Fashion model Ajak Deng has decided that she’s going to continue on with her career in order to fight a battle that she deems worthy of pursuing.   It’s the battle about diversity in the fashion industry—more specifically, combating the European beauty standards that darker-complexion models like herself go up against every time they audition…

Ciara was in Nigeria this past weekend for a show but made it a point to visit students at a local school, too. She posted video to Instagram of her reciting an empowering message with the students about accomplishing the dreams people have for their lives. Another student sang to Ciara. Ciara mentioned that the…

Why, Stacey Dash, why? The media are buzzing about Stacey Dash’s super-awkward, shift-in-your-chair appearance on the Oscars Sunday. She posed as the new director of the academy’s “minority-outreach program,” which I suppose in theory is laughable. This is the same Dash who said that there was no need for Black History Month, among other ill-founded…

The Academy Awards Sunday night had the lowest ratings in the show’s past eight years, Deadline reports. It’s both shocking and expected. On one end, a boatload of people vowed to boycott the Oscars because of the lack of racial diversity in its best-acting categories. On the other, everyone was anticipating host Chris Rock’s opening…

Editor’s Note: This article has been updated with a statement from TIDAL’s public relations representative. An independent artist is claiming that Jay Z reneged on his promise about what Tidal would be and mean for musicians: an online music-streaming service that gave artists their full due by paying them fairly and adequately for the rights…

Comedian and political satirist Bill Maher does not think it’s a good idea for Black Lives Matter activists to target Hillary Clinton’s record on helping (or not helping) black Americans, given that there are other candidates running for president who are a hell of a lot worse—e.g., Donald Trump. During a segment of his HBO…