• Richard Pryor’s Widow Confirms He and Marlon Brando Did the Freaky Deaky

    On the heels of the bombshell Quincy Jones interview that has the entire internet losing its collective mind, Richard Pryor’s widow has come forward to confirm that at least some of what Jones revealed about his friends’ pasts is true. Jennifer Lee Pryor told TMZ that Richard had lots of sex in the ’70s with…

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  • Trump’s Lawyers Tell Him to Stand Down on Mueller All-Access Interview; Will He Listen?

    When you have a client who is known for going off-script even when that script is written as simply as a Little Golden Book, it is in the best interests of both you and your client to caution him against doing an interview in which he could possibly perjure or incriminate himself because he is…

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  • Trump Wants a Military Parade Because Fascism Isn’t Coming to America Fast Enough

    Your president is nothing if not a gigantic stunt queen who revels in the act of proving that his figurative penis is bigger than everyone else’s. I say “figurative” because we all know that if the real one were big, we wouldn’t have to constantly worry about getting nuked by North Korea because Donald Trump…

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  • White Men and Their ‘Blackcents’ Need to Stop Coming for Black Women Online

    You know what I am getting increasingly sick of lately? White male culture vultures who think they can say and do anything around black people with impunity. Whether it’s because they have embraced black culture and mimic it or because they married a black person and think that makes them an expert on “the Negro,”…

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  • Steve Bannon Dodges a House Intelligence Committee Interrogation Again

    Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon once again avoided testifying before the House Intelligence Committee on Tuesday, forcing the panel to give him another week to comply with a subpoena to appear. A source told CNN Monday that Bannon knew prior to Tuesday’s deadline that he would not be showing up to give testimony…

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  • Who Gets the Friends in the Breakup?

    Recently, a couple I have known for a long time split up—much to the surprise and disappointment of everyone around them. They were the kind of couple that threw amazing dinner and cocktail parties, who were the picture of love and affection everywhere they went, and generally made you feel good whenever you were around…

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  • #Flint: 1,383 Days Without Safe Water, and the EPA Wants to Make Sure This Doesn’t Happen Again

    Monday marks day 1,383 that the people in the city of Flint, Mich., have been without safe water in their pipes. Although experts claim that lead levels are much lower than they were before, residents are still being cautioned to use bottled water or water filters. As the city’s old pipes are being replaced (thus…

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  • Black People Don’t Want ‘the Chronic’ in Compton, Calif.

    Anyone who has listened to or owned a copy of Dr. Dre’s iconic The Chronic or 2001 album, or anything by N.W.A, knows that Compton, Calif., is the home of West Coast gangsta rap. Dre and company put Compton on the map, along with other acts such as DJ Quik—and, more recently, Kendrick Lamar. But…

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  •  #BlackMenSmiling Is the Most Beautiful Thing on Twitter Right Now—and It’s Trending Worldwide

    This is what you need to get your Friday evening started on the right note: beautiful images of black men, their faces glowing, their teeth gleaming, happiness pouring from their very beings. #BlackMenSmiling is trending at No. 1 on Twitter right now, and it is the best thing ever. We are inundated every single day…

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  • Temptations Singer Dennis Edwards Dead at 74

    Temptations singer Dennis Edwards died in a Chicago hospital Friday after a long illness, just one day before he would have turned 75. His death was confirmed to ABC Radio by his manager, Toby Ludwig, ABC7 reports. Edwards joined the famous Motown group in 1968, stepping in to replace lead singer and founding member David…

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