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British web series “Ackee & Saltfish” is what every carefree black girl has been waiting for. Written and directed by Cecile Emeke, the series follows main characters Rachel and Olivia. The show is a good look at black female friendship in a time when it is rarely seen on screen. The series just wrapped up […]

This new mix from DJ Run P. has every sample Kendrick Lamar used on his latest album, To Pimp a Butterfly. Listen below: Photo: Top Dawg Entertainment 

  The Chicago police made more street stops last year than the NYPD did at the height of their stop-and-frisk initiative reports the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois. The study found that the Chicago police stopped African-Americans at a disproportionately higher rate than Latinos and whites. All together, more than 250,000 stops were made from last […]

Kerry Washington accepted the Vanguard Award at this weekend’s GLAAD Media Awards and her speech brought down the house. “We can’t say that we believe in each other’s fundamental humanity and then turn a blind eye to the reality of each others’ existence and the truth of each other’s hearts. We must be allies. And […]

Chance the Rapper is the star of “Mr. Happy”, a film directed by Collin Tilley. Watch the film here. h/t Pigeons and Planes   Photo: Mr. Happy

A missing Mississippi man was found hanging from a tree on Thursday. It has yet to be determined whether he was lynched or if he committed suicide. From CNN: The hanging death of an African-American man who had been missing since early this month and was found Thursday by local authorities in Mississippi has drawn […]

The violent arrest of University of Virginia student Martese Johnson, has set off a wave of conversation about police brutality and respectability politics. It’s clear that no black body is safe from police violence.   How’s that “black thug” excuse for denying police brutality working for you now? #UVA #JusticeForMartese pic.twitter.com/k5UCXv51DS — Tess Millennial (@TessMonet) […]

A rally was held Wednesday night to protest the arrest and beating of University of Virginia student Martese Johnson. From The Root: On Wednesday evening, University of Virginia students gathered to protest the beating and arrest of third-year student Martese Johnson, 20, who was accosted by Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) officers in what many witnesses […]

By Jay Dodd On a fairly warm November night, my two best boys and I were walking across campus from their apartment to my house, in an attempt to satiate our cabin fever from spending all day inside. It was oddly nice out for the season and we stopped underneath some streetlights to take selfies. […]

Kendrick Lamar’s new album, To Pimp a Butterfly, just made streaming history.  The album racked up 9.6 million streams on Spotify on its first day of release. That is more plays than any other album during Spotify’s history. You can listen to the album here.   Photo: Kendrick Lamar/Giphy

Raven-Symoné doesn’t seem to think comparing Michelle Obama to an ape is racist. Last week, Univision news anchor Rodner Figueroa was fired after comparing Michelle Obama to an ape from Planet of the Apes while on air. There’s a long history of racist, dehumanizing tropes that compare black people to animals. On The View, Symoné was unconvinced when Rosie Perez […]

A new study from the University of Michigan shows that elite credentials give black Americans very little advantage in the job market. From the University of Michigan: Gaddis used a unique field experiment to test the value of different types of college degrees in the labor market for white and black candidates. He created more […]