Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter attends his 40/40 Club’s 18th anniversary party Saturday at the venue in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images) The hip-hop icon’s exclusive 30th-anniversary release of ‘Reasonable Doubt’ has reignited discussion about Target’s relationship with Black consumers and the lasting impact of boycott efforts. As fans prepare to celebrate the 30th…
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – APRIL 11: Andy Beshear, Governor, Kentucky speaks at the National Action Network’s annual convention on April 11, 2026 in New York City. A horde of 2028 Democratic presidential hopefuls will descend on a Sheraton Hotel in Midtown Manhattan this week for Al Sharpton’s National Action Network conference, nearly two years…
Source: Photo courtesy of News 12 / Jamaal Holmes. A New Jersey man says he was unfairly targeted by police during a traffic stop that he believes was motivated by racial bias. Jamaal Holmes, a 34-year-old resident of Jackson Township, claims officers stopped him on June 2 after noticing he was wearing a red hoodie…
What the Karmelo Anthony verdict reveals about Black Americans and jury duty (Photos: Help Karmelo Official Fund & Adobe Stock) Texas parole supervisor Donna Robinson has been fired by the TDCJ following inflammatory Facebook comments regarding the Karmelo Anthony murder case. A Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) parole supervisor has been fired after posting…
A Georgia woman has filed a scathing lawsuit after her father was killed by an alleged bus hijacker. Jazzmyn Byrd is the daughter of Ernest Byrd Jr., who was shot and killed in an ordeal that began in downtown Atlanta. Atlanta Black Star obtained the lawsuit Byrd filed in Gwinnett County. A daughter of 58-year-old…
Source: dancing_withlala_41 / Instagram The only thing more obnoxious than a loud racist is a loud racist who is pretending they just discovered their own racism. One such racist was recently involved in a verbal confrontation with a Black man inside a Wendy’s near NYC’s Madison Square Garden, according to Atlanta Black Star, which also…
(Photo: Adobe Stock) The water shortage in Puerto Rico has forced residents to haul buckets up flights of stairs, spend money at laundromats, and buy bottled water as the crisis worsens. Thousands of Puerto Ricans are struggling with a water crisis severe enough that Gov. Jenniffer González has activated the National Guard, and emergency responders…
Source: Robin L Marshall / Getty So, according to British-Nigerian actor David Oyelowo, southern Black speech is just a Nigerian accent damaged by slavery. That’s fascinating, coming from a man whose people speak with the King’s English lodged in their throats and wearing the empire’s language like ancestral jewelry while pretending colonialism hasn’t shaped their…
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – APRIL 06: Laverne Cox attends the world premiere of Apple’s “Outcome” at AMC Lincoln Square Theater on April 06, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)Photo by: Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty Images The Laverne Cox DEI income loss revelation came in a new interview promoting her memoir,…
GREAT FALLS, MARYLAND – OCTOBER 02: The Potomac River is seen as it passes Great Falls near the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historic Park on the second day of the federal government shutdown on October 02, 2025 in Great Falls, Maryland. National parks are remaining partially open and with limited services, during the shutdown….
