Supporters of Harrison Floyd, one of two Black defendants in the Georgia election interference case, have raised more than a quarter of a million dollars to help pay for his legal expenses after he wasn’t granted a bond agreement and had to spend nearly a week in jail. Floyd finally received that bond deal on…
Source: Justin Sullivan / Getty A video going viral on social media claims to show footage from a Denny’s restaurant in South Dakota where two Black men were seated before being denied service and criminalized based on the color of their skin. It was the latest in a long line of anti-Black allegations against the…
Rapper Meek Mill has called on social media users to help his sick aunt, but the responses he received weren’t quite what he was expecting. Meek Mill asks social media users to help his ‘sick aunt’ who’s suffering from breathing complications. (Pictured: @meekmill/Instagram) On Tuesday, Aug. 29, the “Dreams and Nightmares” rapper sought out help…
Police in Oakland, California, had to evacuate one of the city’s schools after it received a bomb threat, days after the school was the site of a “play date” for its Black, brown, and Asian-American students. Family members of the students and administrators say they received backlash for having the event, with members in the…
Erykah Badu is no stranger to being publicly scrutinized or criticized for her song choices, the men she dates, and the photos she uploads with her daughter, Puma. This time the neo-soul singer is under fire after she posted an Instagram video on Monday, Aug. 29 of herself imitating a sign language interpreter on a…
Tiffany Haddish has seemingly been on the market since her public breakup with her ex Common. Fans bring up Tiffany Haddish’s ex Common after she shares story about her STD detecting dog. (Photo: @tiffanyhaddish/Instagram; @common/Instagram) The former couple dated for just over a year and a half before calling it quits. And since then, she’s been…
The Rev. Al Sharpton appeared on journalist Joy Reid’s MSNBC show and spoke about how the coverage of Donald Trump’s recent indictment on Fox News appears to be racist. The Harvard graduate said that she was “impressed” with the levels of creativity her conservative counterparts have employed to dogwhistle their racially based biases. The panel…
Source: Jayden Rivera / other This August, Amanda Seales released her latest project In Amanda We Trust: An Unapologetically Political Comedy Doc. Now, she’s sharing the thought process, hard work, and soul-searching that went into creating the comedy documentary in the latest episode of the Small Doses with Amanda Seales podcast. In the film, Seales,…
In honor of the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, Big Daddy Kane took a flight to perform for his fans in Europe at the O2 Forum Kentish Town in London. During the Hip Hop 50 event on Saturday, Aug. 26, the New York rapper was in the middle of rapping his song “Nuff Respect” from the…
Source: Sean Rayford / Getty In Jacksonville, Florida, another tragic racially-motivated attack unfolded over the weekend, leaving three Black people dead and a community in mourning. The assailant is a 21-year-old white man named Ryan Palmeter. The incident from Saturday afternoon once again highlights the deep-seated issue of hate-fueled violence in the United States. Keep…
