As if owning prime time television weren’t enough, Shonda Rhimes is looking to take over the literary genre. That’s right, the genius behind Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal has signed on with publishing powerhouse Simon & Schuster to write a memoir in 2015, Variety reports. “Simon and Schuster is crazy for giving me a book deal as I am clearly in…

“Three-fifths” and “Fraction” are the names three white roommates at San Jose State University gave their black freshman roommate to remind him that there was a time when blacks were considered a fraction of a person. They also outfitted the room with a Confederate flag and wrote the n-word on a dry erase board. Then…

When Sasha Obama went to the Comcast Center to watch her Uncle Craig’s Oregon State Beavers destroy the Maryland Terps last Sunday, I doubt she thought her black sweater with the unicorn on the front was making a fashion statement. Turns out, her sweater was the real winner that night—at least for ASOS. The online…

Sometimes it’s the pain of loss that pushes the creative. James McBride won the National Book Award in fiction, and upon accepting his award he spoke about his recent tragedies. He told the audience of 700 guests at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City that he wrote The Good Lord Bird—his novel about a…

In a story that many believe is being tried in the court of public opinion, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement has confirmed that DNA provided by Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston matches the sample taken from the underwear of the woman who has accused him of sexual battery, ESPN.com reports. Winston’s attorney, Tim Jansen,…

In May of 2010, Kalief Browder, a 16-year-old sophomore in high school, was walking home in his Bronx, N.Y., neighborhood after a party. Someone told the police that Browder robbed him weeks ago. Cuffs were applied, and Browder was slammed behind one of the toughest prisons on the planet. The 16-year-old would stay there for…

In 1997, Duane Buck was convicted of capitol murder for killing his ex-girlfriend and a man in her Houston apartment. During the punishment phase of Buck’s trial, a psychologist testified that black people were more likely to commit violence. The jury then sentenced Buck to death, the Associated Press reports. In 2000, three years after Buck’s…

Pretty sure the first lady’s appearance last night on 106th and Park marks the first time a member of the presidential family guested on the video talk show. Making the rounds to push President Obama’s “North Star” Goal—that by the year 2020, America will once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the…

George Zimmerman’s girlfriend said that he choked her a week before she called police screaming that he had pointed a gun at her “fricking face,” a prosecutor told a judge on Tuesday, the Associated Press reports. The one-time neighborhood watchman became infamous when he was acquitted in the killing of Trayvon Martin, 17, earlier this…