culture
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Does the Movement Need Another March on Washington?
The Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network’s National March on Police Brutality is scheduled for Saturday in Washington, D.C. While attendance estimates are sketchy because of the rushed nature of the event, the march is seemingly being positioned by organizers as the culmination of months of protests that have swept the nation since the Aug.…
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Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photojournalist Michel du Cille Dies at 58
Celebrated Washington Post photojournalist Michel du Cille died Thursday in Liberia while on assignment at the age of 58, the Washington Post reports. Du Cille, who won the Pulitzer Prize three times for his photographic chronicles of human life, struggle and triumph, was most recently photographing Ebola patients, the Post notes. According to the Post,…
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Cuba Gooding Jr. Will Play O.J. Simpson in a New TV Series About the Murder Trial
American audiences will get to relive the O.J. Simpson murder trial through a new television series that is set to premiere on FX in 2015. Academy Award winner Cuba Gooding Jr. will play the NFL icon who fell from grace after being accused and tried in 1995 on charges that he murdered his ex-wife Nicole…
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Congressional Staffers Stage Walkout to Protest Police Killings
Activism is contagious. Just one day after medical-school students across the nation staged die-ins as a way to bring attention to institutional racism in health care, congressional staffers on Capitol Hill walked out of their offices Thursday afternoon to protest the lack of indictments in the Michael Brown and Eric Garner killings by police officers.…
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If You’re Withholding Sex to Make Your Man Stay Faithful, You Need to Let Him Go
You’re never wrong for refusing to have sex with a man you don’t trust and who may be cheating on you. That’s not being selfish. It’s being smart. But it’s also not being celibate as much as it is a woman trying to make her man act right and stop creeping. If he did as…
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Exodus: Gods and Kings: Flooded With Race Problems (and White People)
Exodus: Gods and Kings, Ridley Scott’s epic story of Moses, hit theaters nationwide Friday, and while some people are gearing up for what’s expected to be a biblical blockbuster, others are thinking “not again,” as once more, white actors snag the key roles—even though the story takes place in ancient Egypt—while actors of color stay…
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Model Beverly Johnson: ‘Cosby Drugged Me’
Model Beverly Johnson has joined the growing list of Bill Cosby accusers and says that she was drugged by the beloved comedian in the 1980s while auditioning for a role on The Cosby Show. Part of the reason Johnson says she’s coming out now, after countless other women have, is that she could not stand…
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Toronto Man Arrested While Depositing Money Into His own Bank Account
A Toronto man is suing Scotiabank, claiming that he was racially profiled and arrested at one of its branches after attempting to deposit a $9,000 check into his own bank account, the Toronto Star reports. “We were first made aware of this issue by the Toronto police on the day of the incident. When we…