‘I Know How They Feel’: Tiffany Haddish Talks Of Her Pain At George Floyd’s Memorial
Tiffany Haddish opened up on Tuesday about the pain she felt attending George Floyd’s memorial service in Minneapolis, saying that…
Joe Biden Doubles Down On His Stance Against Defunding The Police
Former Vice President Joe Biden (D) has some ideas about how to improve policing without defunding it. Despite calls from…
Robert De Niro Reveals Why Donald Trump’s Botched Coronavirus Response Is So Scary
The actor, speaking with “The Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon, noted how the crisis that’s now killed more than 115,000…
Amid Racial Justice Marches, GOP Advances Trump Court Pick Hostile To Civil Rights
WASHINGTON ― In the middle of a national reckoning on racial justice, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to advance…
Asian stocks set to fall sharply as Wall Street tumbles
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Asian equities are set to fall sharply on Friday after Wall Street stocks and oil tumbled…
Jimmy Kimmel Taunts Donald Trump Jr. With New Nickname
Donald Trump Jr. stuck taxpayers with a reported $77,000 bill for his 2019 hunting trip to Mongolia, where he killed…
Tucker Carlson Loses Advertisers After Racist Comments AGAIN
Tucker Carlson keeps repeating his own dumb history. The Fox News host again is losing advertisers after saying racist stuff.…
With DACA In Peril, Black Dreamers Are Hoping For Equality And The Ability To Stay
Daisy hasn’t watched the video of a police officer kneeling on George Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes. She lives…
The Black Lives Matter Protests Are Working. Here’s Proof.
In the weeks since police killed George Floyd in Minneapolis, nonstop protests across the U.S. have called out systemic racism…
Caitlyn Jenner Reflects On Her Emotional Journey 5 Years After Coming Out
Caitlyn Jenner has a personal reason to celebrate this LGBTQ Pride Month, as 2020 marks five years since she came…
Joe Biden Has Already Considered What He’ll Do If Trump Refuses To Leave The White House
Joe Biden wants Donald Trump out of the White House, one way or another. The presumptive Democratic nominee got serious…
Queen Elizabeth Participates In Her First-Ever Public Zoom Call With Princess Anne
With in-person events still shut down for the time being because of the coronavirus pandemic, Queen Elizabeth II is finding…
Kelly Clarkson Files For Divorce From Brandon Blackstock After Nearly 7 Years Of Marriage
The coronavirus lockdown has claimed another celebrity couple: Kelly Clarkson and Brandon Blackstock. The singer has reportedly filed for divorce…
Hollywood Celebs Get Dragged For Cringeworthy Anti-Racism Video
An anti-racism video featuring 14 Hollywood celebrities may have done the impossible and brought together a divided nation. Of course,…
Black Bookstore Owner Selling Out of Books For First Time In 30 Years
Share0 (Image via @pyramidbooks/Instagram) The protests over the deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor have sparked a…
Joe Biden, Marcia Fudge Discuss Policing, Economy at NAACP Town Hall
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-OH) discussed policing, the economy, and reparations at a virtual…
NASCAR Bans All Confederate Flags From Races, Venues –
For more than 70 years, the Confederate flag flew at NASCAR races and events. Now, with a focus on race…
LeBron James Launches Voting Rights Initiative ‘More Than a Vote’
Los Angeles Lakers’ player LeBron James has announced that he and several other professional athletes have launched a charitable organization…
Trump will not rename Army bases named after confederate leaders
President Donald Trump said Wednesday he would “not even consider” renaming Army bases that honor Confederate leaders and soldiers who…
Entrepreneur and Investor Monique Idlett-Mosley Shares How She Is Using Her Voice and Her Funds to Create Change
A key element to Monique Idlett-Mosley’s decades-long success as an entrepreneur, investor, and entertainment pioneer is knowing when to pivot.…
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Has Made Juneteenth An Official Corporate Holiday
Corporations and public institutions are being forced to have conversations around race and discrimination toward African Americans after protests have…
Crossfit CEO ‘Retires’ After Backlash to Comments About George Floyd
Greg Glassman, the founder of fitness and lifestyle program CrossFit, announced he was “retiring” after creating a rift in the…
Starbucks Prohibits Employees From Wearing Black Lives Matter Merchandise
The protests against police brutality and racial injustice have sparked dialogue across numerous fields about racism and diversity. Despite many…
General Motors Donates $10 Million to Promote Inclusion, Racial Justice
Civil unrest has swept the nation in response to the recent wave of killings of unarmed black men and women,…
Jordan Peele and More Directors Eager to Cast John Boyega After Protest Speech: ‘We Got You’
Edgar Wright says he would work with the “Star Wars” actor “in a heartbeat.” By Zack Sharf, IndieWire Major Hollywood…
As Study Finds 4,000 Lynchings in Jim Crow South, Will U.S. Address Legacy of Racial Terrorism?
