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CBS News Just Announced Their Team of Journalists Covering the 2020 Presidential Election. Guess How Many of Them Aren't Black?
It’s not exactly a secret that our country is in turmoil. As our sociopathic Liar-in-Chief descends further into lunacy with each passing day, there are hundreds of thousands of federal workers who remain unpaid (for a record-breaking 23 days and counting) until his temper tantrum over building a $5.7 billion border wall reaches its infantile…
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Illinois Officials Mute R. Kelly, Deny Permit for Upcoming Concert
As R. Kelly’s air of invincibility continues to erode in the aftermath of the “Surviving R. Kelly” docuseries, Illinois officials have announced that a permit for an upcoming concert hosted by the embattled crooner has been denied. According to the Chicago Tribune, Illinois Department of Agriculture spokeswoman Denise Albert cited security concerns as the reasoning behind…
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Pastor Faces Eternal Damnation (and 10 Years in Prison) For Stealing $35,000 From Church
“Food gained by fraud tastes sweet, but one ends up with a mouth full of gravel.” – Proverbs 20:17 I’ve never tasted $35,000 worth of gravel before, but I would imagine it tastes like either pruno or an under-seasoned felony conviction. But one individual who will have all the time in the world to find…
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Because Bigotry Never Fails, Megyn Kelly Just Made $30 Million for Defending Blackface
After the shock and awe of the headline wears off, feel free to continue reading the rest of this article. You good? Aiight, cool. On Friday, NBC News announced that it was officially kicking its controversial host Megyn Kelly to the curb. The unceremonious divorce ends a year-long, lackluster fling with NBC that included poor ratings,…
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Meet Missy Elliott, the First Female Hip-Hop Artist Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame
For over 20 years, Missy Elliott has been one of the most influential artists of this generation and the not-so-secret sauce behind hits from 702, Beyoncé, Janet Jackson, and countless others. And after being announced as a nominee in November, the Portsmouth, Va. native has officially been inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. She joins…
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R. Kelly Responds to Surviving R. Kelly
Lifetime’s docuseries “Surviving R. Kelly” not only broke viewership records, but provided us with an appalling glimpse into the unspeakable harm he inflicted upon dozens—if not hundreds—of black women. And while the rest of us were glued to our television sets over the course of the six episodes spread out over three separate nights, TMZ…
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Nancy Pelosi Banged Her "All Lives Matter" Drum Despite Being Given the Perfect Opportunity to Do Otherwise
If you cut your finger, the last thing you want to hear is how precious your other fingers are. It’s a pretty damn easy concept to grasp and yet here we are, still side-eyeing our alabaster compatriots because they’ve proven themselves incapable of not centering themselves. And to that point, our newly reelected Speaker of…
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Complicit Police, Staged Rescues, and Other Revelations from the Final Night of Surviving R. Kelly
After six hours of footage spread out across three nights, Lifetime’s docuseries “Surviving R. Kelly” reached its dramatic conclusion Saturday night with it’s final two episodes “All The Missing Girls” and “Black Girls Matter.” Executive producer dream hampton warned us that these final two episodes would be the most powerful and they definitely gave us a…
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TSA Agents Want No Parts of Unpaid Work During Government Shutdown… So They're Calling Out Sick
As we enter the 16th day of our partial government shutdown—our third longest ever—with no resolution in sight, our country has inched closer to chaos as food stamps, HIV research, tax returns, and other priorities of the American public have been imperiled. But for federal employees who aren’t salaried, that’s 16 days (and counting) with no…
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Surviving R. Kelly Triggers a Surge in Sexual Abuse Hotline Calls
Lifetime’s three-part docuseries, “Surviving R. Kelly”, served as a sobering exploration into the 30-year labyrinth of abuse and perversion orchestrated by R&B stalwart R. Kelly. And while many of us were haunted by an endless succession of horrifying testimonies that chipped away at a troubadour we once revered, others were understandably triggered and felt compelled…
