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Strange Fruit | The Joy Reid Show LIVE!Thank you, , , , , , and many others for tuning in to my live video with ! Join me for my next live...Read more -
Rep. LaMonica McIver Is Setting the Record StraightRep. McIver at a check presentation in Orange, N.J., in May 2026. (Courtesy of Rep. LaMonica McIver’s Office)For...Read more -
The Wake-Up Call: The 6 Kinds of CoonsEverybody can’t be a coon.As much as I believe in Black excellence and our potential to achieve on the highest levels, there is a difference between a first-ballot hall-of-famer like Clarence Thomas and a Team Wypipo all-star like Candace Owens. Jason Whitlock might be one of this generation’s finest practitioners...Read more
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On Outkast’s ‘ATLiens’ 30 years laterSometimes it’s hard to believe that I’m nearly 50 years old. While I have a few more years to go before hitting that major life landmark, the reflection has already begun. Yes, a lot of that reflecting happens around life and my place in it, but if I’m being...Read more -
Why Black People Love DollyI remember the first time I saw her. I was a little girl, and there she was on Hee Haw, those dimples, those big clear eyes, that voice like sunlight through a screen door. My mama always had country music playing in our house, but the second a Dolly...Read more -
Stephen A. Smith Criticized NABJ for Not Calling Him. So Why Wouldn't He Grant the Same Courtesy to a Black Journalist Who Called Out the NFL?When NABJ awarded Smith its Thumbs Down Award, he defended himself by calling it a “smear job.” The popular ESPN host claimed his colleagues were “engaging in personal attacks.” Smith also insinuated that the organization violated one of the cardinal principles of his profession.But a series of texts between...Read more -
In Loving Memory of Eddie King Jr.(20th Century Fox, “The Five Heartbeats”)I don’t believe in dead people. While I don’t believe in ghosts, I...Read more -
How Blaxploitation Exposed the Reality of OligarchyBefore Occupy Wall Street, before the Bernie Sanders campaign, before all the heckling against “the one percent,” the op-eds on wealth inequality and the sold-out “Stop Oligarchy” tours, Chris Rock’s surreal 2001 comedy Pootie Tang brazenly—if bizarrely—foretold of an America in the thrall of a ruthless, racist plutocracy.Long before...Read more -
The Wake-Up Call: Gone ‘head NowIt is perhaps the most ominous phrase in African-American Southern English. As a warning, “gone ‘head now” ranks right up there alongside timeless pieces of verbal caution tape such as “I ain’t gonna tell you no more” and “I’m finna go to my car; don’t be here when I get...Read more
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Organized People, Organized Power: 3 Lessons We Learned From Angie Nixon’s Campaign(Screenshot CBS Miami via YouTube)Happy Black August, y’all.Tuesday night, state Rep. Angie Nixon won the Democratic nomination for...Read more -
Is the Internet Making Us Dumb? Blacksplained By Dr. April Scott, Actual Psychology ExpertHave you ever used the results of a BuzzFeed quiz as a medical diagnosis? Did your therapist get her “doctorial” from the Kevin Samuel School for High Value Women?Is your life coach on TikTok explaining why wearing a bonnet to class is a form of self-care?Introducing the ContrabandCamp Clinic for...Read more -
Project 2025 Performance Review: How Trump Achieved Every Goal of the White Agenda(Envato)On Monday, the Trump administration quietly solved America’s systemic racism problem. The Associated Press reports: How many...Read more -
How Frederick Douglass’ Comedic Delivery Helped Deliver Us From SlaveryTouring across 19th-century Europe and the United States, the legendary author and orator Frederick Douglass drafted jokes to draft audiences into the roiling war against slavery. A revolutionary entertainer, Douglass made his audiences laugh until their sides hurt so that they would side with the moral crusade for abolitionism.In...Read more -
