Dave Chappelle‘s new special “The Closer” has been a hot topic since it premiered Tuesday, Oct 5, on Netflix. The comedian used his Netflix special to address backlash he received from the LGBTQ+ community about his jokes specifically relating to the transgendered community. Since the special’s release, many organizations like GLAAD and The National Black…

OPINION: After a George Floyd statue is defaced in New York City, writer Touré asks: “Hasn’t George suffered enough?” It hurts my heart to see the statue of George Floyd in New York City be defaced. Hasn’t George suffered enough? Yet even now in death some white people can’t respect him. I’m used to it…

The hostages in Zamfara were freed on Thursday as a result of “extensive search and rescue operations,” and were helped by sweeping security measures. In one of the largest liberations of kidnap victims, at least 187 people including babies have been freed in the country’s troubled north, police announced. Nigerian security forces rescued the hostages…

Footage shows Clifford Owensby telling officers numerous times that he’s disabled during a traffic stop Two police officers in Dayton, Ohio, are being scrutinized after they pulled a paraplegic man from his vehicle during a traffic stop.  Body camera footage as well as cellphone footage from a bystander shows Clifford Owensby being dragged out of…

“You think it can’t be true,” says Gurnah. “It literally took my breath away.” U.K.-based Tanzanian writer Abdulrazak Gurnah, whose experience of crossing continents and cultures has nurtured his novels about the impact of migration on individuals and societies, won the Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday. The Swedish Academy said the award was in recognition of…

Let’s start by discussing how we got here. Black people have, for years, and long before it became a social media trend, been calling racist and entitled white women—who can’t stop minding Black people’s business and using the police as their personal negro nuisance removers—typical white woman names like “Karen,” “Carol” and “Susan.” “Karen” is…

Mariah Carey is upset with ex-husband Nick Cannon after the comedian bought their twins, Moroccan and Monroe Cannon, a certain birthday gift she told him not to. Cannon explained in Thursday’s preview clip of his show “Nick Cannon” that he bought his two eldest children cellphones to celebrate them turning 10. The twins, whom he…

“Shark Tank” star Barbara Corcoran has issued an apology after joking about Whoopi Goldberg’s weight during a recent appearance on “The View.”  The awkward moment occurred while the hosts of the reality competition show were promoting their upcoming season with guest panelist Emma Grede, the co-founder and CEO of Good American denim; it’s important to…

A protester holds a sign with a photo of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin during demonstrations following the death of George Floyd on May 30, 2020, in Los Angeles, California. | Source: Mario Tama / Getty A Florida man who threatened to kill a lawyer for representing Derek Chauvin during the former Minneapolis cop’s…

EXCLUSIVE: U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge and Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm break down Biden’s agenda and explain how climate and infrastructure impact Black people most. The Biden administration’s Build Back Better plan for human infrastructure will greatly improve Black Americans’ quality of life and redress a fundamental issue in public policy, Biden…