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  The following is from EBONY. It was written by Joshua Adams. By: Joshua Adams   When I was a sophomore in college, watching The Boondocks with friends was a weekly ritual. After enjoying the satirical brilliance of Aaron McGruder, some would stay a longer to talk about a plethora of stuff: girls (mostly), sports, school, politics, etc. […]

  Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, the boxer whose wrongful conviction became an international symbol of racial inequity, has died at 76. Carter, who suffered from prostate cancer, passed away in his sleep Sunday. 

Dear Robin #Thicke, Let me begin by congratulating you for having the song of the summer. “Blurred Lines.” Despite the many problems with the lyrics and accompanying video, “Blurred Lines” is a bona fide (Hello, Jon B.) hit. It’s catchy, it exhibits deft use of a sample and your falsetto. It’s being used to sell […]

The trailer for the acclaimed and highly-anticipated film Fruitvale has been released. Fruitvale tells the tragic story of Oscar Grant, who was shot and killed by a BART police officer in Oakland, CA.

I’m officially some sort of pop culture martyr. The BET Awards were last night. And instead of going my usual Sunday evening television watching route, I dissed the Gorga/Giudice feud for Sam Jackson and n’em. For those of you who missed it, forgot, or thought better of it, I noted the important moments and provided […]

  Septmember 14, 2011 According to Marjorie Valbrun’s recent article in America’s Wire, more whites than blacks actually think our country has entered into a “post-racial” era, despite clear signs that structural racism continues to impede the life chances of African Americans. In fact, most people have no idea what structural racism is; instead defining […]

On occasion, I like most people dream of meeting famous black people you know the Halle Berry(s) and Denzel Washington(s) of the world.  However, the likelihood of Oprah knocking on my door screaming at the top of her Ms. Sophia’s lungs, “You are one of my favorite things and I want you to meet my […]

by Josie Pickens Most Black folks of a certain age, who slowly crept towards adulthood in the nineties, have a soft spot for writer, director, producer and actor Spike Lee.  I needed Lee’s movies, and his contemporary representation of Black life. The film She’s Gotta Have It aided me in understanding who I was becoming […]

  The following post is from The Nation. It was written by Mychal Denzel Smith. By: Mychal Denzel Smith More than 50,000 people marched on the streets of New York City this past Saturday, December 13, to protest the two recent grand jury decisions—in Ferguson, Missouri, and in New York City—not to indict the police […]

  The following piece is from The Grio. It was written by Demetria Irwin. By: Demetria Irwin The “I don’t like mens no more” video has gone viral.  The almost seven-minute long clip purports to show a young man being “delivered” from homosexuality during the COGIC 107th Holy Convocation. There are so many things wrong with this […]

The following post is from The Nation. It was written by Mychal Denzel Smith. By: Mychal Denzel Smith On July 13, 2013, George Zimmerman was found not guilty in the murder of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed African-American 17-year-old walking home from a 7-Eleven. What The Washington Post and other media outlets had dubbed “the trial of the […]

A new Broadway musical will feature songs and poetry of the late Tupac Shakur.