Several branches of the United States military have changed their policies governing pseudofolliculitis barbae, or PFB, a painful skin condition more commonly known as razor bumps or ingrown hairs, which affects more Black men than any other group. Now critics accuse the military of targeting Black men with the condition, even as past studies have…
Source: FatCamera / Getty Let’s just be real: there’s this running message in and outside the church that says abstinence is only for a particular “type” of Christian. You know, the super spiritual ones. The ones who don’t struggle. The ones who aren’t dating. Or the ones who are “called to singleness forever.” Somehow, we’ve…
INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 30: Singer Brandy performs the national anthem before the NFC Championship Game between the Los Angeles Rams and the San Francisco 49ers at SoFi Stadium on January 30, 2022 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)Photo by: Christian Petersen / Getty Images A pop cultural force since the mid-’90s, Brandy…
A one-sided Broadway beef seems to be brewing between former friends Audra McDonald and Patti LuPone, yet only one actress is being praised for taking the high road. It all began last week after LuPone, 76, caused some commotion in a recently published feature story and interview for The New Yorker magazine last week, where…
American singer, songwriter and musician Stevie Wonder in the UK, 25th January 1974. (Photo by Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) A true musical genius, Stevie Wonder has played a monumental role in music and its surrounding culture for over six decades. One of the biggest-selling Black musicians in history, this multi-talented singer, songwriter and instrumentalist has an undeniable…
Patti Lupone, Kecia Lewis, and Audra McDonald. (Photo credit: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images; Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions; Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue) On Friday, an open letter from more than 500 within the Broadway community called for Patti LuPone to be disinvited from the Tonys. Patti LuPone has apologized for her…
Source: UCG / Getty Tulsa, Oklahoma’s first Black mayor has proposed a reparations plan (of sorts) for the descendants of one of the most notorious and horrific race massacres in America’s history, but can such a proposal come to fruition in a state that has, multiple times, denied reparations to the actual survivors of the…
Coco Gauff of the U.S. celebrates as she won the fourth round match of the French Tennis Open against Russia’s Ekaterina Alexandrova at the Roland-Garros stadium in Paris, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus) Gauff advanced to the quarterfinals of the French Open with a straight-set victory, but she’s still catching some friendly jokes…
A brutal attack on a Black man at a white biker bar in Fort Wayne, Indiana, has sparked outrage after video of the racially-charged violence went viral over the weekend. The footage shows a group of white men, many wearing biker vests labeled “Outlaw,” pummeling the unidentified Black man while shouting racial slurs during a…
Director Ryan Coogler attends the European premiere of “Sinners” at Cineworld Leicester Square on April 14, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Jeff Spicer/Getty Images for Warner Bros. Pictures) “I wanted it to be a holistic and finished thing,” Ryan Coogler said of his movie ”Sinners” and putting sequel rumors to rest. Earlier this year,…
