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#StayWoke: Trump Names ‘Alt-Right’ Racist Steve Bannon to National Security Council While the World Protests His Muslim Ban
In a flurry of executive orders* even the most ardent news hound finds hard to keep up with—including one banning Muslims from seven nations from coming to the U.S., sparking protests throughout the country Saturday night—President Donald Trump is remaking the world in his skewed, scary image. And while many are rightly incensed over the…
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Clutch the Pearls: Will Gucci’s New Campaign Feature Only Black Models?
Gucci’s Instagram blew up Friday after it showed its #GucciPreFall17 campaign and a series of “audition” videos filled with all black faces. The rare-air fashion house featured six black models—all with natural hair— answering quirky questions and busting dance moves on its colorful IG page. Time reports that the casting agency featured in the videos…
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NBC Ain’t Shit: Megyn Kelly to Replace Only 2 Black Folks* on Today Show
In their groveling assent to the “people of the country who are so forgotten”—you know, real Americans—NBC is reportedly contributing its own special brand of self-interested racism to the culture by keeping daytime TV and news as white as it wanna be. You would have thought, after the MSNBC debacle when the network tried (and…
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Family Raises Money for Okla. Mother Killed in MMA-Fighter Double Homicide
Professional MMA fighter Roshaun Jones was arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree murder this week. One of his victims was a mother and grandmother who was killed at work. Police charged the 33-year-old bantamweight—who lost more fights than he won—with the deaths of two people he allegedly shot and killed in an armed…
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Serena Williams Rocks No. 23 Jordans—Sent by Michael Jordan—to Celebrate Her 23rd Grand-Slam Win
Tennis phenom Serena Williams made history as she won her 23rd grand-slam title on Saturday night against her sister Venus Williams in in a 6-4, 6-4 victory at the Australian Open. And not only did Serena return to the world No. 1 ranking, but she capped off the sweet night by changing into classic “23”…
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Nas Debuts ‘Black Don’t Crack’ HSTRY Clothing Line in Time for Black History Month
Rapper Nas, fresh off the pipin’-hot sales of his black Santa holiday gear, says he will debut a hip (hop) HSTRY clothing line right in time for Black History Month, or the shortest month of the year. The Huffington Post reports that Nas is launching an exclusive 2017 Black History collection featuring inspirational dashikis, throwback…
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The Steelers’ Antonio Brown Signs Deal With Facebook, May Explain His Crazy Facebook Live Post
So you know that Facebook Live stream in which NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown showed the innards of his Pittsburgh Steelers’ team’s locker room, where coach Mike Tomlin went off during a postgame rant? Well, maybe Brown wasn’t just caught up in the excitement of the win. And maybe the generous baller is going to…
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‘The Black Girl’ Stacey Dash Gets Canned by Fox News
Stacey Dash, a vehement Donald Trump supporter and Republican apologist—you know, the one former Fox CEO Roger Ailes reportedly called “the black girl”—has been kicked off one of her biggest soap boxes. The Hill reports that Fox News has declined to renew Dash’s contributor contract. The only network our current president seems not to despise…
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Trump, Butt-Hurt Over the Size of His … Inauguration Crowd, Lies About It (So Does His Whole Team)
Donald Trump and his squad remind me of that old ’90s classic by En Vogue. The hook goes something like this: “Lies. Lies. Using lies as alibis. Lies. Lies. Just the devil in disguise.” After vilifying the intelligence community after it reported that Russia definitively hacked the U.S. elections in his favor, President Donald Trump…
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Idris Elba Says ‘Pound My Yams’ for Valentine’s Day and I’m So Here for It
So much naughty innuendo. So much sexy. Actor Idris Elba recently posted a video on his Instagram page asking folks to be his valentine. The rub (oooh) is that you have to contribute to a fantastic organization based in Africa, W.E. Can Lead, to win a chance to “pound his yams.” Chile. This whole “pounding…
