Source: SAUL LOEB / Getty Has there ever been a president who seemed to be as miserable being president as President Donald Trump? I mean, he won his election, embarked on his agenda to make white nationalism great again, and he bathes daily in the white-tearsy adoration of his cult-like, reality-denying MAGA base. Yet, for…
Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance arrive at the US Premiere of “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” at Lincoln Center Plaza in New York, New York on May 18, 2025. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures) After nearly 30 years of marriage, actor Courtney B. Vance opens up about his relationship with…
A Different World poster. (Photo credit: NBC) Netflix’s “A Different World” spinoff pilot has reportedly cast six leading roles, including Tichina Arnold’s daughter, Alijah Kai. We may be one step closer to seeing a continuation of the beloved sitcom, “A Different World.” This weekend, multiple outlets reported that Netflix has cast six stars who are…
CNN commentator Van Jones is under fire from the left for comments about Joe Biden’s ill-fated 2024 presidential campaign. Jones was interviewed Sunday by CNN’s Jake Tapper, who has also come under significant fire from both the left and right for his book, “Original Sin: “President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to…
Social media postings of White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt continue to draw attention from her supporters and her critics. One of Leavitt’s recent Instagram photo dumps displayed her overseas journey as part of the political entourage for President Donald Trump. The 27-year-old Republican joined other Trump administration officials for a four-day trip to the…
Source: Erik McGregor / Getty Let me start things off by saying this plainly: Shame on you, NYU. In an era where students are expected to be the moral compass of society, where they are told to be fearless, to challenge authority, to speak up for the voiceless, New York University just made it crystal…
Director Spike Lee, left, and Denzel Washington pose for photographers at the photo call for the film ‘Highest 2 Lowest’ at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Monday, May 19, 2025. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP) Denzel Washington pulled up to the Cannes Film Festival to support Spike Lee for a premiere of…
Officials in a southwestern county in Washington state agreed this week to a $3.5 million payout to settle a federal lawsuit filed by the family of a Black autistic man who was fatally shot by a deputy during a 2021 traffic stop. The family of Jenoah Donald filed the complaint in 2022 against Clark County…
American Idol season 23 winner Jamal Roberts (Disney/Christopher Willard) JAMAL ROBERTS Fantasia Barrino celebrates Jamal Roberts’ American Idol season 23 win, marking a rare moment for Black men on the show. In the words of Issa Rae, “I’m rooting for everybody Black,” and that energy was alive and well this weekend when America crowned Jamal…
Source: Michael Ochs Archives / Getty A Family Torn Apart by the State As we celebrate the centennial birthday of El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz—known to the world as Malcolm X—let us resist the urge to sanitize his legacy. We shouldn’t spend this moment only posting his image or quoting his speeches stripped of their revolutionary meaning….
