‘You Need Me, I Don't Need You’? Jay-Z and the NFL Are Now Doing Business TogetherJay-Z and his entertainment and sports company, Roc Nation, will be partnering up with the NFL starting this year to…ByAnne BraniginPublishedAugust 13, 2019
Baltimore H.S. Principal Trying to Teach His Son a Lesson About Police Interactions Gets Verbally Abused by CopA Baltimore high school principal is speaking out about an incident with a white county cop in which the officer…ByAnne BraniginPublishedAugust 13, 2019
Black-ish Creator Kenya Barris Files for Divorce Rania ‘Rainbow’ Barris After 20 Years of MarriageFor years, producer Kenya Barris and his wife, Dr. Rania “Rainbow” Barris’ relationship helped inspire plotlines on B…ByAnne BraniginPublishedAugust 13, 2019
The Number One Stunner: GOAT Simone Biles Becomes 1st Person in History to Land Double-Double DismountHere it comes: your regular reminder that Simone Biles is the most dominant athlete alive—and, at 22, the Greatest…ByAnne BraniginPublishedAugust 11, 2019
Florida White Supremacist Arrested for Plot to Shoot Up Walmart; FBI Still Fixated on ‘Black Identity Extremists’Florida cops arrested a 26-year-old man Friday after he threatened to shoot up a Walmart—an instant callback to the…ByAnne BraniginPublishedAugust 11, 2019
Back at It Again: Conspiracy Theorist-in-Chief Attempts to Connect Epstein Death to ClintonsThe Leader of the (allegedly) Free World is once again circulating baseless conspiracy theories—this time concerning…ByAnne BraniginPublishedAugust 11, 2019
Officer-Involved Killings Now a Leading Cause of Death for Young Men in AmericaIt’s a data point as American as it is macabre, but a new study has identified police killings as a leading cause of…ByAnne BraniginPublishedAugust 10, 2019
Idris Elba Takes the Yee-Haw Agenda to North Philly in Concrete Cowboys Movie Idris Elba is swapping out the tailored suit for some denim-on-denim action.ByAnne BraniginPublishedAugust 10, 2019
Black Homebuyer Finds KKK Application in Cop’s Home—Sheds New Light on Shooting Death of Black Man in 2009 Rob Mathis was ready to make an offer on the house—a grand five-bedroom home sitting on 22 acres in the small town…ByAnne BraniginPublishedAugust 10, 2019
Green Privilege: Frontier Airlines Is Offering Free Flights to Passengers With ‘Green’ Last NamesLooking to sneak away for a cheap, last-minute summer vacay? Looks like Frontier Airlines may have you covered—if…ByAnne BraniginPublishedAugust 10, 2019
Jazmine Headley, Violently Arrested for Sitting on the Floor of a Human Resources Building, Sues New York CityHer screams were bloodcurdling.ByAnne BraniginPublishedAugust 9, 2019
Mike Brown’s Death Changed the World, but Local Activists Say It Hasn’t Changed FergusonToday marks five years since Darren Wilson gunned down 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. Brown was…ByAnne BraniginPublishedAugust 9, 2019
Black Man Walked With Rope by Mounted Police Has Mental Illness, According to Family: ‘They Don’t Care to Know the Whole Story’Family members of Donald Neely, the 43-year-old homeless man who was handcuffed and led by a rope by two white…ByAnne BraniginPublishedAugust 8, 2019
Invoking the Racist Dog Whistles of the Past, ICE Arrests Nearly 700 Undocumented Immigrants in MississippiIn what Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are touting as “the largest single-state immigration…ByAnne BraniginPublishedAugust 8, 2019
'Houston We Have a Problem': Megan Thee Stallion and Lizzo Team Up for the Most Pure Hot Girl VideoWe are one day away from the release of Megan Thee Stallion and Nicki Minaj’s much-anticipated collaboration, “Hot…ByAnne BraniginPublishedAugust 8, 2019
Ain't No Way: Estate Conflict Reveals Aretha Franklin Once Kept $750,000 in Uncashed Checks in Her PurseThe battle over Aretha Franklin’s estate has gotten capital M-MESSY, requiring a long, drawn-out court hearing this…ByAnne BraniginPublishedAugust 7, 2019
Judge Orders Baton Rouge to Release Psych Report of Cop Who Killed Alton Sterling Amid Reports of Abuse, Unprofessional BehaviorDays after Baton Rouge Police Chief Murphy Paul admitted that Blane Salamoni, the police officer who shot and killed…ByAnne BraniginPublishedAugust 7, 2019
In Wake of Deadly Mass Shootings, Texas Gun Laws Will Get Even LooserTexas is slated to ease its gun laws—already some of the most lax in the country—next month, making it easier for…ByAnne BraniginPublishedAugust 7, 2019
In New TV Series, Jay-Z and Will Smith Will Show the World Through Mamie Till's EyesA long-delayed TV series focusing on Mamie Till-Mobley, the mother of Emmett Till, will finally see daylight, thanks…ByAnne BraniginPublishedAugust 6, 2019
Atlanta Will Return to FX for a 4th Season...Eventually!FX announced that it will renew Donald Glover’s critically acclaimed TV show, Atlanta, for a fourth…ByAnne BraniginPublishedAugust 6, 2019