Why the National Association of Black Journalists 'Personally Attacked' Stephen A. Smith, ExplainedOn Saturday Night, the National Association of Black Journalists bestowed its annual Thumbs Down Award to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, CBS News, Circle City Broadcasting/WISH-TV CEO DuJuan McCoy, the Washington Post and this guy: ...Read more -
The Wake-Up Call: Brains, Bigfoot and Black Journalists“I’m willing to bet you’ve never invited a Negro boy to your home and that there isn’t one Negro kid among all your friends…Wouldn’t it be something to cheer about if the paper hired Negro copyboys and gave them the same sort of chance you and your friends are getting...Read more
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Why You Can Stop Crying About the 'Literacy Crisis,' Blacksplained by Dr. Ahmad R. WashingtonExactly 270 years before Dr. Ahmad R. Washington began teaching students at South Carolina’s largest historically Black university how to develop the minds and ambition of Black children, the Palmetto State’s General Assembly addressed a problem that threatened the existence of a yet-to-be-born country called America."[T]he having of slaves taught...Read more
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CRT for HOTD: Rhaenyra Targaryen Wins Karen of the Year, Most Outstanding Fascist at WHITEFOLKS Awards(HBO)Kings Landing, Westeros, Aug. 9, 2026 – The Queen of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men,...Read more -
Black August Is More Important Than Ever(Photo by Envato)With hints of Juneteenth, Kwanzaa and Black History Month, but also something very different, Black August...Read more -
The Wake-Up Call: The Algorithm Industrial ComplexWhen I graduated from Auburn University, I was still hanging out with people I met on my first day of college. Some grew up in two-parent homes with health insurance, 401(K)s and two-car garages. Others were first-generation college students who carried razor blades in their mouths. But whether we were...Read more
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Throwback Thursday: Yes, Donald Trump Is My PresidentThis story was first published on Jan. 24, 2017.I remember my first day as a Black boy. Before I earned enough years to express my opinions when grown folks were talking, I was just Mikey. A “youngin’.” A lactose-intolerant, still-wet-behind-the-ears kid with Similac on his breath and...Read more
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Dubious Duke Dealings: Alleged Academic Flimflamster Angel Victoria Murdock Accused Of Faking Duke PA Student Status, University Says She Never AttendedAnother day, another scam?!?!?! The Internet is (STILL) abuzz over Angel Victoria Murdock, the alleged academic flimflamster and former Temptation Island participant whose dubious Duke dealings, purported PA pursuits, and degree-related deception have...read more -
Raven-Symoné’s Wife Miranda Pearman-Maday Clarifies Comments About Not Watching ‘That’s So Raven’ Amid BacklashMiranda Pearman-Maday is clearing up some misconceptions about her childhood TV habits. Raven-Symoné’s wife got a lot of backlash a few years ago when she admitted that did not watch That’s So Raven growing up. She made the admission in...read more -
Mane Metaverse: The Doux Founder Maya Smith Talks Delivering Digital ’Dos & Black Hair Culture To Roblox [Exclusive]Black hair is officially entering the gaming chat, and for The Doux Founder Maya Smith that means more than laid edges on an avatar. It’s a chance to bring the culture, creativity and entrepreneurship of the Black salon experience into a new digital space....read more -
Aht Aht! Karen Huger Grand Dame Disputes Gizelle Bryant’s ‘Beat Up’ Comment With NeNe Leakes—‘That’s The Clarification’Aht Aht! Karen Huger is not letting an old “beat up” comment stir up any new drama with Gizelle Bryant. During Sunday’s episode of The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Roaring 20th special on Aug. 31, Bryant welcomed NeNe Leakes back into the...read more -
Pinkprint Puppetry: Nicki Minaj Deepens Her Loyalty To MAGA By Judging Trump-Backed Business Reality ShowNicki Minaj is only going deeper with her loyalties to Donald Trump and his administration. The rapper-turned-political-pawn is drawing criticism online after linking up with Trump once again, this time joining a new business competition backed by his...read more -
