According to CNN, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the accused orchestrator of the 9/11 attacks, and four more men are being arraigned in a military commission hearing on Saturday, May 5. The military trial for Mohammed, who is being tried with Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin ‘Attash, Ramzi Binalshibh, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali and Mustafa Ahmed Adam…

Unlike The Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter, HBO’s Game of Thrones is a fantasy series that includes characters of color as more than tertiary additions. Enter Nonso Anozie, a 6-foot-6-inch black British actor playing Xaro Xhoan Daxos on the cable channel’s latest Sunday night jewel. Drawn from author George R.R. Martin’s book series,…

While traditional rap cuts from her new album are sure to hit Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart eventually, Hillary Crosley writes at Ebony that it’s clear where the pop star’s bread and butter can be found. Touting sponsorship deals with Pepsi, M.A.C. Cosmetics and O.P.I. nail polish, the first lady of Lil Wayne’s Young Money label…

During a bail hearing on April 20 for charges of murder in the second degree, George Zimmerman apologized to the family of his victim, Trayvon Martin, but his words did not elicit the reaction he may have hoped for. MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry parsed Zimmerman’s apologetic outpouring, an unorthodox move during a bail hearing, on…

According to the Daily Mail, Ferris State University in Michigan has opened the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia, and not everyone is applauding. The founder and curator, a black man named David Pilgrim, says he’d like the exhibit — which includes artifacts from Jim Crow South, such as an image depicting the evolution of…

According to the New York Times, Solange Knowles, younger sister of international pop star Beyoncé, has created her own spot in contemporary culture’s sunshine. The professional DJ, singer-songwriter and fashionista is also a single mother of a young son. Knowles, a Brooklyn, N.Y., resident, has established a balance between parent-teacher meetings and vacations in the…

According to the Fayetteville Observer, North Carolina has converted its first death row case under the Racial Justice Act. Prisoner Marcus Reymond Robinson’s 1994 death sentence is now life in prison without parole. Cumberland County Senior Resident Superior Court Judge Greg Weeks ruled that prosecutors assigned to Robinson’s case used race in selecting the jury.…

According to Mother Jones, the second anniversary of BP’s Deepwater Horizon Gulf oil spill may cause even more worries than the initial event. Now, oysters have been added to the list of natural victims affected by the gallons of crude oil swirling down America’s Southern coast (alongside “eyeless shrimp” and “dead dolphins”), leaving consumers afraid to…

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Think Like a Man is expected to top the box office, beating out Zac Efron’s The Lucky One and the highly popular teen sensation, The Hunger Games. The film, drawn from Steve Harvey’s book Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, stars a primarily African-American cast including Taraji P.…