fare…Read more...

Imagine a world where Spike Lee was President of the United States. I mean, I’d say anything goes now that we have Donald “Orange Julius Geezer” Trump in the White House, so just imagine it. I can see it now: President Spike Lee at a press conference wilding out over Republican efforts to block his bill like, “Mitch…Read more...

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The only thing more American than democracy is some good old-fashioned, court-ordered voter suppression.Read more...

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) has had a long held policy of “blacklisting” any vendors or firms that helps candidates who mount primary challenges against Democratic incumbents. As someone who successfully mounted a challenge against a Democratic incumbent, it’s safe to say Alexandria…Read more...

One imagines that President Trump and his best bud Rudy Giuliani are probably sleeping a little less easy tonight as one of their former associates has apparently flipped.Read more...

The Greenwood Chamber of Commerce kicked off a major fundraising effort to rebuild Tulsa’s Historic Greenwood commercial district, the home of Black Wall Street, last week. The group is seeking $1 million in donations to rebuild the site, which was destroyed by white supremacists in 1921 in one of the bloodiest racist…Read more...

Just because Will Smith is one of the most successful human beings in the history of ever doesn’t mean he’s not susceptible to jealousy just like every other husband.Read more...

If the Church of Beyoncé was to DM Pastor John Gray of Relentless Church, they might ask, “Sir, have you paid your bills? Have you paid your telephone bill, Have you paid your automo-bill? Then, maybe Relentless can chill.”Read more...

The more things change, the more they stay the same.Read more...

Bernie Sanders, America’s favorite mall kiosk tax preparer, is going to have to do a lot of mansplaining to work himself out of this one.

During a recent interview on T.I.’s ExpediTIously podcast, boxing legend Mike Tyson expressed his frustration at his children’s dating preferences while also admitting his own shortcomings as a father and husband.Read more...

There is one joke that never seems to get old with Republican voters; maybe you’ve heard it: It’s the one where everyone pokes fun at people wearing crosses. Wait, you haven’t heard this joke? That’s because people don’t make them. You’d be a douche if you made fun of Christianity but you know what hasn’t seemed to…Read more...

Marshawn Lynch is a goddamn national treasure.

My fiancée and I have developed somewhat of a routine for the Democratic presidential debates.

So, in an effort to completely overwhelm me during an already overwhelming awards season (yes, this is about me!), the Critics Choice Awards decided to hold their ceremony the night before the Oscar nominations.Read more...

The White House is so out of touch with reality that on one of the hottest days in January history, the White House shared a photo declaring the first snow of the year.

On Monday, in a move that we all saw coming, Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.)—he of the wide smile and charismatic optimism that’s almost too good to be true—announced that he’s ending his bid for president.

The sisters of Timothy Dean, a 55-year-old gay black man found dead in the Los Angeles home of Ed Buck in January last year, have filed a wrongful death suit against the prominent Democratic donor. The suit alleges Buck preyed on vulnerable gay black men, including their brother—“forcibly and repeatedly” injecting…Read more...

East Coast privilege was alive and well as West Coasters woke up before the sun rose (at 5:18 a.m.) while the right coast woke up at 8:18 a.m. to hear the nominations for the biggest night in film.

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A teenager once believed to be the “third son” of 50 Cent has allegedly been bullied and beaten in school. Now, his mother is suing New York City for millions.

Now, this is why she’s the G.O.A.T.Read more...

It is often suggested that women, especially black women, go ignored and/or unseen due to implicit bias in the American healthcare system.Read more...

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It’s often argued that it’s a good thing that police officers are allowed to lie while interrogating suspects or while investigating a crime. Because if it helps solve said crime, what’s the harm? It’s far too rarely considered that giving cops free rein to tell whatever lie they want, so long as it aids their agenda,…Read more...

During a Friday interview in Muscatine, Iowa, former Secretary of State John Kerry put a huge cape on for former vice president Joe Biden in defending the Democratic candidate’s Iraq war vote, NBC News reported.Read more...

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If you listen to some of their lyrics, you would think that they could give zero f—-s about other people’s problems.Read more...