Issa Rae at Fairmont Century Plaza on February 27, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Leon Bennett/Getty Images for ESSENCE) “One of Them Days” starring Keke Palmer and SZA landed in theaters in January 2025 but screenwriters claim they came up with the idea for it in 2020. Issa Rae may have had “one…
The opinions expressed in audio and on this page are those of the author. The Smithsonian Institution, the nation’s preeminent historical archive, faced swift backlash this week after removing references to Donald Trump’s two impeachments from a permanent exhibit on the limits of presidential power. The move raised alarm about Trump’s growing influence over cultural…
COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA – FEBRUARY 23: Former U.S. President Donald Trump dances during the Black Conservative Federation Gala on February 23, 2024 in Columbia, South Carolina. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images) “Just like the workers on his construction projects, Donald Trump wrote the Black community a bad check during the campaign,” said Markus Batchelor, political…
(L-R) Sandra Denton and Cheryl James of Salt-N-Pepa attend the Room to Read 2025 New York Gala on May 13, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for Room to Read) Salt-N-Pepa claims that Universal Music Group is blocking their music from streaming amidst ongoing lawsuit. When Salt-N-Pepa entered the music industry…
Source: The Austin American-Statesman/Hearst Newspapers / Getty Last month, the Texas state legislature began the unusual process of a mid-decade redistricting effort ahead of the 2026 midterms. In an effort to combat what critics have called blatant gerrymandering, Texas Democrats have broken quorum and fled the state to stall the vote on the new map. …
A white fast-food worker who called his co-worker the N-word might have thought he’d get away with it, and no one would be the wiser. However, that’s not how events went down on July 31 at a Café Rio fast food outlet. People are cheering on Uncle Rick for defending his niece, as well as…
The hornet’s nest was kicked on Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 78th birthday, causing some social media users to dredge up his adulterous past. “The Terminator” actor celebrated another year of life on July 30. Well wishes from fans poured in across the web, including on Instagram, where his daughter, Katherine Schwarzenegger’s, heartfelt post doted on years of…
Speculation and rumors over embattled Attorney General Pam Bondi’s future in the Trump administration are spreading. Everyone knows President Donald Trump is going to need a fall guy as the Jeffrey Epstein crisis dogs him at every turn these days. Trump can’t make any public appearances without being pestered about Epstein, what he knew…
Source: Bexar County Sheriff’s Office / BCSO While white conservative America keeps scrambling to downplay the threat to the country posed by white supremacist domestic terrorists — including Republican lawmakers who have even tried to pass laws that would bar violent white extremists from being designated as terrorists at all — disgruntled white men who…
Sean “Diddy” Combs arrives at the LA Premiere of “The Four: Battle For Stardom” at the CBS Radford Studio Center, May 30, 2018, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File) Virginian “Gina” Huynh wrote a letter to the court supporting Diddy’s release from Brooklyn’s MDC before his sentencing hearing in October. If Sean “Diddy”…
