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People are looking for answers when it comes to the death of Sandra Bland. Bland, a 28-year-old Illinois native, was road-tripping to Texas to start her new job at Prairie View A&M University. But she never made it. Bland was pulled over for allegedly failing to use a signal to switch lanes. It was that traffic…

The premise of Dexter Thomas’ argument was fairly well-intentioned: Black Twitter shouldn’t be thought of as this monolithic group that comes down on the progressive side of issues all the time. The columnist penned an article at the Los Angeles Times arguing that black Twitter, “like white Twitter,” is made up of a diverse group…

Congratulations are in order! More than a dozen black actors and actresses picked up Primetime Emmy Award nominations, Variety reports, and six appear in lead actor or actress categories. It’s further confirmation that black actors were not sidelined in supporting roles but were thrust to the forefront of television this past year.  Wednesday night was…

Cincinnati Bengals player Devon Still gave an emotional speech about his daughter Leah’s battle with cancer at Wednesday’s ESPY Awards. Leah and her dad were honored at the ESPYs and given the Jimmy V Perseverance Award. Still recalled the number of times he’s prayed that he wouldn’t lose his daughter to the disease. “I remember…

Andy Cohen and Laverne Cox have both seen the light when it comes to Sunday night’s episode of Watch What Happens Live! “Today’s Jackhole goes to the Instagram feud between Kylie Jenner and Hunger Games star/Jaden Smith’s prom date, Amandla Stenberg, who criticized Kylie for her cornrows, calling it cultural appropriation,” Cohen had said before…

On Monday, 50 Cent announced that he was filing for bankruptcy, and the jokes and questions about why he filed and how someone could lose so much money have been rolling in, especially since Forbes estimated his wealth at $155 million. But in the world of rich people protecting their necks, I mean assets, the…

President Barack Obama held an in-depth press conference Wednesday on his recent Iran deal, and journalist April Ryan took the opportunity to question the president about the Bill Cosby scandal, asking if Obama would revoke the embattled comedian’s Presidential Medal of Freedom, presented to him in 2002. Many people would like to see the medal that…

Chris Brown just experienced a terrible ordeal: His Los Angeles-area mansion was looted in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, but it was his aunt who came face-to-face with the three burglars, the New York Daily News reports. According to police, three armed black men wearing bandannas over their faces made their way into Brown’s…

It’s just not a good look—especially for Hot 97, of all stations. It was the first urban New York City radio station and retains its popular tagline, “Where Hip Hop Lives.” So that someone at the station—presumably radio anchor Ebro—fixed his fingers (or told a lowly intern) to tweet out an inquiry asking folks whether…

It was 1989, and a young Michelle Robinson was tasked with showing a wide-eyed, bushy-tailed law student the ropes at Sidley Austin, a white-shoe law firm in Chicago. He had a funny name: Barack Obama. He ended up asking her out, taking her for ice cream on one date and then to see Spike Lee’s…