Bad Policy Costs Lives: Haitian College Student Fatally Walks Into Traffic After Losing Temporary Protected StatusThe Trump administration’s immigration crackdown is impossible to dismiss as mere political theater when the human cost is staring us directly in the face. According to The Washington Post, 20-year-old Haitian immigrant...read more -
Another Round, Another Serve: Naomi Osaka Channels Allen Iverson With Her Latest US Open First Match LookSource: Getty/ Naomi Osaka This is now...read more -
Duane Keith Davis aka Keffe D Found Guilty Of Murdering Tupac ShakurIt took 30 years, but one of rapper Tupac Amaru Shakur’s killers has been convicted of murder in a court law. On Monday, August 31, a Las Vegas jury found Duane Keith Davis aka Keffe D guilty of plotting the 1996 drive-by shooting...read more -
Meet The Unhinged Huxtables: Social Media Reacts To John Stewart’s Traumatic Origin Story & More From Buzzy ‘Lanterns’ Episode 3So, picture this: a wise alien being who protects the universe lands at your family’s house and tells your mom that you may one day be worthy to wield a powerful ring as an intergalactic space cop called a Green Lantern.read more -
Get Well Soon! Lionel Richie Hospitalized In ICU Following St. Louis PerformanceLionel Richie is back in the hospital after another health scare during his tour in June. Fans are hoping for the best and nervous about the worst after news of the legendary singer’s hospitalization. Fortunately, early details about the...read more
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Hol’ Up! Ana Montana Shares Photos Of Baby With LaMelo Ball & Fans Can’t Get Over The Infant’s NameAna Montana shared photographs of her baby with LaMelo Ball on Monday, August 31. The couple announced that they’d welcomed their son, LaOne Ball, back in May, and fans still can’t get over the infant’s...Read more -
Sidney Starr’s Family Speaks Out After Her Court Appearance | TSR InvestigatesSidney Starr appeared in court in Atlanta, Georgia, earlier this month following her recent arrest on aggravated child molestation, sodomy, and sexual battery allegations involving a 13-year-old boy. The Shade Room’s Justin Carter...Read more -
Nevaeh Akira Links Up With Blueface’s Other Women For “3 Retriever Date Night” As Internet Tells Her To Stop Tolerating DisrespectNevaeh Akira linked up with two of Blueface‘s other women for a “3 retriever date night” as internet users tell her to stop tolerating disrespect. RELATED: Whew! Social Media Reacts To Blueface, Nevaeh...Read more -
GloRilla Previews New Track With Sexyy Red & Fans Are Cuttin’ Up (VIDEO)GloRilla dropped a video previewing a new track featuring Sexyy Red on Monday, August 31, and fans are cuttin’ up over the clip. RELATED: Dis Tew Much! Claressa Shields Pops OFF On...Read more -
Healing Era! Jaliyah Opens Up About Healing & Her Dating Life Following Split From FunnyMike (VIDEOS)It’s been almost three months since Funny Mike and Jaliyah Anderson called it quits after being together for eight years. Their split came with several allegations, including...Read more -
Jessica Betts Has Niecy Nash Teary-Eyed After Gifting Her A Huge Diamond Ring On Their 6th Wedding Anniversary (VIDEO)Jessica Betts has her wife Niecy Nash teary-eyed with the gift she gave the actress on their 6th wedding anniversary. Nash shared a video with fans on Instagram on Monday, August...Read more -
The Verdict Is In! Social Media Reacts After Duane “Keffe D” Davis Is Found Guilty Of Murder Of Tupac Nearly 30 Years LaterSocial media users are reacting after Duane “Keffe D” Davis was found guilty of the murder of Tupac Shakur nearly 30...Read more -
Oop! Ari Fletcher Claps Back After Fan Claims She Was Bullied Into Wanting To Redo Her Teeth (VIDEO)Ari Fletcher has the fans cuttin’ up after she denied being bullied into redoing her veneers. The influencer shared a video about wanting her teeth redone just days after showing them off, and fans are...Read more
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