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So Ebony Magazine Took Us to Court
OK, so remember that whole #EbonyOwes thing? Of course, you do.
The 10 Best Deals of June 5, 2019
We see a lot of deals around the web over on Kinja Deals, but these were our ten favorites today.
RIP Baby Trump Blimp: Woman Stabs Baby Trump Balloon and Is Promptly Arrested
On Tuesday, a woman stabbed a Trump baby blimp to death.
YouTube to Remove Thousands of Channels, Ban Hate Speech and Supremacist Content in Order to 'Tackle Hate'
For better or worse, the digital age has allowed anyone with an iPhone or a high-speed Internet connection to express their thoughts, opinions or share their abysmal music to millions of people throughout the world. It’s also provided the same opportunity for racists, homophobes and elected officials to assail our…Read more...
Black Mirror's 'Striking Vipers' Summarized: And I ... Oop!
You ever watch a trailer thinking it’ll go one way and then it goes a whole ‘nother way? There’s an entertaining beauty in that, and frankly, it’s my movie trailer style of choice—you know, instead of giving away the entire plot. Either way, trailers are meant to tease. The fun misdirection is an added bonus.Read more...
RuPaul's Drag Race Contestant Honey Davenport Shares Why the Art of Drag Is Revolutionary
Members of the LGBTQ+ community have long used art as a form of expression to cope with certain situations that have happened to us because of the way we live our lives. We use art to tell stories, convey messages, entertain, and also to make you think. Honey Davenport, RuPaul’s Drag Race season 11 contestant, shares…Read more...
Alabama Mayor Suggests 'Killing Out' the LGBTQ Community in Deleted Facebook Post
The mayor of Carbon Hill, Ala., is in deep shit after reportedly spewing homophobic rhetoric in a since-deleted Facebook post.Read more...
Wait, Did the President Fall Asleep During Queen's State Banquet Speech?
President Trump is having quite the time across the pond.
Stand Your Kampground: Gun-Toting Granny Arrested for Pulling Gun on Black People Attempting to Picnic
The pistol-packing, 70-year-old sentient packet of Mississippi sour cream known as Ruby Howell was arrested on Tuesday for brandishing a gun at a black couple as they attempted to access a campground, according to the Oktibbeha County Sheriff’s Office.Read more...
30 Days of Musical Blackness With VSB, Day 5: Letta Mbulu 'Mahlalela (Lazy Bones)'
Today, we’re going international with our Black Music Month love. As a hip-hop head who also tried his hand at music production, I’ve spent a considerable amount of time crate digging, searching through entire obscure record label catalogs, hoping to come across the perfect sample. Well, that’s how I came across Letta…Read more...
Trump Administration Cancels English Classes, Soccer, Ping-Pong, Legal Aid for Migrant Children in U.S. Shelters
Just when you think the Trump administration can fall no lower than they already have, the entire White House hands American their Pabst Blue Ribbon.
The Democratic Party Does a Lousy Job Protecting Black Women
“Why are you wearing all black?” I asked my friend, noticing her wearing a long sleeve black shirt, black jeans and black sneakers in the 1,000-degree Arizona heat despite being in an air-conditioned convention hall.
Your Celebration of Pride Must Go Further Than Putting Up a Rainbow on Social Media
With the coming of June marks another year where I celebrate being 55 shades of gay. Indeed, I do celebrate my homosexuality every day I chose to take a breath, but June marks Pride Month and with that, the celebration gets kicked up a couple decibels.Read more...
Snag New Steve Madden Shoes From This HauteLook Sale
Steve Madden and Madden Girl Shoes Flash Sale | HauteLook
Central Park Five Prosecutor Linda Fairstein Dismisses Accuracy of When They See Us: ‘It’s a Basket of Lies’
Former prosecutor Linda Fairstein is experiencing karma having a bad week.Read more...
She’s Gotta Have It Writer Responds to John Boyega Regarding ‘Trash’ Black Brits Scene
In the fifth episode of She’s Gotta Have It’s second season, titled, “SuperCaliFragiSexy,” Nola Darling (DeWanda Wise) and her new lust interest Olumide “Olu” Owoye (Michael Luwoye) are chillin’ on the couch discussing Black British actors’ impact on Hollywood.Read more...
Luxury Comes Home: At My City, 4 Ways, Law Roach Helped Celebrate the Undefeatable Style of Chicago
With the sometimes troubling narratives spun about Chicago, it can be easy to forget that America’s third largest city is also deeply rich with culture, beauty, style and great taste. But in all its complexity, Chicagoans intimately know how beautiful our city is, which is why even the expats always manage to come…Read more...
