culture
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Black Student Protests After Being Rejected From University of Michigan
Brooke Kimbrough is dead set on going to the University of Michigan—so set on it, in fact, that she is currently leading protests against her rejection from the university. She plans to continue her public calls to be accepted until her wish is granted. But Kimbrough says it’s not just about her—it’s for all minority…
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First Lady to Guest-Star on Nashville
The first lady is building a pretty hefty TV résumé. This week Michelle Obama will gues- star on the season finale of NBC’s Parks and Recreation, and now she will also make an appearance on an upcoming episode of the ABC hit Nashville, the Billboard reports. According to AP, the first lady will guest-star as herself…
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Prince Settles 18-Year Battle Over Music
Prince is now the sole owner of some of the greatest music he ever made, after Warner Bros. Records announced that it had reached an agreement with the pop icon to release the music that he created when he was signed to the label. According to the Associated Press, the two sides, once bitter enemies,…
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Teen Hides in Plane’s Wheel Well, Survives 5-Hour Flight
A 16-year-old boy who stowed away in the wheel well of a plane after getting into a fight with his parents is “lucky to be alive” after surviving a lack of oxygen and cold temperatures during a five-hour flight from California to Hawaii, the Associated Press reports. “He was unconscious for the lion’s share of…
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What I Want Black People to Understand About Suicide and Depression
The suicide of For Brown Girls creator Karyn Washington was a tragedy. From those who were her loyal YouTube followers to those who learned of her life only when it was over, it was easy for people to understand that. But some of the comments I read in reaction to the 22-year-old’s death reminded me…
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How to Make Sure a Helping Hand Doesn’t Make You Go Broke
Editor’s note: This is part 1 in a five-part series on growing and maintaining wealth. When a university failed recently to award Marlon D. Cousin’s nephew thousands of dollars in anticipated financial aid, the managing partner of an Atlanta-based recruiting firm was happy to step in and close the financial gap. In fact, he had…
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Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter Dies at 76
Prizefighter Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, whose career was cut short by a wrongful murder conviction in New Jersey, died Sunday at his home in Toronto, Canada, the New York Times reports. He was 76. The cause of death was prostate cancer, his friend and onetime co-defendant, John Artis, told the New York Times. He was being…
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KKK Leader Condemns Kansas City Hate-Crime Shooting
A Ku Klux Klan Imperial Grand Wizard called last Sunday’s shooting spree by white supremacist Frazier Glenn Cross a setback for the organization, CNN reports. Frank Ancona, who leads the Traditionalist American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan and other self-professed hate group leaders, denounced the shootings at two Jewish institutions in suburban Kansas City,…
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Watch: ‘I Can’t Spend my Life in Prison,’ Gang Member Sobs at Sentencing
A 21-year-old man, convicted of attempted murder for firing shots at a rival gang member at a University of Southern California campus party, sobbed and pleaded for leniency during his sentencing Friday, the Los Angeles Times reports. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Edmund W. Clarke Jr. sentenced Brandon Spencer to 40 years to life…
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Boondocks Set to Return Monday Without Aaron McGruder
Nearly a month after controversy erupted over Aaron McGruder’s departure from The Boondocks, the award-winning animated show is slated to return Monday for its fourth and final season, the Associated Press reports. The show will return after a four-year hiatus, airing Mondays at 10:30 p.m. EDT on Adult Swim, the AP reports. And despite McGruder’s…