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(Envato)Before April 24, 2017, tourists on New Orleans’ historic Canal Street could visit a monument to domestic...Read more

Jack Harlow, a popular, million-selling rapper who recently released his fourth studio album, Monica, has found himself at the ass end of quite the discourse of online mockery. To be sure, it is a mockery entirely of his own making, but he received an alley-oop from...Read more

Remember when the Oscars were so white?In 2012, the 5,756 voters who voted for Hollywood’s highest honors were 94% white, 77% male and had a median age of 62, according to a study by the L.A. Times. Back then, Black members made up about 2% of the Academy, while...Read more

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

The death of 12-year-old Jada West has left a Georgia community grieving, as new details continue to emerge about the tragic sequence of events that took her life and the compassion that has followed in its wake. According to...read more

Bre Tiesi doesn’t concern herself with what’s going on in Nick Cannon’s other families. The Selling Sunset star recently revealed that her ranking in Nick Cannon’s unconventional family unit is “always number one.” During a recent interview with ExtraTV,...read more

Farrah Franklin has weighed in on Terrence Howard’s claims that he dated a member of Destiny’s Child. Source: Jeff Kravitz / Getty During a recent appearance on a podcast hosted by entrepreneur and...read more

A lawsuit filed by U.S. Marine Miguel Ozuna is putting a harsh spotlight on what critics say is yet another example of unchecked police violence—this time in the heart of San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter. According toread more

Jamie Foxx is giving flowers to fellow Oscar-winner Michael B. Jordan after his historic night on Sunday. Following Jordan’s Best Actor win for Sinners at the 2026 Academy Awards, Foxx took to social media to celebrate the actor...read more

New man, who dis? Ava DuVernay had the internet doing a double-take at the 2026 Oscars, and this time it wasn’t about her cinematic brilliance. The acclaimed director stepped onto the red carpet glowing, confident, and hand in hand with a...read more

Even when they don’t attend the big event beforehand, Beyoncé and Jay-Z know how to throw an after party. The Carters celebrated the 98th Academy Awards by inviting Hollywood’s biggest names to celebrate at the famed Chateau Marmont on Sunday, March 16 for...read more

Hov’s hitting the stage. JAŸ-Z will make his return to performing at one of the top musical festivals in the land. On Tuesday (March 17), it was announced JAŸ-Z will headline the Roots Picnic in May, alongside The Roots themselves. ...read more

Nearly three years. That’s how long it took for prosecutors to charge a Miami-Dade corrections officer caught on video beating a handcuffed inmate inside a jail elevator—a delay so outrageous it practically screams indifference. According to NBC Miami,...read more

Cardi B is going from Little Miss Drama to Little Miss Entrepreneur. The rapper is detailing her entry into the haircare space with the debut of her new brand, Grow-Good Beauty. The line isread more

A clip of Lyght Green getting frustrated with Draya Michele has social media users crackin’ UP. RELATED: Family Affair! Draya Michele Steps Out Alongside Her...Read more

Bre Tiesi has sparked strong reactions after saying she’s “always” Nick Cannon‘s...Read more

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March 17 might’ve been Claressa Shields‘ birthday, but...Read more

Somebody play ‘Soft Girl Era’ by Ari Lennox, because our...Read more

Roomies, Yung Miami has dropped the visual performance for her recently-released single, ‘Tea Time,’ with the cinematics presented...Read more

Chrisean Rock refuses to label her son, Chrisean Jesus, as disabled—regardless of...Read more

Social media users are continuing to speculate whether Bhad Bhabie underwent surgery amid her apparent weight gain. RELATED: Prayers Up! Bhad Bhabie Shares...Read more