Source: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / Getty Last month, the Defense Department reinforced the widespread belief that the Trump administration is a paranoid, free speech-defying, authoritarian regime by unveiling its new policy that reporters cannot obtain or solicit any information at all unless it was pre-approved by the department itself, and that all news outlets are required to sign…
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – MAY 23: Nikole Hannah Jones attends the 2024 Television Academy Honors at Citizen News Hollywood on May 23, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) Nikole Hannah-Jones plans to open The North Star Books + Bar in a Black-owned building that used to house a community staple. From…
Monica poses in the Press Room during the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on August 26, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for MTV) After a single father revealed online he couldn’t host a sleepover for his daughter, R&B star Monica gives advice. Sleepovers are a no-go in…
After trolling President Donald Trump’s inability to stand for long periods of time, California Gov. Gavin Newsom may have found a solution for his struggling rival. Newsom, 58, took aim at the MAGA leader’s appeasers while speaking at the California Economic Summit in Stockton on Oct. 22, teasing his new product that mocks the president…
While discussions about racism often focus on subtle discrimination and microaggressions, much of it is overt and downright unhinged. A wildly bizarre encounter with a Georgia woman at an undisclosed gas station was one example, and a video posted to Instagram demonstrates just how unpredictable and shocking a 30-second racist encounter can be. But sometimes,…
✕ When I began looking into how students at Howard were managing their tuition this fall, the first semester after Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill capped federal student aid, I didn’t expect my reporting to lead me to GoFundMe. But late one night, I typed “Howard University tuition” into the site’s search bar — and…
Elizabeth Hurley, model and girlfriend of country singer Billy Ray Cyrus, has the internet sizzling after showing people what a 60-year-old body looks like in a bikini. The “Bedazzled” actress recently took to Instagram to reveal some head-turning pics while sharing the secret to her youthful appearance, and even the “Achy Breaky Heart” singer couldn’t…
Source: Paras Griffin / Getty Stephen A. Smith is the Aaron Burr of Black men. OK, admittedly, I don’t know anything about Aaron Burr that I didn’t either learn from Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway musical Hamilton or that one “Got Milk?” commercial from the ’90s. So, when I say famed sports analyst Stephen A. Smith is…
Leave it to Donald Trump to turn a formal state visit into an opportunity for celebrity gossip, proving once again that even presidents can’t resist the allure of royal drama. Weeks after his second state visit to the United Kingdom, a new report revealed that the President reportedly pulled Queen Camilla aside with a burning…
Misty Copeland attends the American Ballet Theatre Fall Gala at David Geffen Hall on October 22, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for American Ballet Theatre) After 25 historic years, Misty Copeland took her final bow during the American Ballet Theatre Fall Gala on Wednesday night. When Misty Copeland arrived on…
