The Tragic and Inspiring Story of WNBA Coach Dawn Staley
Everything You Need To Know About Fredi Washington, The Black Hollywood Star Who Refused To Pass As White
Why Black People Dress up On Easter
The African Pope Behind Easter That You Never Heard of
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What If Mass Killers Were Muslim or of Color?
Columnists Say Reaction Would Be Far Different Election Day Produces Diverse Array of Winners Resentment of Black Wealth Seen in Anthem Debate Trump Appears to Pursue Vendetta Against CNN Calderon Becomes First Afro-Latina Evening News Anchor Worldwide, Youth Being Taught News Literacy HuffPost Talks to 13 Asian Americans About Eyes A Random Street Survey on…
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Judge of Characters: We’re Just Out Here Making America Great … for Once
The 2016 election took the wind out of most of our sails because it led us into a presidency that’s just so … orange. But not all hope is lost. It’s been a year since y’all elected Toupee Fiasco as president, but this year’s elections proved that maybe—just maybe—Americans know how to vote for change.…
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Watch: Gabrielle Union Gets Candid About Her Own Rape
As he raped me, I began to hover over myself. I could see the whole room. I looked at that poor crying girl as she was being raped and thought, “Things like this happen to bad people. Things like this don’t happen to people like me.” My psyche, my body, my soul, simply could not…
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Fox News Pulls Ads Urging Impeachment
Network Cites Viewers’ ‘Strong Negative Reaction’ Leaks Show How Multinationals Make Poor Poorer Alarm Over Abrupt Closing of 7 Local News Sites Journalists Reach for Words in Latest Mass Shooting Teen Vogue to End Print Run at Its Most ‘Woke’ Paper: Photos of Firefighters Fired Over Noose Stay Weinstein Tracked Journalists Trying to Expose Him…
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Judge of Characters: It’s Time to Trust Black Women
The stories of black women are often met with closed ears. And if the ears happen to be open, oftentimes we’re regarded as liars. From Rep. Frederica Wilson to Lupita Nyong’o and every black woman in between, our lived experiences are challenged in a way that says there’s no way anything we say could or…
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Are There Too Many African Americans in TV Ads?
Paper Runs Letter Claiming Blacks Are Nearly 50%. . . ‘The Best We Can Do Is Watch for Red Flags’ New America Media Closing After 45 Years NPR Brass Knew of Complaints Against Oreskes Puerto Rican Media Firm Lays Off 59 Journalists Percentage Speaking Spanish at Home Dips Arellano Ends His ‘¡Ask a Mexican!’ Column…
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Watch: 3 Athletes Who Risked It All Before Colin Kaepernick
When now-former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick took a knee to bring attention to injustice, he may have lost his career simply by speaking out. We’ve seen this happen before: Muhammad Ali gave up almost four of his prime fighting years to stand against the Vietnam War, and Tommie Smith and John Carlos were…
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Russian Disinformation Has Long Targeted Blacks
KGB Disinformation Goes Back to King Era Editorial Says Indictments Reflect Trump Character NBC Hypes Hours-Old News as ‘Breaking’ Twitter Suspends Trump Ally After Anti-Lemon Rant Series: Detained Juveniles Subjected to Atrocities Immigrants Pushed Deeper Into the Shadows Inequality at the Root of Harassment Issue Biracial Writer Gives Yuli Gurriel a Break Financial Plan Helped…
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#RelationshipGoals: 10 Reasons We Love This Is Us Couple Beth and Randall
After the dysfunction of Scandal’s Olivia and Fitz, Issa and Lawrence of Insecure, and just about every reality-TV couple, Beth (Susan Kelechi Watson) and Randall (Sterling K. Brown) on NBC’s This Is Us are just the representation of #BlackLove that viewers need. The Pearsons offer something viewers haven’t seen for some time (if ever): a…