Gillette Ad Features Black Trans Teen Shaving for the First TimeWith Pride season soon upon us, we’ll soon be inundated with rainbow apparel and items from brands falling over…ByIbn SafirPublishedMay 25, 2019
Texas Authorities Deny Withholding Sandra Bland VideoThe Texas Department of Public Safety is denying the office withheld a cellphone video of the killing of Sandra…ByIbn SafirPublishedMay 25, 2019
Harriet Tubman Showing Up on $20 Bills Thanks to New York-Based DesignerAccording to Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, $20 bills featuring Harriet Tubman’s likeness won’t appear in…ByIbn SafirPublishedMay 25, 2019
Sasha Obama Steps Out for Prom, Looking as Graceful as Only Michelle’s Daughters CanThey grow up so fast.ByIbn SafirPublishedMay 25, 2019
NYPD Officer Arrested After Hiring a Hitman to Kill Her Husband and Her Boyfriend's DaughterNew York police officer Valerie Cincinelli, mother of two, paid $7,000 as part of a complicated scheme to have her…ByIbn SafirPublishedMay 20, 2019
Transgender Woman Found Dead 1 Month After Being Assaulted by 4 Men23-year-old Muhlaysia Booker, a transgender woman whose April attack made national headlines, was found dead in…ByIbn SafirPublishedMay 20, 2019
San Francisco Judge Orders Attorney General to Release Police Records From Before 2019A judge in San Francisco has ordered the attorney general to release police misconduct records prior to Jan. 1 of…ByIbn SafirPublishedMay 19, 2019
Louisiana’s ‘Pro-Life’ Democratic Governor Primed to Sign Anti-Abortion BillIf you needed your weekly reminder that political party affiliation and morality are rarely intertwined, here’s your…ByIbn SafirPublishedMay 19, 2019
Congrats, Grad! Morehouse Keynote Speaker Pays Off Debt of Graduating ClassNow we know exactly what it takes to upstage Angela Bassett: Forty million dollars, according to the Atlanta…ByIbn SafirPublishedMay 19, 2019
No Applause: Mo’Nique Addresses Steve Harvey’s Recent Bad LuckEarlier this week, news broke that serial sleep avoider Steve Harvey had not one, but two gigs stripped from his…ByIbn SafirPublishedMay 18, 2019
Texas Police Officer Fired After Being Charged with Homicide in Shooting Death of 24-Year-Old Black ManArlington, Texas, police officer Bau Tran has been fired days after he was charged with criminally negligent…ByIbn SafirPublishedMay 18, 2019
Mississippi Jury Awards $3 Million to Black Strippers in Workplace Discrimination CaseA jury in Mississippi has awarded more than $3 million to five black strippers after a federal judge found their…ByIbn SafirPublishedMay 18, 2019
Georgia Republicans Celebrate Restricting Access to Abortion with a Fist BumpIf Trumpism has been good for one thing, it’s that it has allowed Republicans the comfort level to show the nation…ByIbn SafirPublishedMay 18, 2019
Cardi B Hit with $1 Million Defamation Suit by BloggerBronx-born American sweetheart Cardi B has been hit with a $1 million lawsuit by a blogger who claims a war of death…ByIbn SafirPublishedMay 12, 2019
NYPD Officer Who Killed Eric Garner Set to Begin Trial MondayIn 2014, Eric Garner lost his life at the hands of NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo. Five years later, the officer will…ByIbn SafirPublishedMay 12, 2019
Black Harvard Professor Who Represented Harvey Weinstein Loses Faculty Dean PositionHarvard announced Saturday that law professor Ronald S. Sullivan Jr., who represented embattled film producer Harvey…ByIbn SafirPublishedMay 12, 2019
HUD Could Displace More Than 100,000 Legal Residents and Citizens With New Proposed RuleStephen Miller will never big people face to match his big-and-tall head, and is determined to take his anger out on…ByIbn SafirPublishedMay 11, 2019
Mother of Maleah Davis Now Believes Ex-Fiancé Bears Responsibility for Disappearance, Police Say His Story Doesn't Add UpAccording to outlets including the New York Post, little Maleah Davis, the 4-year-old Houston child last seen May 3,…ByIbn SafirPublishedMay 11, 2019
Picture of Smiling Teachers Holding Noose Lands All Four on Paid Leave Alongside PrincipalFour teachers in California decided to get cute and pose with a noose. Now, their bosses will decide if they, along…ByIbn SafirPublishedMay 11, 2019
Maryland County Apologizes After White Cop Uses N-Word While Questioning Black MenMontgomery County police have released body camera footage of a police officer using the N-word while questioning…ByIbn SafirPublishedMay 11, 2019