Source: Anna Moneymaker / Getty The Trump administration has an alarming obsession with diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. While many of their anti-DEI efforts have been focused on higher education, the Justice Department released a memo on Friday detailing what DEI efforts should be banned if universities, private firms, and nonprofits want to avoid…
Muni Long attends the 2025 BET Awards at Peacock Theater on June 09, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images) Muni Long’s raw honesty about living with Lupus strikes a chord with hundreds of women navigating similar battles in silence. Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Muni Long has built a career on penning soul-stirring lyrics, but…
Cellphone footage showing yet another racial outburst on yet another plane is drawing eyes on social media. This time, the incident was captured on a Delta flight preparing for takeoff to Los Angeles, California. A video screenshot shows a woman acting out on a Delta Air Lines flight. (Photos: TikTok/Angelm0ngus) The video was originally posted…
Source: Elena Perova / Getty They asked me, of all people, to write a column about finances. Me, a guy who is in the throes of the most uncomfortable personal and professional reorientation of my life and my pockets. Me, a man who has literally said, “Jesus saves, but ya boy spends,” to justify all…
Two Colorado Springs cops deployed their tasers eight times within 90 seconds while arresting a Black man who had nothing to do with the alleged disturbance they were responding to inside an apartment in 2018, resulting in Jeffrey Melvin’s death. “You’re killing me,” cried the 27-year-old man as the cops were arresting him. “You’re honestly…
Were NFL legend Tom Brady and “The Lord of the Rings” cast member Orlando Bloom competing for the attention of “Euphoria” actress Sydney Sweeney? A new unconfirmed report claims Brady and Bloom were seeking the attention of the new Hollywood “It Girl” at Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and media personality Lauren Sánchez’s wedding. Bezo and…
(Photos courtesy of Getty Images) President Trump issued an executive order reviving the Presidential Fitness Test, and he invited Barkley and several other high-profile athletes to join his fitness council. On July 31, President Donald Trump—through an executive order—reinstated the national fitness test, which anyone who attended public schools in the United States (or in…
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…
