Rest In Power, Neighborhood Nip
Like everybody else, I was hit with and then devastated by the news that Grammy-nominated rapper, entrepreneur, wealth-…
I Don't Know How We're Going to Make It Through This Campaign Season Y'all
I’m typically a pretty optimistic person. For instance, I believe the children are our future. I believe in miracles. I…
After Surviving R. Kelly, What Now? How About Trusting Survivors and Dismantling Systemic Misogynoir?
Three nights of television recently rocked the black community—surprising, since they detailed approximately three…
Blacks Are Not a Monolith, But I'll Bet Al Sharpton Misspelling 'Respect' on Live Television Made Every Last One of Us Cringe
On the list of unsolved mysteries I have stored in my brain, one near the top is why Warren G didn’t go back and punch…
We Don't Trust the Criminal Justice System Until It Clears a Black Man of Sexual Assault. Then We're All In
In what I imagine will eventually be a very regretful decision on her part, Angela Rye—noted #BlackGirlMagic trumpeter,…
Set It Off Has One of the Blackest Scenes in All of Cinema That Nobody Ever Talks About
Set It Off is a movie I love watching. It’s such a nonsensical movie for so many reasons that it all blends perfectly,…
Disagreement Is Fine. But Unpopular Opinions Do Come With Consequences
There’s this odd confusion that exists among people with “unpopular opinions.” They believe that people aren’t allowing…
Bill Cosby’s Legacy Is Now Shit. Throw That Baby Out With the Bathwater
You know what conversation is confusing? This one: Bill Cosby has now been convicted of doing exactly what he said he…
Oh, Nooow Y’all Want to Boycott Starbucks? I Been Trying to Get Y’all to Do That for 15 Years!
Have you ever been right for the wrong reason? I’m sure you have. We all have. Well, when it comes to Starbucks, I’ve…
If You Could Be in a Black Stage Play, What Would You Call It?
If you are related to black people, there’s a better-than-100 percent chance that somebody in your family has gone to…
There’s a Time and Place for Professional Pseudonyms, and It’s When I’m Securing the Bag
My name is not Panama Jackson. I mean, it’s my name, but it’s not my name, ya know. It’s a pseudonym—a nickname created…
Common Has Secured the Bag and Now He Just Makes Dad Rap
Common is killing the game; or, in today’s parlance, Common has secured the bag. I’m almost 40 years old, which means…
Am I the Only Person Under 60 Who Still Carries Around a Crown Royal Bag for My Valuables?
In the black American community, there are a few cultural items revered historically and across regions of blackness…
10 Thoughts on Anna Holmes’ New York Times Op-Ed ‘Black With (Some) White Privilege’
Anna Holmes, the founder of Jezebel and editorial director at Topic.com, recently wrote an op-ed for the New York Times…
Pre-K Teacher Leigh Bishop Matching Her Student’s Hairstyle Has Me All Up in My Dad Feels
The story of Leigh Bishop (recent #WCW at The Glow Up), the pre-K teacher at Lakeview Elementary School in Sugar Land,…
Sooo I Don’t Know Shit About Black Panther. I Can’t Wait to See It With Y’all, Though
I think it’s time that I come clean about something that’s been eating at my soul food for the past, I don’t know, six…
What The Chi Gets Right (and Wrong) About Chicago
Chicagoans are protective of their city, and for good reason. Over the past few years, the City of the Big Shoulders…
Dear Companies That Produce and Sell Shit, Would It Kill You to Add Some People of Color to Your Packaging?
On a recent trip to buy some gifts for my own and other children for Christmas, I decided to venture to the…
10 Reasons Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Buying the Carolina Panthers Needs to Be a Thing
So it turns out that the NFL’s Carolina Panthers franchise is about to be up for sale. The current owner, Jerry…
My Mother Is White, I Am Not: On Being Biracial Without Identity Issues
Editor’s note: This piece speaks from the perspective of being biracial with black and white parents. I realize that…