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Wendy Williams wants society to let #MeToo go

Camila Cabello erases enslaved Africans’ contributions in call to support immigrants at the Grammys

Octavia Spencer reveals Jessica Chastain helped her make 500% more for her acting

Erykah Badu finding “good” in Hitler highlights the limits of Black empathy after slavery

The WSJ, The Root and BYP remind us that social-media-fueled inadequacy doesn’t have to be the norm

The Black barbershop is both toxic and intimate for cishet Black men

The question of Blackness: How conversations about Bruno Mars and Cardi B miss the mark

It’s more than just vulgar words: 45 denies people from Haiti, Belize and Samoa temporary work visas

Lupita Nyong’o is writing a children’s book tackling colorism & self-love for little Black girls

Pre-NOI Malcolm X and Redd Foxx’s misadventures to be explored in new comedic cartoon, ‘Little Red’

Woman convicted of murder for administering black market butt injections dies in prison

“I’m is talking right”: How the stigma around Black language holds us back from liberation

Serena Williams’ powerful Vogue interview on love & parenting highlights the dangers facing Black mothers

‘Black Panther’ shatters advance ticket sales records

Here’s a list of 20 of the dopest Black comics set to takeover 2018. You’re welcome!

As a Black woman, I won’t say #Metoo in Rose McGowan’s* movement

Essence Magazine is back in Black hands!

Kendrick Lamar drops first single from Black Panther soundtrack ft. SZA

“Family Feud” video leads to a feud between the Catholic League and Jay-Z

The Black church isn’t one-dimensional either: How Gullah-Geechee people subvert Christianity to retain Black history

Black joy is resistance: Why we need a movement to balance Black triumph with trials

Comic: I’m tired of homophobia and feigned Afrocentrism from Black Christians

Don’t touch our hair: In hilarious online game ‘Hair Nah’, Black folk’s hair is off limits

Actress Jessica De Gouw still believes WGN’s canceled ‘Underground’ tells a complete story

Kendrick Lamar fuels rumors he is working on Marvel’s ‘Black Panther’ soundtrack

Harvard announces Gullah language course as part of its African Language Program

PEN announces 2018 longlist candidates, here are the nominees of color!

Viola Davis to produce docuseries exploring police brutality cases on TV One

Twitter bans some white supremacists from their platform, but efforts still feel hollow

New book from Zora Neale Hurston about the last survivor of the Atlantic slave trade to be released in 2018

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