Michelle Obama is defining her life on her own terms, and that means saying no more often. Now eight years removed from the White House, the former first lady has become less present in the political arena. That decision to step back from the Washington spotlight was intentional, too. The author of “Becoming” spoke during…
It’s a strange juxtaposition, if not contradiction, one that would’ve been unimaginable one year ago. With Elon Musk‘s beleaguered EVs under fire — literally — from protesters against the billionaire industrialist turned government efficiency despot, MAGA defense forces are showing up to help. A video screenshot shows trucks with MAGA flags surrounding a Tesla dealership….
Pastor Robert Turner walks near the National Museum of African American History and Culture as part of his monthly walk from Baltimore to Washington to raise awareness of reparations on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard) In a March 27 executive order, Trump alleged that Smithsonian exhibits had disparaged the nation’s history via…
Tina Knowles attends Allure Best of Beauty: The Live Event at Chelsea Industrial on October 19, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Allure) Before meeting her unnamed new boo, Tina Knowles was married to Richard Lawson and before that, her children’s father, Matthew Knowles. Tina Knowles has reportedly stepped back…
Caleb Wilson during a performance with Southern University’s ‘Human Jukebox’ Marching Band. (Photo credit: WAFB) Caleb Wilson died at the age of 20 in February after allegedly participating in an unsanctioned hazing ritual while pledging the Omega Psi Phi fraternity. The family of Caleb Wilson, a 20-year-old junior mechanical engineering student at Southern University and…
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 02: Lizzo attends the 2025 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 02, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for Vanity Fair) The singer and flutist hopped on Instagram Live to break down how she…
Source: Kayla Bartkowski / Getty Did y’all know that GOP Sen. Tim Scott — the first and only Black Republican to represent South Carolina in the U.S. Senate — spent years promoting a federal program to support minority-owned businesses? It’s kind of weird, right? The guy who positioned himself to be MAGA America’s favorite Black…
A routine trip to the grocery store ended in a near-fatal stabbing when a Florida father grabbed a knife from the butcher’s counter after a woman got into a verbal altercation with his then-partner, an act of violence that landed him behind bars for more than a decade. The brutal attack happened June 9, 2023,…
Director Ryan Coogler attends the European premiere of “Sinners” at Cineworld Leicester Square on April 14, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images for Warner Bros. Pictures) “We don’t get to do what we do if you don’t show up,” Ryan Coogler wrote in a letter to fans following ‘Sinners’ box office…
A Black man who says he was falsely accused by Dallas Police of carrying cocaine onto a Southwest Airlines flight and then tased while several officers detained him at the gate now plans to sue the police department. A video that went viral last weekend cuts in as Michael Singleton, 53, a private chef who…
