Great contemporary fiction helps us process current events and see beyond our own experience. No reading list is complete without great contemporary fiction. Versatile and multifaceted, novels set in the present day deliver escape, insight, and a window onto the world. They help us process current events and see beyond our own experience. In this,…
Black identity is complex and transcends borders. Our reading lists should too. Black identity is complex and transcends borders. Our reading lists should too. Like their authors, these stories represent cultures and perspectives from all over the Black diaspora: the United Kingdom, West Africa, the Caribbean and more. We should always be reading broadly, but…
Great Black authored hIstorical fiction provides invaluable entree and insight For African Americans, historical fiction can be tricky. This nation’s past has long been treacherous territory. So some presume the literature bourne of it must necessarily be nothing but pain. While I understand the hesitation, I’m particularly partial to historical fiction. Some of the best…
Source: Stephanie Keith / Getty Accused of multiple accounts of sexual harassment, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is doubling down. Days after an independent investigation corroborated evidence supporting the allegations, Cuomo’s attorneys tried to throw shade at the attorney general’s office. During a press conference Friday afternoon, Cuomo’s attorneys accused the New York attorney general and her…
Ms. Lauryn Hill is unbothered by how bothered her fans are about her tardiness. Following the releases of her albums with her group The Fugees, Hill dropped her masterpiece album “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.” While the album received several Grammy nominations and earned her the reputation of a well-celebrated R&B artist, it is still…
The actress co-stars alongside the show’s Israeli co-creator, Lior Raz, in the drama Sanaa Lathan continues to expand her impressive repertoire with unconventional roles and she’s showcasing her skills in Netflix’s binge-worthy new drama, Hit & Run. The show stars its co-creator Lior Raz, and even though he’s a bonafide star all over the world,…
Beyoncé shared an official drop video to her Instagram, which already has over a million views in less than 24 hours Ivy Park is back with its latest drop. Beyoncé pays homage to Black cowboys in her new Ivy Park x Adidas collection, which she highlighted on her social media accounts Friday morning. Ivy Park,…
The call was held amid news of a new federal voting rights bill potentially being proposed next week Rev. Al Sharpton and Martin Luther King III hosted a call on Aug. 5 to honor the 56th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The call was held amid news of a new federal voting…
A Black family filed a federal lawsuit against the Chicago Police Department on Tuesday, claiming their home was wrongfully searched by officers without a warrant in 2019. According to the suit, officers broke down the door of the family’s home and pointed guns at 4-year-old Reshyla Winters and her 9-year-old sister, Savayla Winters, causing the…
Comedian Bill Bellamy has long delivered gut-busting jokes. But what he was not prepared for was his ’90s joke about a “booty call” to take off and become a pop cultural euphemism. While appearing on “Def Comedy Jam All Stars Vol. 3” Bellamy told a joke about making a late-night call to a woman in…
