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  • Queen Latifah’s Mom, Rita Owens, Dies After a Long Battle With a Heart Condition

    Queen Latifah’s mom, Rita Owens, died Wednesday after a 10-year battle with heart disease, the legendary rapper and actress said. In a statement to People magazine, Latifah wrote: It is with a heavy heart that I share the news my mother, Rita Owens, passed away today. Anyone that has ever met her knows what a…

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  • Want to Empower Women of Color? Support Unions

    During Women’s History Month, we’re reminded that there was a time when women were silent in our government, homes and workplaces. Fast-forward to present day, and it seems like women are raising their voices louder than ever in Donald Trump’s America. We’re speaking out to protect our health care plans, keep immigrant mothers with their…

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  • Why Is Our Government Soft on White Domestic Terrorism?

    For all our national bluster about waging a “war on terror,” the main sources of terror in our country go largely unacknowledged by our political leaders. While we are led to believe that the most dangerous individuals in this country are those who read the Koran, lack a Social Security number or have dark skin,…

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  • Wendy Williams Puts Talk Show on Hiatus to Deal With Graves’ Disease

    In sickness or in health, Wendy Williams is gon’ be Wendy Williams. When the 53-year-old talk show host announced to her audience Wednesday that she has Graves’ disease and that doctors have ordered her to go on hiatus for three weeks to deal with the medical crisis, she responded in typical Williams fashion. “My doctor…

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  • Dallas Mavericks Investigating Sexual-Misconduct Allegations After Bombshell Report

    The Dallas Mavericks have launched an independent investigation after a report by Sports Illustrated on Tuesday alleged that the NBA franchise maintained a “corrosive workplace culture” where women were routinely sexually harassed by male co-workers. The SI report focuses primarily on the conduct of former team President and CEO Terdema Ussery, who reportedly had a…

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  • Robert E. Lee Beads Bring Mardi Gras’ Historic Racism Full Circle

    The ongoing national debate over race and Confederate monuments reared its ugly head during this year’s Mardi Gras. Some of the infamous beads thrown into the crowds reflected the image of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee to protest the removal of his statue from New Orleans’ most prominent traffic circle, which has been a symbolic…

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  • Raise Your Hand if You Smoke Weed!

    While on vacation in California recently, I smoked weed in front of my mom for the first time. Scratch that. I didn’t smoke weed in front of her. What I actually did was whip out a joint and tell her I was going to smoke it in her bathroom, where she regularly smokes her cigarettes…

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  • Trump Spoke at the Opening of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in What Was Essentially a Photo Op

    President Donald Trump has made it pretty clear how he feels about black people. He has refused to condemn white nationalists and routinely calls out black pro football players for protesting police brutality. So why would the hater in chief accept an invitation to speak at the opening of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in…

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  • FCC’s Plan to Repeal Net Neutrality Will Silence Black Voices

    From #BlackGirlsCode and #BlackMenSmile to #BlackLivesMatter and #BlackTwitter, the black internet is part of the 21st-century movement for dignity, rights and freedom—and it’s under attack. Since the Trump administration seems hell-bent on silencing black voices in the United States, it shouldn’t come as a big surprise that Trump’s Federal Communications Commission Chairman and former Verizon…

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