Black News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude

Search

  • Black Stereotypes in White Hollywood: Leslie Jones’ Ghostbusters Controversy More Complicated Than Meets the Eye

    Editor’s note: This article contains tweets that some may find offensive. In the Ghostbusters reboot, Saturday Night Live’s Leslie Jones plays a street-savvy transit worker in New York City who joins a merry band of scientists played by Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy and Kate McKinnon. Notable for both its nostalgia and its all-female ensemble cast, the film…

    By










    Published

  • Watch: The Women of ShondaLand Make a Bold Video Endorsing Hillary Clinton

    Now it makes sense that Hillary Clinton was on the set of Scandal the other day, just kiki-ing it up with the gladiators over at Olivia Pope & Associates. Clinton snagged Kerry Washington’s endorsement last year, and now the actress is joined by a few other female powerhouses at ShondaLand who are backing Clinton’s presidential…

    By










    Published

  • Beyoncé on Her Biggest Hero, Proudest Moment and the Book She Wants Her Young Fans to Read

    Beyoncé did another mini-interview with an independent magazine. It seems like she’s done with granting open-ended interviews with mainstream publications. In the lucky outlet, Garage magazine, the music icon opened up her proudest moment, her biggest hero and why she’s such a huge fan of art. The YBF has highlights from the interview, which is available…

    By










    Published

  • Tisha Campbell-Martin Finally Reveals What Tommy Did for a Living on Martin

    One of the world’s greatest mysteries in the 1990s was what Tommy did for a living on Martin. The series is inarguably one of the best half-hour comedy shows in all of American television (at least that’s what we Martin fanatics think). And a running joke on the show was that Tommy was always well…

    By










    Published

  • 6 Killed—Including a Pregnant Woman—in a Backyard Massacre Near Pittsburgh

    A heinous massacre in a suburb of Pittsburgh left six dead Wednesday. The Allegheny County prosecutor has described it as execution-style. “The murders were planned, calculated, brutal,” said District Attorney Stephen Zappala to NBC News of the shootings, which happened in Wilkinsburg, a town of about 15,000 just east of Pittsburgh. “They were all head shots,”…

    By










    Published

  • Ben Carson to Endorse Donald Trump: Report

    Ben Carson plans to endorse Donald Trump on Friday morning, according to a report by the Washington Post, citing two anonymous sources. The outlet reports that the endorsement was finalized Thursday morning when Carson met with Trump at Mar-a-Lago, the Palm Beach, Fla., luxury club owned by the Republican front-runner. According to sources, Carson has…

    By










    Published

  • Here’s Why Iyanla Vanzant Says She’ll Never Marry Again After 3 Divorces

    “Never!” That’s how Iyanla Vanzant interrupted Tyrese Gibson during her appearance on It’s Not You, It’s Men when he began to ask her if she would ever get married again.  “I would never, ever, ever,” she said again, just in case Tyrese or his co-host, Rev. Run, didn’t hear her right the first time. Vanzant, a…

    By










    Published

  • Biggie’s Childhood Friend Pens Revealing Facebook Post About the Brooklyn MC

    Among the spate of documentary specials about Biggie that aired in the 1990s after his death, his mother, Voletta Wallace, said time and time again that her son was an honor roll student. That her son Christopher, better known to the public as the Notorious B.I.G., was intelligent, warm and funny. She wasn’t trying to…

    By










    Published

  • 5 Reasons We Should Be Celebrating Harriet Tubman Every Day

    Araminta Ross—or, as we know her, Harriet Tubman—was, quite honestly, one of the most incredible human beings ever to spend time on this planet. The history books have been kind to Tubman, allowing her to be taught to every child who’s ever been in school. That’s all well and fine, but there are likely so…

    By










    Published

  • Charlamagne: Donald Trump Bumper Sticker Is New Confederate Flag

    You can say a lot of things about New York City radio DJ Charlamagne tha God’s intrusive and hilarious interview style, but when the man speaks truth, he speaks truth. During an interview with Sirius XM, Charlamagne warned Americans about what Donald Trump’s presidential campaign means. “The soul of the country is at stake in…

    By










    Published

The Root Staff Avatar