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Sheila E. Says There Will Be ‘No Hologram’ During J.T.’s Super Bowl Halftime Show
Updated Sunday, Feb. 4, 2018, 11:10 a.m. EST: After what proved to be some serious blowback after rumors that Justin Timberlake would be using a Prince hologram for his Super Bowl halftime show, longtime Prince collaborator Sheila E. confirmed last night that there would be none. Sheila E. said that she spoke to Timberlake on…
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Colorado Teacher Allegedly Assaults Middle School Student Who Wouldn’t Stand for Pledge
The wypipo continue to lose their damn minds over their vigorous and ridiculous embrace of performative patriotism. And if these current allegations prove to be true, perhaps one will lose her job. According to reports, a Colorado teacher has been placed on paid administrative leave for allegedly assaulting a middle school student who refused to…
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Man Who Sold Ammo to Las Vegas Shooter Is Criminally Charged by Feds
An Arizona man who sold hundreds of rounds of ammunition to the gunman who killed 58 people in Las Vegas last year was charged Friday with manufacturing armor-piercing bullets in violation of federal law. Although it is not clear whether his bullets were used in the Oct. 1, 2017, attack, Doug Haig was charged in…
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Maryland County Passes a Black Lives Matter Week of Action for All Its Schools
The Prince George’s County school board voted unanimously on Friday to pass a resolution (pdf) called the “Black Lives Matter Week of Action in Schools” so that the 128,000 students in the second-largest school district in Maryland will learn about and discuss the Black Lives Matter movement starting Monday. Fox 5 DC reports that the…
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Making Black History: Meet Michael Thomas, the New Editor of the Harvard Law Review
What do they call it? Ah yes. Black excellence. As such, 27-year-old Michael Thomas of New York City’s Brooklyn borough has been named the editor of the Harvard Law Review, Vol. 132, the second black person in as many years. On Sunday, Thomas took the reins from ImeIme Umana, who last year became the first…
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Black Unemployment Is Back Up. Way Up. What Will Trump Have to Say Now?
Well, that was fast. The black unemployment rate in the United States, which fell to a record low in December, something President Donald Trump gleefully took credit for, has made its biggest jump upward since 2012. Now run tell that. According to the Labor Department’s monthly employment report, released Friday, joblessness among black Americans rose…
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Angela Rye Talks the State of the Black Union. Next Stop ‘the Black Party’?
The premiere of Angela Rye’s four-episode special for BET was a riff on President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union, wherein he continued to dip into his bag of cheap tricks, pulling out dog whistles and race-baiting to assure his “base” that he’s the white supremacist in chief. As usual, Rye, former general counsel…
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Black Panther Hits the Red Carpet Live and You Can Partake, Too
The red carpet will be awash in blackness Monday night as the gorgeous melanated cast of Marvel’s Black Panther hits the red carpet for the Red Carpet World Premiere. Marvel Studios tweeted all about it on Monday. To be clear, this red-carpet premiere differs from the premiere-premiere, which will take place later. Monday night’s fete…
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The Cleveland Indians Are Getting Rid of Racist Logo but Sticking to Racist Name
It is not lost on this writer that the name of the stadium where the Cleveland Indians play is “Progressive.” Why? Because the name of the team that plays there and its mascot are anything but. In fact, the fire-engine-red, big-nosed caricature is … what’s the word that white folks hate again? … oh yeah,…
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Exclusive: Auntie Maxine Will Have Some Choice Words for Trump During Angela Rye’s State of the Union on BET
Well, even if Tuesday’s State of the Union by President Donald Trump makes you roll your eyes into the very back of your head, there will be a reprieve, children. Political pundit Angela Rye, who has risen to become a prominent voice for a black community under siege, will break it all down during the…
