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  • 12-Year-Old Marley Dias Wants to Teach Kids Activism With New Book

    Last year, when she was just 11 years old, Philadelphia native Marley Dias made it her mission to hold a book drive featuring books in which black girls were the main characters. Marley launched #1000BlackGirlBooks with the help of the Philadelphia-based GrassROOTS Community Foundation Super Camp, which was founded by Marley’s mother, Janice, along with…

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  • Jeremy ‘Prison Bae’ Meeks Makes NYFW Runway Debut

    Momma, he’s made it! Jeremy Meeks, the man dubbed #PrisonBae after his mug shot went viral, made his New York Fashion Week runway debut in Phillipp Plein’s show Monday. In 2014, Meeks caught the world’s attention after he was arrested in Stockton, Calif., and taken into custody and booked on five felony weapons charges and…

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  • David Duke Doesn’t Like Chris Evans Posing in Photos With Black Women

    Jesus Christ, David Duke is still a thing. And, apparently, he’s not too pleased with Captain America’s dating habits. It seems as though Duke was being a total fan boy of Chris Evans and perusing Google Images when he came across—gasp!—photos of Evans with women in various shades of brown! So next obvious step? Duke…

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  • Dear White People Creator Responds to Netflix ‘Boycott’

    Justin Simien, the creator of Dear White People, has a few words for the special snowflakes who are boycotting Netflix because the upcoming series’ title and subject matter have them shedding white tears. Shortly after Netflix announced the premiere date of the 10-episode series, some white people got all butt-hurt because: “Dear White People” sounds…

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  • ABC Has Its 1st Black Bachelorette … Yay?

    For years, many people have wondered when there would be a black bachelor or bachelorette on ABC’s popular dating show. Well, probably not many people. But just in case you’re one of those who were wondering, meet 31-year-old attorney Rachel Lindsay, the first black woman to be cast as the next bachelorette. “I’m happy to…

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  • Reporter Says Omarosa Manigault Threatened Her at the White House

    It looks as though Omarosa Manigault is throwing her weight around in the office and becoming a bully just like President Colt 45. According to the Washington Post, April Ryan, a White House reporter with American Urban Radio, says that Manigault physically intimidated her outside the Oval Office last week. Ryan told the Post that…

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  • Titus Gets a Sip of ‘Lemonade’ in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Season 3 Teaser

    What could make this Monday less Monday feeling? Watching Titus get his lemonade on in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’s season 3 teaser trailer. Netflix released the hilarious trailer to announce the May 19 premiere on the streaming service. Wearing a ruffled dress and swinging Beyoncé’s “Hold Up” music-video bat, Titus (Tituss Burgess) is busting windows and…

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  • Geraldo Rivera Quits Yale After University Removes Slavery Supporter’s Name

    Geraldo Rivera, former talk show host, current Fox News contributor and, most importantly, the man who didn’t find anything in Al Capone’s vault, decided to resign from his voluntary position at Yale University after the school decided to change the name of a residential college that honored a slavery supporter. Rivera was an associate fellow…

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  • A Tribe Called Quest, Chance the Rapper, Beyoncé, Bruno Mars and the Time Resuscitated the Grammys

    Whether they were showing us how magical black women can be, making political statements, paying homage to a GOAT or taking your ass to church, the black artists who performed at Sunday night’s Grammys gave the world something to talk about. I praised sweet baby Jesus for allowing Beyoncé to perform within the first half…

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  • Solange Wins 1st Grammy and Shares Frank Ocean’s Grammy Diss

    Solange won her first Grammy Sunday night, but unless you were tuned into the Recording Academy’s Twitter account or social media, you probably wouldn’t have known that because the win wasn’t aired. Solange won the Grammy for Best R&B Performance for her song “Cranes in the Sky” from her 2016 album A Seat at the…

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