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Watch: Grown-ish’s Trevor Jackson Speaks in Emoji
Trevor Jackson lives with an incredible amount of intention. From the way he styles his hair (yes, the rat tail is very deliberate) to his choice of tattooing only the left half of his body for balance, the 21-year-old actor-singer-grilled-cheese enthusiast knows what he wants and pulls no punches. (By the way, the perfect grilled…
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Watch: To Understand How Harmful Juvenile Incarceration Is, Listen to This Poem
In a spoken-word poem, Dwayne Betts details the emotional impacts of juvenile incarceration. In partnership with WNYC Studios, we present Caught. #CaughtPodcast
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Kamilah Forbes’ Beautiful Struggle: Bringing Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Between the World and Me to the Stage
We are not crazy. We know all is not well. Despite what they say. We know that the “greatest country in the world” has never been. That our skin bears the mark that easily presages death. That our kin are in danger. We know that our bodies can be snatched at will, that our children…
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Watch: Bill Cosby’s Spokesman Shames Topless Protester
On Monday a topless protester hopped a barricade at Bill Cosby’s sexual assault retrial in Norristown, Pa. The protester, Nicolle Rochelle—who is a former actor on The Cosby Show—told reporters that she wanted to make Cosby uncomfortable because “that is exactly what he has been doing for decades to women.” But that message was missed…
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Watch: Black Panther’s Reign Just Won’t Let Up
Chadwick Boseman dominated Saturday Night Live this weekend in one of the highest-rated episodes this year, and the excitement surrounding Black Panther is as prominent as it was before the film’s debut. Nearly two months after Black Panther hit theaters, the film continues to shatter records and set new trends in entertainment. The movie is…
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Watch: What It’s Like to Be a Black Woman in Hollywood
Diversity and representation are the hot-button topics in Hollywood right now. In an industry that reflects the world in which we live, black people and women—so, basically black women—are often underrepresented in Hollywood. But people like Tyler Perry are changing that. Sure, he’s a polarizing figure based on his content, but you can’t deny his…
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Tyrone Hankerson Jr., Student Caught Up in Howard University Financial Scandal, Expected to Sue School for $10 Million
Well, well, well. If you think that Howard University student Tyrone Hankerson Jr. was (allegedly) making bank before, he’s about to cash in even more if he wins the lawsuit he intends to file against the school for leaking his financial records. According to WAMU-TV, Hankerson, whose name has been dragged through the mud and…
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Judge of Characters: The Hatred of Black Women
The death of Stephon Clark does what many black men’s deaths at the hands of police do: rally the troops to protest why, for some strange reason, black lives seemingly don’t matter. There’s no way for us to think otherwise when Clark was shot down in less than seven seconds in his grandmother’s backyard. But…
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Memphis, Tenn., Honors 1968 Sanitation Workers With I Am a Man Plaza
Perhaps no phrase encapsulates the sentiment of the struggle for freedom, justice and equality more than “I am a man.” Every day during the 1968 Memphis, Tenn., sanitation workers’ strike, Memphis’ black sanitation employees would meet downtown at the historic Clayborn Temple. When the men arrived, they would pick up picket signs that read, “I…
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#StephonClark: When Reporting the News Becomes Personal
As journalists, we are taught that it is our job to deliver news and information objectively. Opinions are saved for editorials and commentary pieces. We have to look at the story and tell it without bias. Or so we are taught. But what happens when the story becomes personal? What happens when every fiber of…