Police Officers Get Exposed for Making Racist Social Media Posts, So Cities Decide to Investigate
Police officers and departments across the nation have been accused of having implicit bias against and racist views about black people for a long time. The accusations are not new, but they are often refuted by those accused.Read more...
America’s Public Defenders’ Offices Are Broken. Here’s How to Fix Them
As a former prosecutor and attorney general of California, I saw our legal system at its best when we pursued justice and stood up for victims of murder, rape, and other serious crimes. It made me feel proud. But I also saw the parts of our criminal justice system that were failing—including overworked and underpaid…Read more...
But Will It Make Me Look Like Beyoncé? Bey’s Makeup Artist Sir John Collabs on Lion King-Themed Beauty
I knew The Lion King was going to find a way to get in my pocket.Read more...
Bethune-Cookman and the Survival of the HBCU, Part 3: Things Fell Apart
Editor’s note: Please read part 1 and part 2 of “Critical Condition: Bethune-Cookman and the Survival of the HBCU.”Read more...
Perfect Just As You Are: Massachusetts Bill Would Reward Companies for Not Altering Models’ Appearance in Their Ads
One lawmaker in Massachusetts is set on making money moves in favor of “body confidence” by sponsoring legislation that would provide financial incentives to companies that did not alter the look of models in their ads.
Mom of Slain Sex Trafficked Teen Cries Out for Justice—and Gets It; Judge Slaps Pimp With 32 Years in Prison
The pimp who tricked out a 16-year-old girl before she was strangled, her throat slashed and her body discarded in a garage, allegedly by a man he set her up with, was sentenced Tuesday to 32 years in prison.
Stacey Abrams Calls on Hollywood to #StayAndFight About Georgia Abortion Rights Instead of Boycotting
Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams is just as outraged as many about Georgia’s decision to virtually outlaw abortions in the state, but she’s imploring leaders of industry, especially those in the filmmaking community, to stand with her and fight to change things, rather than boycott the state.
Caster Semenya Can Run Free—for Now—as Court Rules She Won’t Have to Take Drugs to Lower Testosterone Levels
Calling it a victory for women’s “human rights,” South African runner Caster Semenya and her legal team are cheering a Swiss court’s ruling that allows her to continue competing without taking testosterone-lowering drugs while she continues her appeals.
Big Beauty Tuesday: Got Pride?
I’m smiling in this picture, but just before writing this, I learned of the murder of yet another black trans woman in Texas. Last night, I went to a hilarious but poignant play starring Moonlight writer Tarell Alvin McCraney, commemorating the little-known first (and to date, only, to best of my knowledge) drag queen…Read more...
#SayHerName: Chynal Lindsey Is the 3rd Black Trans Woman Killed in Dallas in Less Than a Year
Chynal Lindsey was just 26 years old when her body was pulled from White Rock Lake in Dallas on Saturday, in what i believed to be the second death of a black trans woman in the city in less than a month, and the third in less than a year.
We Will Have It, Oh! In Rare Show of Unity, Internet Throws Draws at Winston Duke’s Squat Form
We have watched and listened for the human mountains! We have watched with lust as your thigh meat advancements have been overseen by The Root staff, who scoffs at having chill. And now you want to hand over this thirst trap to the world, which could not keep its own thirst contained. We will have it. I said, we will…Read more...
GizmodoHow Ridiculous Is Apple’s $1,000 Monitor Stand, Really?
Gizmodo How Ridiculous Is Apple’s $1,000 Monitor Stand, Really? | Jalopnik Volvo Offers ‘Free’ Towing for Every Single Volvo In the U.S. Except There’s a Huge Catch | Kotaku One Year Later, Did Sony (And Friends) Keep Their E3 2018 Promises? | Lifehacker Amtrak Is Offering BOGO Sleeper Car Tickets This Week | The…Read more...
Texas Teacher Outs Herself on Twitter as MAGA-t Who Wants to Help Trump Round Up 'Illegal Students' in Her School
Georgia Clark is an English teacher in Fort Worth, Texas. Much like the president of the United States, she’s not fond of undocumented immigrants attending Carter-Riverside High School, where she’s been a teacher since 1998. So, Clark decided that she would take to Twitter, much like the president, and make her…Read more...
Grammy Award-Winning Jazz Drummer Lawrence Leathers Dead at 37
Grammy-winning jazz drummer Lawrence Leathers died Sunday in New York City. He was 37.
Summer Lovin’: British Vogue Gets Marriage-Minded With Idris and Sabrina Elba and Bride-to-Be Zoë Kravitz
Are you in the mood for a summer romance? British Vogue clearly is, as editor-in-chief Edward Enninful has produced not one, but two covers with the title for July, featuring newlyweds Idris Elba and Sabrina Dhowre Elba on a special bridal issue, and Big Little Lies co-star and bride-to-be Zoë Kravitz.Read more...
