A new bill in Indiana could put a dent on police accountability through police recordings. House Bill 1019, authored by Republican Rep. Kevin Mahan, seeks to restrict public records requests for law enforcement recording by allowing police departments to decide whether video footage of officers—including body cameras and dashboard cameras—will be released. If police deny […]
For the first time in the series, TLC’s “Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta” will be featuring a transgender bride in search of the perfect gown for the wedding of her dreams. The lucky lady? Precious Davis, an activist from the Hyde Park neighborhood in Chicago. In the new episode which airs on Friday, she […]
A Black actress and favorite from the AMC show The Walking Dead is about to take on a new role. Danai Gurira, known as Michonne in the series, will play Afeni Shakur, Tupac’s mother, in the new biopic, All Eyez on Me.
What does it mean to have Amandla Stenberg, a 17-year-old Black girl, come out as bisexual on Snapchat?  Or continually speak up in Hollywood for blackness? For Stenberg it means she’s no longer trying to conform into categories that don’t fit her. For the rest of us, it means we might be able to do […]
Today we begin to mark the end of President Barack Obama’s administration with his final State of the Union address to the nation. At 9 p.m. EST, the president will call us together again, but with more freedom with what he can say than in times past. Here are a few things we’re thinking about […]
Awards shows are as much about recognizing artists for their craft as they are artists recognizing those who got them there. Unfortunately, Sylvester Stallone, forgot about the former.
One witness’s testimony in the trial against Officer Caesar R. Goodson for the death of Freddie Gray may reconfigure the legal right not to self-incriminate.
If you hadn’t already fallen in love with John Boyega, the Black British-Nigerian actor who plays Finn in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” this clip just might change that.
Lupita Nyong’o is set to star in “The Queen of Katwe,” a film that is inspired by a 2011 ESPN article and book by Tim Crothers. The film is based off of the story of the Ugandan chess prodigy, Phiona Mutsia. Mira Nair will direct the film. In addition to Nyong’o who plays the role […]
In the national fight to raise the minimum wage, New York City just declared a victory. New York Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday is set to increase the wage for all of the city’s workers to $15, New York Daily News reported.
The college that placed a professor on leave for wearing a Hijab in December has now issued a “Notice of Recommendation to Initiate Termination-for-Cause Proceedings” against the woman. Larycia Hawkins, Associate Professor of Political Science at Wheaton College, was put on administrative leave “to explore significant questions regarding the theological implications of her recent public […]
One coffee shop is serving diversity to the comic book scene. Philadelphia’s Amalgam Comics & Coffeehouse is the first black-woman owned coffee shop on the East Coast.
