Source: Ray Tan / Getty Just before 2 a.m. on Sept. 29, 2023, a police officer in Montgomery, Alabama, fired 18 shots at an armed Black man. The officer claimed self-defense and motioned to have his case dismissed, citing the state’s “Stand your ground” law, which “grants immunity from prosecution to any individual who uses…
Washington DC, USA – October 26, 2024: Entrance sign for Howard University Campus OPINION: A recent profile about the dearth of Black men in college—especially in Black elite spaces like Howard and Morehouse—made me reflect on my own experiences. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own….
Source: The Washington Post / Getty The Trump administration keeps cutting funding to essential services, and finally, states are fighting back. Officials from 23 states and Washington, D.C., have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., claiming that the drastic cuts of some…
On April Fools’ Day many are known for making silly jokes or pulling pranks, though not everyone finds them funny. But one of the more cruel April Fools’ jokes had to do with NBA legend Dennis Rodman. On April 1, various social media sites like Instagram, X, and Facebook claimed that the 63-year-old was deceased….
Lt. Matthew Furman of the Melvindale Police Department in Michigan is the quintessential bad cop; the one we’ve seen hundreds of times on videos over the years, using the power of the badge to harass, intimidate and abuse Black citizens — only to continue being promoted within the department. Body camera videos reveal Furman to…
Doechii attends the 2025 Billboard Women in Music at YouTube Theater on March 29, 2025 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images) Doechii put to rest the claims that she’s an industry plant while accepting Billboard’s “Woman of the Year” award. It’s safe to say that Doechii, the dynamic force behind the breakout mixtape…
Source: Aaron M. Sprecher / Getty The Trump administration just can’t stop ruining people’s lives. This time, they kidnapped a man from his family and friends and sent him to one of the worst prisons in the world, and when asked about the incident, they crafted a beautiful word salad that amounted to the political…
Issa Rae attends the 2025 ESSENCE Black Women In Hollywood Awards at Fairmont Century Plaza on February 27, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Leon Bennett/Getty Images for ESSENCE) Issa Rae enters the dystopian universe of “Black Mirror” for its much-anticipated seventh season, premiering on Netflix on April 10, 2025. Netflix’s “Black Mirror” is…
Wendy Williams attends the Vulture Festival Presented By AT&T – Milk Studios, Day 1 at Milk Studios on May 19, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images for Vulture Festival) The famed television personality and host is hoping to gain back control of her life after being placed under a court-appointed guardianship…
Bodycam footage showing a delayed police response to a hostage situation at a Florida gas station last summer has prompted an internal investigation into how the officers handled the incident. On June 1, 2024, police officers were called to a RaceTrac gas station in Sanford, Florida, where a man held a gas station employee at…
