They say an idle mind is the devil’s playground, but couple that with racism and social media and you have the hashtag #GoHomeDeRay, aimed at activist DeRay McKesson. On Sunday, McKesson attended Sunday service at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., just days after Dylann Roof killed nine people during Bible study at…

Empire star Taraji P. Henson is bringing ’70s disco fierceness to Allure’s July cover. In the cover story, Henson talks about her side hair hustle as a Howard University college student, as well as legal issues her Empire co-star, Terrence Howard, recently faced. “I knew how to hustle and make money,” Henson told Allure. “We…

Sanaa Lathan is set to star in and executive-produce the movie adaptation of Omar Tyree’s Flyy Girl book trilogy for Lionsgate’s Codeblack Films. In the film, Lathan will portray Tracy Ellison, a successful businesswoman and workaholic who believes that money is always the key to happiness. “I’m pleased to executive produce and star in Lionsgate…

Thursday night’s edition of The Daily Show was filled with a somber and serious Jon Stewart after a racially motivated terrorist attack on the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., left nine people dead. Stewart’s opening monologue concerned the never-ending violence that plagues the country and the racism that is behind it: I…

Jeralean Talley of Inkster, Mich., made headlines in May when she officially became the world’s oldest woman after the deaths of Misao Okawa of Osaka, Japan, at age 117, and Gertrude Weaver of Camden, Ark., at 116. Talley, who knew how to rock a church hat like no other, died at the age of 116.…

One has to wonder what the home life of Rachel Dolezal consisted of, but one also can’t take her word for anything nowadays, considering that she lied about her background. But a recently unearthed blog written by Rachel’s black adopted sister, Esther, shows a family in strife and conflict. The 20-year-old Esther Dolezal’s blog provides a telling…

Let’s just call it what it is as mainstream media finds the nicest ways to describe what happened at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal 9 p.m. Wednesday. Social media has been riled up, and with good reason, for the last several hours as news about the massacre develops. What have we so far? A deranged white…

Tyra Banks has been strutting her stuff down runways and appearing on the covers of magazines since her teens, but it’s not often that you’ll see her in her “I woke up like this” naturalness. On Wednesday the model-turned-TV host gave fans something to talk about when she posted a makeup-free and unfiltered selfie. “You know…

Attorney General Loretta Lynch found time in her busy schedule to join Twitter Wednesday. In April, after five months of having her nomination held up, Lynch was sworn in as the U.S. attorney general, replacing Eric Holder. Lynch is the first African-American woman to serve in the role. Hello, Twitter! Excited to join the conversation…

Ava DuVernay has proved herself to be a force to be reckoned with when it comes to the art of storytelling in film. With films like I Will Follow and Selma, DuVernay’s talent will surely catapult her to becoming known as one of the greatest filmmakers of our time. Or should I write one of the “greatest black…