Source: skynesher / GettyThanksgiving is America’s most hypocritical holiday, and I say that with love.It’s the one day we all collectively agree to pause and “give thanks” while consuming enough sodium to personally deliver our tidings of gratitude to Jesus and simultaneously pretending like we act
✕As shopping dominates the reason for the holiday season, LaTosha Brown wants Black consumers to save 100% off with an economic protest of retailers who take us for granted. Inspired by the upcoming 70th anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Brown is launching the “We Ain’t Buying It” campaign
Source: PASCAL GUYOT / GettyJimmy Cliff, the man credited with bringing reggae to the world, has died at the age of 81. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Cliff’s wife, Latifa Chambers, wrote that he died after a seizure and a battle with pneumonia. “I am thankful for his family, friends, fellow a
Source: Tom Williams / GettyA sweeping federal indictment has sent shockwaves through Florida’s political landscape after U.S. Representative Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla.) was indicted for allegedly stealing $5 million in FEMA funds, laundering the money through a network of accounts, and usin
Source: Bettmann / GettyBlack revolutionary Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, known as H. Rap Brown until he converted to Islam while in federal prison in the 1970s, has died at the age of 82.Born Hubert Geroid Brown in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Oct. 4, 1943, Al-Amin was undoubtedly one of the pro-Black civ
✕Once considered the fourth estate of democracy, traditional views of journalism have overlooked and, at times, underestimated the role of journalists and the weight many carry as they report on injustice. Released earlier this summer, a two-part study, “The Cost of the Story: Journalism, Trauma, an
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Source: NurPhoto / GettyEvery year after Thanksgiving, millions gear up for a shopping marathon known as Black Friday. But where did this retail frenzy actually come from? The story isn’t as simple as stores finally getting “in the black” for the year. In fact, the term “Black Friday” was first etch
Source: Kevin Mazur / GettyTorae, the Brooklyn-born rapper, radio personality, and cultural commentator has always been a multi hyphenate force in hip hop. Recently appointed co-chair of the Black Music Collective (BMC) of the Recording Academy along with poet/artist J. Ivy, he’s now in a position t
Source: Joe Scarnici / GettyActor, musician, and creative powerhouse Donald Glover, also known as Childish Gambino, has revealed a shocking health battle that forced him to cancel his New World Tour. Speaking candidly during his set at the Camp Flog Gnaw Festival, Glover shared that he suffered a st
Source:Megan Pete and Klay Thompson have officially been together for a few months. After making their relationship public over the last summer. Thompson, 35, is in his 13th season in the NBA overall and his second with the Dallas Mavericks. He spent the first 11 years with the Golden State Warriors
Photos: Getty ImagesThe actor took on the role of Reggie Montgomery in the soap opera in 2003 and left the show in 2006. Michael B. Jordan credited his success in Hollywood to his experience working on a soap opera. In an interview with PEOPLE at the American Cinematheque Awards, where he was being
People stand near a display local newspapers on the street of Lagos with headlines on gunmen abducting schoolchildren and staff of the St. Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary School in Papiri community in Nigeria, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba )ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Fifty of the
Cynthia Erivo, from left, director Jon M. Chu and Ariana Grande pose for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film “Wicked For Good” in London, Monday, Nov. 10, 2025. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)Universal Pictures’ two-part “Wicked” gamble continues to defy gravity at the box
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 08: Donald Glover speaks onstage during the2025 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony – Inside at Peacock Theater on November 08, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for RRHOF)Photo by: Theo Wargo / Getty ImagesThe rapper and ac
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – NOVEMBER 22: Jay-Z and Beyonce arrive in the Paddock prior to the F1 Grand Prix of Las Vegas at Las Vegas Strip Circuit on November 22, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Alex Bierens de Haan/Getty Images)Photo by: Alex Bierens de Haan / Getty ImagesThe singer has made two pubi
Donald Glover has opened up about a major health scare — a stroke and a heart abnormality — that forced him to cancel his 2024 global tour and reevaluate his life on stage.What We Know:Glover, 42, disclosed during a Nov. 22, 2025 performance at Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival in Los Angeles that what he pre
Source: The Washington Post / GettyIn a stark escalation of an already explosive legal confrontation, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit halted the release of hundreds of migrants swept up in the Trump administration’s massive “Operation Midway Blitz,” a crackdown that federal courts
Source: Anna Moneymaker / GettyA newly uncovered 2019 immigration court mistake and a damning revelation about the Trump administration’s deception A major error in the federal government’s deportation proceedings against Salvadoran immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia has thrown the Trump administration’
FILE – Tatiana Schlossberg, the daughter of Caroline Kennedy and Edwin Schlossberg, addresses an audience during the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award ceremony, at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston, Oct. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)Tatiana Schlossberg,
A street vendor in Lagos displays local newspapers with headlines on gunmen abducting schoolchildren and staff of the St. Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary School in Papiri community in Nigeria, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba )The tally was changed “after a verification exercis
Credit: Getty and ActivisionCourt testimony says the video game’s plan for her character crossed a line for the rapper.Megan Thee Stallion knows her worth and her boundaries. According to testimony earlier this week, the Houston Hottie turned down a major “Call of Duty” collaboration when she learne
SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA – DECEMBER 18: Helmets displayed in the media room for the UAB Blazers and the BYU Cougars before the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl at Independence Stadium on December 18, 2021 in Shreveport, Louisiana. (Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images)UAB elected to play their sche
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 20: (L-R) Tessa Thompson and Michael B. Jordan attend the 39th American Cinematheque Award Ceremony Honoring Michael B. Jordan at The Beverly Hilton on November 20, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images)“For better or worse, it
