In seventh grade I punched a boy in the face. He deserved it and I didn’t regret it afterward; I actually felt pretty good about it. After taking his verbal and physical abuse for what seemed like forever but in all likelihood was probably only for a marking period, I stood my ground. It happened…

Updated Thursday, Nov. 17, 2:02 p.m. EST: According to ABC News, the teacher in the video has been fired: Earlier: A Baltimore City teacher has gone viral for all the wrong reasons. Erica Esha Deminds posted a video showing her son’s unnamed teacher at the Harlem Park Elementary School in Baltimore kicking a student out…

Greens, beens, potatoes, tomatoes … you name it! Chances are you’ve been singing Shirley Caesar’s song in your head recently because of the viral #UNameItChallenge that has rocked social media. The creativity that has been used to mash Caesar’s song to dance and movie clips has made for hilarious pieces of social media fodder, and…

In a recent interview with ESPN, New York Knicks President Phil Jackson referred to LeBron James and his business partner Maverick Carter as a “posse,” which has left the NBA star questioning Jackson’s use of the word, saying it had racial undertones, according to the Associated Press. Carter said he feels that Jackson used “posse” because…

Thanks to social media, a new generation has been introduced to Shirley Caesar, whose 20-year-old sermon has gone viral and received the remix treatment. Chances are you’ve probably seen the video, in which Caesar talks about beans, greens, potatoes and tomatoes, and you’ve probably seen the video remixed with Beyoncé dancing, or even Chris Brown.…

Every Sunday night, you can count on #Insecure being a trending topic on Twitter, and the show’s fans have been clamoring about it since the first episode. So, no surprise to fans, HBO has renewed Insecure, which stars and was created by Issa Rae, for a second season. Although Nielsen shows the audience for the…

Wanda Sykes performed at Boston’s TD Garden Saturday night, and once she started talking about President-elect Bleeding Gums, the crowd wasn’t too pleased. During her set, Sykes basically told the truth about the dude, and how his election hadn’t marked the first time that the U.S. had chosen a “racist, sexist homophobic president.” “He’s just…

To get through these next four years, you’re going to have to laugh to keep from crying. Shortly after President Barack Obama spoke about Cheetos Face becoming president-elect, with Joe Biden standing behind him, social media began hilariously creating “Petty Biden” memes of everything we’ve wished was being said between Biden and the president. Biden…

It started out with a prayer from Danielle Belton, the managing editor of The Root. “Dear Lord, please don’t let these be nasty,” Belton said, right before tasting Neiman Marcus’ very, very expensive collard greens. Last week, Neiman Marcus’ greens got a lot of attention, basically because who the hell sells greens for $66? Not…

I never knew what a New Balance was until I moved to the Washington, D.C., area. But now, after the company issued a statement in support of Donald Trump, I know I won’t be wearing one. On the heels of Trump winning the election, Matt LeBretton, the Boston-based sportswear company’s vice president of public affairs,…