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Last month, a New York mail carrier was arrested by a group of plain clothes NYPD officers while delivering a package. A portion of the exchange was captured on video and placed the department under harsh public scrutiny for the officers’ actions. According to the New York Daily News, the lieutenant that oversaw the arrest has been […]

For the first time in a while a story about black people and police worth celebrating broke. The only catch is it’s about a movie. TMZ reports that Bad Boys 3, the next installment in the cop series starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, is pretty much a done deal.

A Georgia police department has fired nine sheriffs over the Jan. 1st death of Matthew Ajibade. Ajibade, 22, was found dead in his Chatham County, Ga. cell after being arrested during a bipolar episode. During his arrest, he was handcuffed to a chair and tasered by officers. The firings come after a probe led by Georgia […]

Matthew Ajibade, a twenty-two year-old computer science student was found dead in a Savannah, Ga. isolation cell after being arrested during a bipolar episode. The cause of death is still unknown.

A Kansas City second grader said his school treated him like a criminal when they handcuffed him for misbehaving on Wednesday. Kalyb Primm Wiley,7, said he was responding to taunts from other children when his teacher called security. 

  Singer Erykah Badu is facing criticism for performing in Swaziland recently. Human rights activists have called out Badu for singing “Happy Birthday” to King Mswati III. Amnesty International and other activists have documented numerous human rights violations occurring in Swaziland.

Givenchy’s new Spring-Summer 2014 brand ambassador is none other than Erykah Badu. The fashion line’s creative director Riccardo Tisci chose Badu for her charisma.

New evidence shows that spanking may lead to bad behavior. Using a nationally represented sample, researchers interview 1,933 parents when their children were 3 and 5 years old. They gathered data based on how often they spanked their children.

Yesterday, two of our absolute favorites – Janelle Monae and Erykah Badu – unleashed a brand new video, “Q.U.E.E.N.” “Q.U.E.E.N.” is the first single from Monae’s forthcoming album Electric Lady; and it’s probably the funkiest thing you’ll hear all year!

According to Jason Silverstein at The Altantic, racism isn’t just bad for society and bad for our civil rights; it is quite literally bad for your health. aJust the fear of falling victim to such policies has serious physical and emotional ramifications. A fascinating read.

In what seemed like a non sequitur, The Onion’s Twitter command person called Wallis a four-letter word, and Twitter (rightly) went bananas. Should the Onion issue an apology?

After much clamor and many entreaties, finally President Obama has decided to come to Chicago to address the rampant gun violence plaguing communities of color. Perhaps in a newfound fervor stemming from the security of a second term, Obama seems to have become more intentional and aggressive about addressing the issues that have a greater […]