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Can Donald Trump cancel an election? Can one man cancel a boycott? Can one corporation cancel your right to privacy?Unlike most Fridays, today’s episode of The Wake-Up Call didn’t begin with my youngest sibling, Comelita, demanding that I say: “Good morning, sister.”Comelita lives in Monck’s Corner, S.C., a small town...Read more

Museum digital strategy specialist Kyle Sammy, center, sets up the scene as museum educator Doug McCray, right, goes...Read more

This episode of “The Black One” originally aired on May 22, 2013.On Monday, the National Basketball Association made an earth-shattering announcement about the Atlanta Hawks’ plan to honor one of the city's most beloved institutions of arts, culture and entertainment.CBS News reports:The NBA says it has canceled the Atlanta...Read more

Have you considered a career in stealing?Right now, the state of South Carolina is offering scholarships to 15,000 aspiring scammers who are committed to thieving money from Black taxpayers. If you have school-age children and belong to a poor, unfortunate, needy family that earns less than a measlyRead more

When Higher Learning hosts Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsey recently discussed the rising cost of Black barbers, it was the perfect opportunity to interrogate the economic influences that fuel systemic inequality. But to approach this topic, one must first address an even more important social issue:Why are there so...Read more

Barbie Bassett (Screenshot/Woman to Woman With Joanne via YouTube)Have you ever been at a party or gathering where...Read more

It started after the Civil War. After the white Southern traitors got their asses beat like a Pentecostal church tambourine, the Republican Party was dominated by newly enfranchised Black voters. Across the South, Black and white factions clashed for control of the party, but nowhere more fiercely than in Texas....Read more

Beef in hip-hop is a tale as old as time. As long as rappers have been rapping, other rappers have been rapping about those first rappers being trash at rapping. It’s a feature, not a bug of the genre, and every so often when the best of the lyrical...Read more

(Screenshot PBS News)I am not “in danger,” Skyler. I am the danger. A guy opens his door and...Read more

The son of enslaved parents in Goochland County, Va, John Berry Meachum was born in 1789, a few days after the inauguration of George Washington. When Meachum’s enslaver, Paul Meachum, moved him from Virginia to North Carolina to Kentucky, John used his carpentry, blacksmithing and coopering skills to save...Read more

Envato/ContrabandCampThis article was originally published on February 19, 2021.On Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing...Read more

Amanda Wallace, left, and Jasmine Sankofa, executive director of Movement for Family Power (Photo courtesy of Amanda Wallace)Protesting...Read more

Opal Lee (Courtesy of Dione Sims)Dr. Opal Lee is often referred to as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” but...Read more

John Moon was unqualified.Adopted by a Pittsburgh family in 1963 after living in an Atlanta orphanage, Moon found work cleaning up what other people left behind. He was an orderly. He changed sheets. He changed bedpans. He did the kind of labor that keeps institutions running but rarely gets applauded....Read more

On Oct. 18, 1867, white South Carolinians awoke to incredibly disturbing news. “There is no use ignoring a palpable fact,” the Charleston Daily News explained. “Every negro almost in the State is enrolled in the League, and is nearly as much under discipline as though he were in the army....Read more

When the Civil Rights Act of 1964 created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, its mandate was clear: dismantle structural exclusion in American workplaces.But under the Trump administration, fueled by what I call the “MAGA Delusion,” civil rights enforcement is being repositioned. Tools designed to confront discrimination are being redirected...Read more

In 1865, printer John Brooks Russell was browsing the shelves of a pawn shop in Washington, D.C., when he noticed a box labeled “Edward M. Thomas.” Russell immediately knew Thomas was a Black man who had spent most of his life working as a messenger in the House of Representatives,...Read more

This article originally appeared on NegusWhoRead on Aug. 6, 2020.Karen died today. Or maybe yesterday, I can’t be sure.All I know is that when I was alerted to the existence of a Wikipedia page for the term Karen, I knew it was time to move on. I predicted...Read more

What is woke?While Huddie Ledbetter enshrined the term in the official Black American Unabridged Dictionary 80 years ago, the coal miners who used it in 1940 probably never heard Leadbelly’s song. By the 1960s, “woke” was so entrenched in Black culture that William E. Kelly wrote about...Read more

“There have been many race riots reported in this country,” began the Sept. 2, 1899 article in the Atlanta Constitution. “But the Darien affair can be safely said to stand without a parallel in the history of all the troubles.”What was the Darien Affair, and why did it scare the bejesus...Read more

The 2026 Oscars delivered a night full of cinematic celebration, but for many viewers, the real highlights came from the moments where Black excellence, culture, and creativity took center stage. Check out the best and Blackest 2026 Oscar moments inside.  ...read more

Pastor Jamal Bryant is clarifying his recent decision to end the year-long “Target Fast” after backlash erupted online, with critics believing the broader boycott against the retailer had been called off. “I failed,” said the New Birth Missionary Baptist church leader,...read more

Perfidia Beverly Hills does not do disrespect! Teyana Taylor nearly had a battle of her own during the Oscars just moments after her film One Battle After Another secured its Best Picture win. According to sources who spoke...read more

A father says his family is still shaken after officers with the Memphis Police Departmentt burst into his home during what he claims was a wrongful raid that terrified his children and left the household traumatized. According toread more

Michael B. Jordan took home his first Oscar on Sunday night, beating out big names like Leonardo DiCaprio, Timothée Chalamet, Ethan Hawke, and Wagner Moura. At the 98th Academy Awards on March 15, 2026, Sinners won four Oscars from a record-breaking 16 nominations....read more

Ryan Coogler is finally an Academy Award winner with his first Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for Sinners. This makes him only the second Black winner in this category after Jordan Peele made history for Get Out in 2018. ...read more

As the sun sets on the Season 12 finale of Married to Medicine, fans are already bracing themselves for the most high-stakes sit-down in the show’s history. Bravo has officially released the supertease and exclusive details for the upcoming Married to Medicine...read more

Seen on the Oscars scene… Celebs are sizzling and slaying at the 98th Academy Awards, with your fave melanin magic makers donning designer duds at the Dolby Theatre. Hollywood’s biggest night is bringing together the...read more

If you’ve watched legendary Black films in the last three decades, you’ve seen Ruth E. Carter’s phenomenal costuming. The five-time Oscar nominee is set to make history again if she’s awarded for her work on Ryan Coogler’s Sinners...read more

Jack Harlow is getting dragged for saying he got “Blacker” to switch up his sound with what fans are calling “Remmick” R&B. Social media is in shambles over the hilarious list of “Proud Boyz II Men” monikers for the Monica rapper. ...read more

Teyana Taylor might’ve looked like the one dripped in Chanel at the 2026 Oscars. However, a heated moment with...Read more

Fans are trying to figure out what’s really going on between streamer...Read more

Social media users are dropping strong reactions after Michael B. Jordan won “Best Actor” over Timothée Chalamet at the 2026 Oscars, also known as the 98th Academy...Read more

Roommates, you already know Boosie never backs down...Read more

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Roommates, Blueface has the internet popping off with reactions after he stepped in the ring with streamer Chibu at Adin Ross’ Brand Risk event in Miami on Saturday, March 14. The...Read more

Kyla Pratt has the internet dropping heart eyes and fire emojis after she shared...Read more