Portrait of a Man, c. 1855. National Gallery of Art Fashion is one of the most powerful tools we have for understanding ourselves and the world around us. Nowhere is this clearer than in the story of Black American tailoring and the legacy of the Black dandy. Inspired by scholar Monica L. Miller’s groundbreaking book…
WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 23: Members of the National Association of Letter Carriers and protesters gather at the United States Post Office in Washington, DC on March 23, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) The second administration of President Donald Trump is being slammed for “putting lives on the line” and “destabilizing”…
Source: JasonDoiy / Getty A white supremacist in Sacramento, California, has been given the maximum sentence for killing a Black man in a drive-by shooting last June for no discernible reason outside of the victim’s race. According to The Sacramento Bee, 48-year-old Joseph Paul DeMarco, who was found guilty in February of the murder of…
Simone Biles made headlines for attending this year’s Kentucky Derby, but the gymnast’s weekend also included her pushing back on rumors that she was expecting her first child after artificial intelligence-generated images of her have circulated throughout 2025. A fake image of a pregnant Biles and her husband, Chicago Bears player Jonathan Owens, first made…
Jodie Turner Smith and Joshua Jackson. (Photo credit: Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images; Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) Jodie Turner-Smith and Joshua Jackson finalized their divorce after four years of marriage but still have a few details to iron out regarding their daughter. While Jodie Turner-Smith and Joshua Jackson have finalized their divorce, the former couple still needs to…
A white supremacist who murdered a Black man during a racially motivated drive-by shooting in Sacramento last summer was sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Joseph Paul DeMarco, 48, showed no remorse during a nearly 90-minute sentencing hearing in Sacramento Superior Court as he was handed the maximum penalty for…
A’ja Wilson celebrates with the team after her jersey retirement ceremony before the game against the Auburn Tigers at Colonial Life Arena on February 02, 2025 in Columbia, South Carolina. (Photo by Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images) Directed by Malia Obama, A’ja Wilson’s new Nike commercial spotlights her new “A’One” sneaker and the beauty of Black girlhood. …
Source: FREDERIC J. BROWN / Getty The aftermath of the Eaton wildfires that have plagued Altadena residents for months is slowly making way for rebuilding, restructuring and renewal efforts — but just as a sense of normalcy is tentatively returning, the staggering increase in crime has residents looking for a solution. Last month, the Los…
After he was arrested on a misdemeanor public intoxication charge in July 2023, 33-year-old Glenn Smallwood Jr. was taken into custody at the Angelina County Jail in Lufkin, Texas, where his family claims in a federal lawsuit, obtained by Atlanta Black Star, that he was left to die amid a “readily apparent” “medical and mental…
U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen, right, meets with Kilmar Abrego Garcia in San Salvador, El Salvador, on April 17, 2025. Photo by Sen. Van Hollen’s office via Getty Images Chimene Keitner, University of California, Davis Trump administration officials have repeatedly claimed that judges who order the administration to take action to bring deported Venezuelans back…
