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We don’t deserve Auntie Maxine.

Trigger Warning: The following article contains graphic details of an alleged sexual assault.Read more...

In 1988, lawyer and activist Bryan Stevenson sought to give voice to Walter McMillian, a man wrongfully imprisoned for the murder of a white woman. In 2020, Just Mercy will give a new voice to their story.

Because President Trump gets the majority of his news from the White Supremacy Post and InfoWars, he believed that the “deep state” was actively working to undermine his 2016 campaign, which allegedly included spying on Trump advisers.

A Dallas County grand jury indicted three men on capital murder charges for the killing of Joshua Brown, a key witness in the trial of former Dallas Police officer Amber Guyger, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison in October for fatally shooting her neighbor Botham Jean.Read more...

It would appear that social media influencer Rossi Lorathio Adams II took the phrase “doin’ it for the ‘Gram” a little too literally.Read more...

The blackest group of critics are back with their picks for the best of the best during the 2019 movie season! That’s right, you don’t have to worry about our black excellence not being recognized (you know, since other folks have apparently lost their minds), the African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) are…Read more...

And so it begins.

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There are ugly Christmas sweaters—and apparently, there are cocaine-fueled ones. Take, for instance, the ill-advised sweater Walmart is currently apologizing for, which depicts a bug-eyed and grinning white Santa (because Megyn Kelly already told us he ain’t black) bearing what appears to be a straw in hand, ready to…Read more...

The public fuss-fight between President Trump and his personal YouTube channel Fox News took another turn Sunday when the leader of the free world tweeted that he knows that they’re cheating on him and he’s tired of it.

As we all well know, for Christians, the height of the holiday season is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ—the young man who, according to the Bible, was immaculately conceived, born to save us and ultimately died for our sins (with a promise to return). But strangely, it was another young man who earned…Read more...

A federal jury found a man who tweeted an offer of $500 to kill an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer was apparently just joking on Friday. The case revisits the issue of what is deemed a credible threat at a time when so much of what we say is online and therefore, searchable and punishable. It also…Read more...

It’s not exactly a secret that corporate America has a diversity and inclusion problem, and a new report uncovers just how ugly life is for many black professionals in the workplace.Read more...

So this premise is already operating at a deficit: If born, I guess, you deserve the ability to continue living, and whatever’s necessary to achieve that goal—food, water, safety, shelter, etc.—exists under that umbrella. But once we get into concepts like happiness and fulfillment, our application of “deserve”…Read more...

I don’t remember the very last words she said to me, but I remember the overall sentiment: “That was fun as hell.”Read more...

Just when you thought you’d get a chance to catch your breath in the new year, Beyoncé is here to remind us all that her Adidas-clad foot will remain on our necks, as a new decade dawns and a new Ivy Park collection drops on Jan. 18. But while teasing the drop and impending campaign via her Instagram on Monday…Read more...

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With blackface photos no longer en vogue, it appears that wayward white folks have moved on to the next best thing in order to jeopardize their livelihoods: Nazi salutes.Read more...

With the holidays on the horizon and school winding down to a snail’s pace, the president of the United States sits alone in his sleeping coffin wearing cozy PJs and messaging with Rep. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) about which GOP boys think he’s cute. Unfortunately, this Sunday it was Graham’s turn to work the president’s…Read more...

I promise you that I don’t engage in pure unfettered foolishness just because I’m comfortable in life. And yet, here we are doing a product review of Raycon’s E55 True Wireless Earbuds; Raycon is, of course, an electronics brand by one William Raymond Norwood Jr. also known as The Artist Formerly Known as Hey…Read more...

Jury selection will begin today in the trial of Sean Urbanski, the Maryland man accused of fatally stabbing Bowie State University student Richard Collins III at a bus stop on the University of Maryland campus two years ago. The 23-year-old Collins was a freshly-commissioned U.S. Army lieutenant just days away from…Read more...

I was at my grandmother’s house when I first saw the TurboGrafx-16 of Christmas trees. My mother had explained that my grandparents were older and they didn’t have the time nor the energy to fuss over a real tree. I was probably around eight and I was excited to see a fake tree since the name “fake tree” sounded like…Read more...

