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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

50 Cent is not letting his beef with Papoose and Claressa Shields die anytime soon. In a now-deleted Instagram post, the 50-year-old rapper accused the boxing champion of stepping out...read more

Source: Phillip Faraone / Getty The MACRO pre-Oscars party once again proved why it’s quickly becoming one of the most anticipated events leading into Hollywood’s biggest night. Held on...read more

In the fast-paced world of social media stardom, the ink on a divorce filing rarely has time to dry before a new romance takes center stage. This has proven true for TikTok sensation Desmond Scott, who is reportedly navigating a new relationship with Dana Tran, a woman best known to...read more

A man shot and killed during a SWAT standoff in Dallas this week has been identified as someone who previously worked security for U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett. According to CBS News Texas, the man killed...read more

The merging of two of Hollywood’s most iconic comedy families is officially entering a joyful new chapter. Jasmin Lawrence, the daughter of Martin Lawrence, and Eric Murphy, the son of Eddie Murphy, recently gathered their inner circle for a stunning baby shower that has...read more

The legal proceedings following the terrifying March 8th shooting at Rihanna’s house have shed new light on the fixations of the suspect, 35-year-old Ivanna Lisette Ortiz. According to recent court documents obtained byread more

The Art of Glam Awards, presented by Camille Rose, rolled out the pink carpet at the Maybourne Hotel in Beverly Hills for an evening dedicated to honoring the visionaries behind the scenes and all your faves sizzled and slayed the carpet.read more

Thirst trap o’clock! Back at it again with this week’s hottest thirst traps that dropped during an eventful week dominated by Zendaya fueling marriage rumors with playful ring reveal, Kandi finalizing her divorce with Todd Tucker, Meagan Good revealing...read more

As the 98th Academy Awards quickly approach, BOSSIP and Cassius are entering the Oscars conversation by predicting an avalanche of Academy Awards for a film they enthusiastically enjoyed sinking their teeth into. Today, the brands releasesd a special edition...read more

When the Travis Etienne Jr. signed his new contract with the New Orleans Saints, most people assumed the biggest story would be football. Instead, the internet discovered something far more relatable to many Black folks: we (and his former coaches) have...read more

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

The internet can’t get enough of a reunion some folks thought would never happen. Ari Fletcher and DreamDoll linked up to celebrate their friend Arrogant Tae‘s birthday after apparently not...Read more

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A message shared by Blueface‘s boo, Nevaeh Akira, amid her pregnancy has some folks scratchin’ their heads.RELATED: Read more

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Looks like Raven-Symoné is spilling some tea about Disney Channel’s biggest legends...Read more

Tia Mowry has seemingly confirmed her new romance and revealed that she’s head over heels in love. RELATED: Some Social Media Users Are Telling Tia Mowry To Spin...Read more