With at least half of his 30 pieces of silver, Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter will soon acquire a “significant ownership…

Surprise! Racism—that “thing” white people say doesn’t exist—has dire long-term effects on the health of black…

For all of you Equinox and SoulCycle aficionados (and I know there are plenty), bad news.

Les Dog is in the house! Your house, that is, if you are Netflix and chilling next year.

In a move that is deeply decent and sensical, a technology company has announced that it will no longer be complicit…

In what could only be described as a grievous insult on top of deadly injury, the Baton Rouge police chief…

Many hearts shattered with the news of the tragic shooting death of 7-year-old Jazmine Barnes, the little girl who…

Though at this point it should be expected, it’s always a gut punch when a police officer takes a life—on video—and…

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a rabble-rousing, bad-ass warrior woman who is ever liberal with the word “motherfucker,”…

You would think This One’s for the Ladies, Gene Graham’s foray into strip shows for black women, would be all about…

LGBTQ African Americans have always been here. (Drag) Kings and Queens, dykes, homos, gender nonconforming,…

Today is the kickoff to World Pride weekend, which just happens to be hosted in New York City this year, coinciding…

Montgomery, Alabama, exists as a paradox. It is here that slavers sold other human beings at market, and where a…

In the revolving shitshow known as the Donald Trump White House, yet another liar press secretary has been chosen…

Anyone who thinks the black church is a bygone relic with no relevance to the social justice struggles of today may…

What Taraji P. Henson has been able to do with her first Boris L. Henson Foundation benefit and conference last…

In the midst of Pride, the month when we celebrate, acknowledge and continue to resist the myriad oppressions that…

A 27-year-old black trans woman, Layleen Polanco, also known as Layleen Xtravaganza, was found dead in her jail cell…

With All Boys Aren’t Blue, George Johnson is the latest at-bat in what is shaping up to be a burgeoning, yet…

Today, New York City’s LGBT Community Center, Google and the National Parks Service launched Stonewall Forever, a…