Oh, Lizzo...how we love thee. We felt good as hell when you got your first feature in Playboy; we bounced along when you dropped the “Tempo” with Missy Elliott this summer, and we praised your first cosmetics campaign. Just last month, we damn near passed out when you gorgeously graced the cover of British Vogue, and…Read more...

“Tonight a door was opened and I could not be more grateful to have been the one to have walked through it,” Miss Universe 2019, Zozibini Tunzi, told the media after her triumphant win on Sunday night (h/t BBC News). “May every little girl who witnessed this moment forever believe in the power of her dreams and may…Read more...

An investigation is underway as another black man has lost his life as the result of an officer-related shooting.Read more...

Solange Knowles will have more than a seat at the table as the recipient of the prestigious Lena Horne Prize for Artists Creating Social Impact.Read more...

Earlier today, rapper Juice Wrld died at the age of 21 after suffering a seizure at a Chicago airport.Read more...

David Archy’s 30% off sale, 10% Off Target Gift Cards, and PC Deals Under $50 lead of Sunday’s best deals from around the web.Read more...

He liked it so he put a ring on it.

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Life will be a beach for Black America’s Forever First Family.Read more...

Oh Bloomie!!!

Gabrielle Union is not buying into the concept of “The Forgotten Woman.”

A huge toy Gold Box, The Claw multi-tool, magazine subscriptions, and a $50 Instant Pot lead of Saturday’s best deals from around the web.

Gather in a circle, it’s time for some improv games! Actually, I lied, it’s time to read about some funny-ass black comedians to keep your eye on.

The tennis season may not resume until January, but Serena Williams is keeping busy (as usual), now partnering with Verizon Media to present “Everybody, Every Body,” a shoppable video series featuring the latest releases from her S by Serena Autumn/Winter 2020 collection.

The founder of the restaurant chain known for delivering pizzas that taste like the cover of a Presbyterian hymnal covered in ketchup and heated in an E-Z Bake Oven, filed a lawsuit blaming his use of a racial slur on Colonel Sanders, Kanye West and—most importantly—the people who recorded him using the epitaph.

We have ourselves a wacky demo war!

Ten years ago, St. Ethelreda, a majority-black co-ed Catholic school on Chicago’s South Side, was close to being shuttered due to low enrollment. Now, the school is sitting on top, thanks to the performance of three chess champions.

For the better part of this year, former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley was blessedly irrelevant. That changed Friday, after a clip of a recent interview with Glenn Beck went viral. In the snippet, Haley appears to suggest the Confederate flag was not a symbol of racism until Dylann Roof made it so.

A lot led to Kamala Harris’ campaign collapsing before the first ballot was cast in the Iowa caucuses.

Michael Bloomberg is a liar.

“Kamala Harris is dropping out but Pete Buttigieg is still in?”

During the holiday season, there are gifts you give, and gifts you give yourself—and then, there are gifts that do both. When it comes to mutually pleasurable offerings, lingerie ranks high on the list, though it’s a gift that can be enjoyed with or without a partner.

A now-viral image of five chicken wings—each in a different state of completion—has lit the internet on fire, sparking arguments, ending friendships, and even getting niggas disinvited to gender-reveal clambakes. In the image, each wing is listed from 1 to 5, representing the spectrum from “barely-nibbled” to “did you…

Fatal police encounters are devastating for the communities in which they occur: families are irreparably ripped apart; trauma spreads through neighborhood institutions like schools and churches; and trust between the community and law enforcement (and, oftentimes, other branches of local government) is broken. Any…

Each Friday, we wade through our emails, tweets, comments and DMs to respond to readers who are searching for feedback, validation or someone at whom they can scream the n-word without being slapped like they stole something.

If you ever wanted to look like the president—or a weathered, sun-soaked, wrinkled Trader Joe’s orange—and run through the neighborhood scaring the shit out of children and people of color, then now is your chance, as the president’s favorite concealer has been revealed to be Russian prostitute urine!.

I don’t know what prompted me to go into my parents’ bathroom and look for some lotion when I was around 10 years old. I was a boy after all, and I don’t remember my parents ever stressing me about the finer points of proper moisturization. Hell, I vividly remember times I jumped right out of the bathtub into some…