The DNA testing company Ancestry.com says it’s pulling an ad depicting a mixed-race couple during antebellum slavery…

Think of a millennial in the workplace, and a host of stereotypes probably pop up. Maybe you envision a beanie-clad,…

There’s something about the power of euphemism: you call someone a “prisoner” or an “inmate” and, suddenly, all…

It’s not quite summer yet, but in her latest cover for Harper’s Bazaar, Rihanna brings us the heat.

Nia Wilson’s family was supposed to be planning a graduation for her, not a funeral. But last summer, in a crime…

Louisiana prosecutors have charged Holden Matthews with three hate crimes, one for each of the black churches he’s…

You can believe Chicago police, stalwarts of truth and integrity, or you can believe surveillance footage. But in…

Last month, senator and presidential hopeful Cory Booker teased the possibility of meeting actress Rosario Dawson at…

Police identified a suspect in the burnings of three black churches in a South Louisiana parish last month as…

In Los Angeles today, all eyes will be on Nipsey Hussle’s memorial service. The funeral is expected to draw several…

In the wake of her son’s death, Nipsey Hussle’s mother says she has “perfect peace” knowing her son’s memory now has…

Dyma Loving, a young mother of three who was violently arrested by Miami-Dade officers last month after she called…

After a complaint—and a whole lot of press—prompted the Harford County, Md., Sheriff’s Office to investigate a case…

As cities and towns across America come to grips with the country’s mass incarceration problem, many jurisdictions…

Joined by workers, survivors, and advocates from across the country, Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) and other…

Turns out “Old Town Road,” the song that wasn’t country enough for Billboard’s Country charts, is plenty hot enough…

At an event hosted by the Reverend Jesse Jackson last weekend, Cook County Prosecutor Kim Foxx held the line on her…

Let’s just hop right to it: The trailer for Homecoming, the Beyoncé-directed documentary that takes us through her…

I plan on keeping this blog about as short as R. Kelly’s performance this past weekend.

Wyatt Cenac knows it’s easy to laugh at Aunt Becky.