Something is different about this year’s Vanity Fair Hollywood issue cover, and it may have a lot to do with the array of brown faces staring out from the glossy pages. This year, six black stars share the cover alongside six of their white counterparts, all stylishly attired and flawlessly done up. Up-and-coming idols Lupita…

Alexander Bradley, who was allegedly shot in the face by former football star Aaron Hernandez, was shot again—this time in the right thigh—Sunday night at Vevo Lounge Bar and Grill in Hartford, Conn., New York’s Daily News reports. The wounded man then left the building, retrieved a .45-caliber gun from a car and fired 11…

Frequent discrimination during youth puts African Americans at risk for heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes and even stroke later in life, a new study has found, EurekAlert reports. According to the study, conducted by researchers at the University of Georgia and Emory University, 20-year-old African Americans who had reported repeated discrimination during their childhood…

African-American children are twice as likely as white children to be readmitted to the hospital for asthma, a new report from the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center has discovered, according to The Enquirer.  About 23 percent of black children were readmitted to the hospital within a year, while only 11 percent of other children participating…

The trial for Michael Dunn, a Florida man who fatally shot unarmed black teenager Jordan Davis after a dispute over “loud music,” finally began on Monday, CNN reports. Dunn, who is charged with first-degree murder, plans to make use of the state’s controversial “Stand your ground” law.  The high-profile case that sparked national outcry has…

George Zimmerman wants to teach Kanye West a lesson and have a go at him in the boxing ring, because of the rapper’s supposed history of attacking “defenseless people,” the Huffington Post reports. This is not a joke. According to the Huffington Post, promoters for the upcoming boxing match between Zimmerman and a still-unknown opponent…

Fox Sports sideline reporter Pam Oliver is expected to rouse quite a bit of attention at Sunday’s Super Bowl, all because of a little misplaced hair, Philly.com reports. As it turns out, the veteran TV sports reporter made the grievous mistake of having a bad hair day, and it ignited a twitter storm, with people…

In Missouri, the practice of putting inmates to death even though their cases are on appeal is not really that unusual, and lawyers think this signals a huge problem with the state’s judicial system, the Associated Press reports. The case of Herbert Smulls is just the latest example. His lawyers are arguing that his execution…

Gabby Douglas is still on fire. She’s been a household name—a brand, even—ever since her historic 2012 Olympic double-gold win launched her into the sports Hall of Fame. She’s been featured in ads and slapped on cereal boxes and has even written books—and now the upbeat 18-year-old is getting her very own biopic. Tonight, cable’s…