The Last O.G.: As ‘Bobby,’ Allen Maldonado Is Channeling Every Black Cousin Ever
The Last O.G. is about to air the last episode of its sophomore season, but first—let’s talk about black ass cousins.Read more...
Serena Williams Is the First Athlete to Make Forbes’ List of the World’s Richest Self-Made Women—By Investing in Herself
She’s got 23 Grand Slam titles, and, according to Forbes, an estimated fortune of $225 million ($29 million in the past year alone, the highest annual income of her career)—and she didn’t make most of it on the court. Serena Williams is the first athlete to make it onto the magazine’s annual list of the World’s…Read more...
Trump Claims He Doesn’t See the Big-Ass Trump Blimp Baby Protesting His Visit in London
It’s time that we come to accept that the United Kingdom does many things better than the United States.
Marlon Wayans Defends 19-Year-Old Daughter Against Homophobic Internet Trolls: 'Love Her for Her, Not What I Want Her to Be'
To kick off Pride month, Marlon Wayans took to Instagram to deliver a touching tribute to his 19-year-old daughter Amai.
Trump’s Clearly Watching Sons of Anarchy Reruns Again, Channels Jax Teller With New Hair Style
President Donald J. Trump, who tells everyone that his middle initial stands for Jax (which is totally a lie unless he’s shortening “jackass” to just “jax”), channeled his inner Sons of Anarchy during a memorial service for Virginia Beach shooting victims at McLean Bible Church, in Vienna, Va.
A New Lawsuit Against a Virginia Apartment Complex Shows How Modern Day Redlining Works
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against a Virginia apartment complex Tuesday morning for its policy of banning all housing applications from people with criminal records.
Someone Get Kim Kardashian on the Phone: Trump's Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort Headed to Rikers Island
I am sure that Kim Kardashian is already on top of this but Paul Manafort, the president’s one-time campaign chairman who’s serving a federal prison sentence, is heading to the notorious Rikers Island jail in New York City where he’s expected to spend his time in solitary confinement while he awaits state fraud…Read more...
'Sweetness, Flowing Like a Faucet; Body Banging, No Corset': What's New and Black on Netflix in June 2019?
June, also known as the halftime show of the year, is here—and that means more Strong Black Leading content from Netflix!
Can’t Visit Stonewall in NYC? You Can Still Get Get There Via a ‘Living’ Pride Monument
Today, New York City’s LGBT Community Center, Google and the National Parks Service launched Stonewall Forever, a “living” monument to 50 years of Pride, to half a century of resilience, and to many more years of resistance.
30 Days of Musical Blackness With VSB, Day 4: Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway, 'Be Real Black For Me'
Since first discovering Donny Hathaway, he’s been my favorite singer ever. His version of “A Song For You” is one of the few musical compositions to ever bring tears to my eyes and I’ve made it a point to own every ownable composition of his in multiple formats. I’m also a Roberta Flack fan, though a very choice…Read more...
Poetry In Motion: Barry Jenkins to Direct Alvin Ailey Biopic
Barry Jenkins has a new project in the works and I’m about to 8-count my coins and hand over my wallet so he can hurry up and take my money.Read more...
California Community Activists Respond to Blackface Video of High School Cheerleader: 'This is Not New'
Here we go again.Read more...
How Much Will It Cost Florida's Formerly Incarcerated to Vote? Try at Least $1 Billion
It’s being called a modern-day poll tax, and for good reason.Read more...
'Simba...': Beyoncé’s Husky Voice Is Heard Throughout the Pride Lands in New The Lion King Sneak Peek
Beyoncé’s “Homecoming: Pride Rock Edition” is here.Read more...
Bethune-Cookman and the Survival of the HBCU, Part 2: An Inside Job
Editor’s note: Read Part 1, “Critical Condition: Bethune-Cookman and the Survival of the HBCU.”Read more...
The 2019 CFDA Awards Left Black Designers Empty-Handed Again—But We Stay Winning
Well, once again, it wasn’t a winning year for black talent at the 2019 CFDA Awards—but we outchea, nevertheless.Read more...
Cook a Ton of Crispy (and Healthy) Food With This $72 Ninja Air Fryer
Ninja Air Fryer | $72 | AmazonRead more...
Doin’ It for the—Reality TV? Black Ink Crew: Chicago Stars Hit With Suit Charging They Really Jumped Somebody
A case of when keeping it real goes wrong? The “real” in this case is reality TV. The potential wrong? Well, according to a lawsuit filed by a gentleman named Ronnie Spates, the stars of reality TV’s Black Ink Crew: Chicago really beat his ass at a party for their show.
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