The last time I wrote about Roland Martin, he was giving Snoop Dogg a lesson about why slave narratives are still important in this day and age, after the rapper said he was boycotting the new Roots miniseries. Now he’s schooling someone else. Earlier this week, Wendy Williams appeared to be confused about two things:…

CNN’s Don Lemon experienced live on-air Thursday evening what some people on Twitter have referred to as the “blackening.” Lemon’s guests included David Katz, a former Drug Enforcement Administration senior special agent; Charles Coleman, a civil rights attorney and contributor to The Root; and New York City’s Hot 97 radio host Peter Rosenberg. During the segment, Lemon spoke about…

Issa Rae put a call out on social media, and thousands of people answered. When the actress-producer learned about how Alton Sterling had been killed and the fact that he had children, she created a GoFundMe to raise money for their college fund. The #AltonSterlingFamily Scholarship was created Wednesday, and it raised over $460,000 in under…

Beyoncé posted an urgent message to fans on her personal website after this week’s police killings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. The singer, who most recently came under attack for her Super Bowl performance and “Formation” video, urged people to take a stand against police violence. The singer also listed emails to contact local…

Warrensville Heights, Ohio, Police Officer Nakia Jones has a lot to say about the killing of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, La., and in a video posted on Facebook on Wednesday, she took her fellow officers in blue to task. Jones, like so many other people, is disgusted that police officers are killing black people…

D.L. Hughley appeared on CNN’s New Day to discuss the rash of police killings that have occurred this week and how they affect his family. While discussing his own sons who live with him, the comedian broke down in tears. Watch the heart-wrenching video below:

Last month, Ayesha Curry, in the heat of the moment, tweeted that she thought the NBA was rigged when her husband’s team was losing. Wrong thing to do. Twitter immediately went in, and her mentions were in shambles. Curry is now having some regrets about that tweet and probably wishes she had just put the…

Over the last week, two black men have been shot and killed by police, and their deaths have been witnessed by those on social media. People, not even recovered from the tragedy of seeing Alton Sterling being killed by Baton Rouge, La., police officers on Tuesday, witnessed the aftermath of Philando Castile’s death Wednesday at the hands…

The employees of T.I.’s Scales 925 restaurant in Atlanta say he’s repeatedly violated the Fair Labor Standards Act, and they’ve now launched a lawsuit. Twelve employees of the restaurant have named T.I. and his business partner Charles Hughes in the lawsuit, accusing the two men of violating laws with regard to hourly wages and salaries, according to WSBTV. According…

Wendy Williams went fully “Wendy” during her Wednesday show. And this time she may have stepped on the wrong toes. Today Williams learned that you don’t dare say anything bad about Jesse Williams, HBCUs or the NAACP. I mean, seriously? How could you say something negative about Williams or an HBCU? Now, the NAACP ……