OPINION: While an arguably earnest horror attempt in some ways, “White Devil” is still unfulfilling. While on one hand it’s terrific that we have finally reached the stage in cinematic history where it seems like everyone — from filmmakers and critics to the general audience — wants to contribute something to the Black horror conversation,…
A white Amazon manager who unleashed an angry tirade on a Black driver because he didn’t like the way he’d parked the delivery vehicle has been fired. When Amazon delivery man Nikolas Mayrant dropped off a package at Brad Boynton’s Cornelius, North Carolina, home, he was subjected to verbal abuse while trying to deliver on the…
Source: Icon Sportswire / Getty Maia Chaka, 38, officiated her first NFL game over the weekend, becoming the first black woman to ref an NFL game. She was the line judge during the game between the Carolina Panthers and New York Jets, which aired on CBS Sunday afternoon. The announcement of her hire was made…
Tyrese Gibson appeared to be the voice of reason on Monday, Sept. 13, after the singer shared his take on how everything has become an antic. This initial Instagram Story immediately followed the airing of the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards ceremony, which included performances by Chloe Bailey, Normani and Lil Nas X. Although it…
The tennis legend also spoke about the pressure of being a sports figure, specifically on her respect for Naomi Osaka In a recent cover story, tennis icon Venus Williams opens up about the pressures to start a family, telling Cosmopolitan that she is “not desperate” to usher in that chapter of her life anytime soon….
OPINION: While America may not have created the hurricane itself, it has certainly created the figurative storm of housing inequity, health disparities and environmental racism Nearly half a million people in Louisiana remain without power. The estimated wait time until power will return — 20 days to a month. On the east coast, those who…
R&B singer Ari Lennox is not accepting compliments from fans if it means insulting another artist. Over the weekend, a Twitter user was seemingly unhappy and even argued colorism after noticing Chlöe Bailey‘s new visual for her first single as a solo artist, “Have Mercy,” which attracted more online views than Ari’s latest single “Pressure.”…
OPINION: Elder’s positions are typical right-wing mumbo jumbo that you’d hear from Fox News, but of course, it’s all the more pernicious when it comes from a Black mouth The list of Negroes we don’t need has grown one name longer with the addition of California governor hopeful Larry Elder. He’s been on the list…
OPINION: Writer Touré weighs in on the online debate of whether it’s better to receive a half million dollars or earn the chance to sit down with the hip-hop billionaire A viral meme has been circulating across the internet about whether you should take $500,000 in cash to invest as you see best or have…
Chlöe, Lil Nas X, Doja Cat, and more stole the show during the highly anticipated ceremony The internet was abuzz on Sunday night while the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards aired, but it was the Black artists who completely stole the show by the time it ended. For years now, MTV’s VMAs has grown into…
