“The more things change. The more things stay the same.”

In the wake of Saturday’s U.S. Open finals debacle, in which Serena Williams demanded an apology from umpire Carlos…

It was the wardrobe malfunction that rocked the world—and the Federal Communications Commission.

While at lunch with a friend a few years ago, she couldn’t locate her lip gloss, so she emptied her purse out on the…

“We are not post-racial—at all,” White House correspondent April Ryan told an Essence Festival audience during a panel…

A month ago at work, a white man physically threatened me. He wanted to know my name so he could report me, so he came…

Nigga, you? (In Nas’ “Ether” voice.)

My first job, about a decade ago in Harlem, was interning at a shelter for domestic violence survivors. Most were…

Actor and comedian Terry Crews, the most visible male member of the #MeToo movement, shared some very real talk at last…

Since Cheeto Grease the Tyrant fumblingly assumed office thanks to the Assorted Colonizer Coalition of America at the…

Editor’s note: Multiple spoilers ahead. 

The United States isn’t the only country with a bad case of “blackface.”

In a show of just how far the Super Bowl halftime show has sunk, Justin Timberlake—who hasn’t had an album out in four…

For once ... I’d like to be wrong. For once, I’d like white feminists to not be so damn predictable.

It’s no secret that black women are caught in the crosshairs of violence—not just when encountering the police but…

R&B singer and actor Tyrese Gibson got everyone riled up last week when he decided to air his views about women he…

This nuh. Former pro-baller Gilbert Arenas recently spewed his hateful ignorance all over Instagram and was summarily…

French Montana, who by all means could be considered a horrible rapper who has a fondness for appropriation and dating…

On Wednesday, Entertainment Weekly broke the news that troubled singer Chris Brown will be guest-starring on this…

Did they use us just to lose us?