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Frank Ocean’s follow-up album has been so highly sought after for so long that it made its way into urban legend territory. After four long years, the singer has finally ended his long-term test of the world’s patience and delivered new music in two projects. The first was 45-minute visual album entitled Endless, which can be streamed […]

This article was originally posted at Water Cooler Convos. Over the past two weeks, I have watched Black girl after Black girl medal in the 2016 Summer Olympics. Simone Biles has dominated gymnastics. Simone Manuel did the same in swimming. Michelle Carter won gold in shot put. And, while I felt immense pride watching each […]

This piece was originally written by William Evans, Editor-in-Chief and Co-Founder of BlackNerdProblems.com. ***Trigger Warning For Sexual Assault***There was a point a few years ago where I wanted to be done with period films and TV shows. Either they had so few Black people in them it was as if we were to believe they […]

On August 10th, the Department of Justice released a report on the investigation of the Baltimore Police Department which confirmed that the BPD is locked in a pattern of power abuse and constitutional violations in its interactions with citizens and its administration of justice. The report shows that the department especially targets Baltimore’s black citizens and neighborhoods […]

Dr. Marc Lamont Hill has been rising in prominence over the past few years. He is a Distinguished Professor at Morehouse College and a recent New York Times Bestselling author of the book Nobody. Now, the Vh1 and BET TV show host has shared his electoral plans for November with 105.1’s The Breakfast Club team […]

The mistreatment of black women in history is extremely frustrating, on a good day. But seeing the harm that they’re enduring today is heartbreaking beyond belief. The story of Joyce Quaweay’s death is no exception.

Just a few days ago, Dee Whigham was revealed to be the 16th known transgender person murdered in 2016 after being found in a hotel room she was sharing with friends. Unfortunately, the death of a 17th trans* person has already come to pass. 

Ramsey Orta filmed Eric Garner being choked to death by New York police officers. Orta is now facing four years in prison after taking a plea deal on gun and drug charges that he feels were brought against him in retaliation and plans to take the city of New York to prove it. There’s also […]

Jessica Williams joined Comedy Central’s The Daily Show in 2012 as the youngest person to do so at only 22 years old. After quickly becoming a fan favorite correspondent over the past four years, Williams has announced her departure from the show.

The world’s been clamoring for some kind of output from Frank Ocean after he shocked the world with Channel Orange, his debut album which also included his coming out as bisexual. And while the past four years haven’t seen much on the side of music, he’s still found a way to share his thoughts on society. […]

Last weekend, another black woman made history, and we could not be more excited about it. Tera Poole graduated from the University of Maryland’s School of Dentistry as the 2016 class valedictorian. She was the first Black person to ever do it.

This morning, Jasmine [Abdullah] Richards, a 28-year-old Black Lives Matter organizer and founder of the Pasadena, California chapter was sentenced after being convicted on a charge of “federal lynching.” She is the first African American person to ever be convicted of this crime in the United States. Fortunately, Richards will only serve 90 days for the […]