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By Rachel Hill Q: Hi there! Tell the world a little bit about “The Roses”! We are LaToya and Tiffany, a black lesbian couple that have been married for two years. We have an insatiable thirst for wanderlust and enjoy living the expatriate life. For the past three years, we’ve called Shanghai, China home.   […]

Zendaya responded to insensitive comments made by Giuliana Rancic and Kelly Osbourne about her choice to rock faux locs on the Oscar red carpet. Rancic and Osbourne remarked that Zendaya looked as though she smelled of “patchouli oil” and “marijuana”.   But Kylie Jenner’s hair is cool and edgy though, right? Foh @GiulianaRancic RT @dirtyxluxury: […]

  Students at Booker T. Washington High School in Norfolk, Virginia walked out of class in protest of a school official’s tweet that referred to black men as a “nightmare” for white fathers. The post was made in June, but students of color only recently noticed it. 

An explosion that leveled two New York City apartment buildings has killed at least two people and injured 17 others. The NYPD says two females died in the East Harlem blast. 

A Georgia police officer has been indicted for accusations that he illegally charged a man with drug possession during a 2012 arrest. A Dekalb County grand jury brought forth the motion Thursday against Officer Demetrius A. Kendrick on  the charge of violation of oath by public officer. 

New York police have dropped charges against two New York residents who spent almost a month in jail for allegedly harboring cocaine. Tests confirmed two kilograms seized from the pair by police was actually soap.

Two women are filing a lawsuit after being subjected to roadside body cavity searches by Texas State Troopers. The searches were performed during  routine traffic stops by female officers. And though the practice seems outrageous, it’s being asserted by lawyers and civil rights advocates that roadside cavity searches are actually standard policy in Texas. Victims […]

Every week, the Black Youth Project collects the top news stories about black youth from across the country. Click here to check out our archive of weekly news round-ups, and check back every Monday for a new roundup of headlines about young black America     Higher Ed Is Still Pretty Segregated Jamelle Bouie, The […]

So take some notes and get your shit together, T.I. Every emcee in the game aspires to Jay-Z’s success. They study the way he rhymes and they study the way he does business, but no one studies the way he lives. Success and chronic criminality do not mix. Don’t believe me? Just ask DMX. Listen to It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot the next time you want to throw a middle finger to the law.

It’s about that time again. It’s almost the time of year for corrupt politicians to stuff the ballot box and legitimize it by stating that there were “glitches” in the system. Or better yet, turn away voters in predominately minority precincts by telling them that they are not registered to vote. Okay maybe that was […]

Due to my desire to post on Precious, I failed to fulfill a writing assignment.  I think I was supposed to post something about the 1st anniversary of the election of President Barack Obama.  I didn’t know we celebrated the anniversaries of elections, but weird stuff happens when black people are involved.  Frankly, I don’t […]