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Melanin Madness! Black Panther Trailer Drops and Folks Lose Their Minds
Everybody in the world was already watching Game 4 of the NBA Finals, and when the trailer for Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther dropped during a commercial break, folks lost their damn minds. And then took to Twitter to talk about it. Besides the fact that the sneak peak made clear that this would be a…
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Lionel Richie’s Bassist Repeatedly Stabs Himself After Ingesting Weed Edibles: Report
The 42-year-old bassist for Lionel Richie might want to step off the edibles forever a minute since, according to a report, he stabbed himself multiple times after downing the Mary Jane-laced treats. TMZ reports that authorities received a 911 call around 10 p.m. Tuesday, and paramedics found Ethan Farmer bleeding all over his body from…
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Happy Pride! Division I Track Teammates Come Out as Couple
Brad Neumann and Justin Rabon, two runners on the University of Minnesota track team, are a proud couple in love. Each competitor recently penned his coming-out story for Outsports in honor of Gay Pride Month, both to help those who may be having their own struggles coming out, and to shatter stereotypes of what a…
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Instead of Offering Compassion, Trump Condemns London’s Muslim Mayor in Wake of Terror Attack
Leave it to our tone-deaf president to use a tragic event and make it all the more so with his tiny Twitter fingers. In the wake of the London terror attack that left seven dead and 12 suspects arrested, President Donald Trump angrily twisted London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s words, basically branding him soft on terror.…
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Get Your Life Together! Recent Fla. High School Grad Didn’t Miss a Day of School in 13 Years
You may be sad if you compare your slacker life with that of 17-year-old Victoria Jordan. The recent graduate from Paxon School for Advanced Studies in Jacksonville, Fla., was honored along with two other classmates for making it through 13 years of school without missing a single day, reports People magazine. “They were kind of…
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Cops in Charge of Laquan McDonald Case Must Testify About Night of His Shooting Death, Judge Rules
A Cook County, Ill., judge said he wanted to hear from the police officers involved in the Laquan McDonald shooting case, including conversations they had with the police officer charged with the premeditated murder of the 17-year-old from Chicago. NBC Chicago reports that Judge Vincent Gaughan ruled Friday that he seeks testimony from former Deputy…
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Another Noose Found—This Time Near MLK Memorial in DC
Are nooses the new (hate-the) black? Yet another noose-ish trinket was found at a place of prominence in Washington, D.C.—the third in about a week located on federal property. This time the symbol of black torture and death was found near the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall, adding the most grievous…
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African Couple Welcomes Sextuplets After Trying for 17 Years!
Good things do come to those who wait. Proof positive: A Nigerian couple was blessed many times over when they brought six children into the world May 11. Ajibola Taiwo, a native of western Nigeria, gave birth to three boys and three girls by cesarean section at the Children’s Hospital of Richmond at Virginia Commonwealth…
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Mayor of Paris Seeks to Ban City’s 1st Afro-Feminist Festival Because It Excludes ‘White People’
Paris is buggin’. Or at least its mayor is. She says she will ask the city to formally ban Paris’ first Afro-feminist festival on the grounds that it is discriminatory against “white people.” Socialist Mayor Anne Hidalgo made her announcement on Twitter, adding that she reserved the right “to prosecute the organizers for discrimination,” because…
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City of Baltimore Mulls Removing Confederate Statues by Auctioning Them Off
For those who think that Maryland is not the South, think again. Actually, Maryland’s Eastern Shore is where two of America’s most iconic anti-slavery heroes were born into slavery: Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman. And so, the capital city in the state south of the Mason-Dixon Line is joining many others in deciding the fate…