By Democract Now Staff, Democracy Now A new report has uncovered shocking details about the history of lynchings in the…
Recalling an Era When the Color of Your Skin Meant You Paid to Vote
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of a ruling that made the poll tax unconstitutional By Allison Keyes, Smithsonian Magazine In January…
Saraneka Martin, The Pregnant Woman Who Was Shot In The Stomach While Peacefully Protesting Shares What Happened And Shows The Wounds She Received Terrorist Cops
By Daniel Bell, Black Sports Online The murder of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor have seemed to be the tipping…
‘This Is Us’ Writer Jas Waters Dead
By Essence Staff, Essence Jas Waters, best known for being a staff writer on This Is Us and Kidding, has…
Museums Collect Signs from George Floyd Protests—and More Art News – ARTnews.com
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Christie’s to Auction $18 M. Wayne Thiebaud Pinball Painting – ARTnews.com
Since the pandemic shutdown in March, much anticipation has circulated around the leading works coming to rescheduled auctions in June…
Philadelphia Museum ‘Every Individual Life Matters’ Letter Draws Ire – ARTnews.com
The Philadelphia Museum of Art has become the backdrop for some of the most impassioned calls from Black Lives Matter…
Gauguin’s Treasured ‘Mata Mua’ to Leave Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum – ARTnews.com
Earlier this month, Madrid’s Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum became one of the many major European museums that began allowing visitors into its…
A Guide to Monuments Toppled By the Black Lives Matter Protestors – ARTnews.com
Over the past month, various monuments across the United States—and, in some cases, in Europe, too—have been the subject of…
Bumper crop of women farmers emerges in India
In villages across India’s Chhattisgarh state, more women are turning to farming to sustain their families. While these female agriculturalists…
Women rangers work to keep lid on illegal game hunting
Last year, Kenya reported a 90% decrease in wildlife poaching, but the advent of COVID-19 has stirred concerns the country’s…
Jefferson Davis Statue Torn Down in Richmond, Virginia
By The Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Protesters pulled down a more than century-old statue of Confederate President Jefferson…
This one change to bankruptcy law could help small businesses
Small businesses forced to file for bankruptcy protection due to financial stress brought on by the coronavirus pandemic may find…
“Where Do We Go From Here?”
By Frances Murphy (Toni) DraperAFRO Publisher For many of us, including me, the past two weeks have been the most…
Letter To The Editor: George Floyd
His name was George He was American breed He loved his Country His fellow man He loved his brothers and…
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Pastor Charged with Robbery and Assault During Local Protest
By Michelle RichardsonSpecial to the AFRO Baltimore Police say they have arrested one of the men responsible for the attack…
BCC Class of 2020 Life Membership
By AFRO Staff The Baltimore City College Alumni Association has a special message for the 300 student members of the…
Don Lemon Exposes ‘White Mansplaining’ Of Donald Trump, White House Officials
CNN’s Don Lemon on Wednesday hammered President Donald Trump and senior members of his administration for “white mansplaining” with their…
GOP State Senator Asks If Black People Get Coronavirus From Lax Handwashing
Ohio state Sen. Steve Huffman (R) sparked anger this week as he pondered why “the colored population” is more susceptible…
In ‘Da 5 Bloods,’ Spike Lee Provides A Fresh Return To The Heart Of Darkness
Here’s a statistic you’ll hear in “Da 5 Bloods,” Spike Lee’s impassioned new movie: During the late 1960s and early…
Tennessee Lawmakers Vote To Keep KKK Leader’s Bust In Capitol, Igniting Protests
Protesters rallied outside of the Tennessee state Capitol Wednesday after lawmakers voted to keep a bust of a Confederate general…
For A Real Breakthrough, ‘White People Need To Work This Out Amongst Themselves’
Adrian Miller, aka the Soul Food Scholar, is a food historian and the author of the James Beard Foundation Award-winning…
George Floyd Was Killed In America. His Death Has Sparked A Global Movement.
When Mazbou Q. saw the video of George Floyd being killed by an American police officer in broad daylight, he…
‘This Is Us’ Writer Jas Waters Dies At Age 39
“This Is Us” writer Jas Waters has died at the age of 39 in Hollywood, California, prompting an outpouring of…
Banksy Suggests What To Do With Statue Of Slave Trader Toppled In Bristol
Banksy has suggested what should happen to the statue of a slave trader that was torn down by protesters in…
Black Man Told Oklahoma Police ‘I Can’t Breathe’ Before He Died, Video Shows
A Black man in Oklahoma City died last year after stating repeatedly that he couldn’t breathe while being held in…
Breonna Taylor Was Killed By Police. Their Report Lists Her Injuries As ‘None.’
Police in Louisville, Kentucky, where Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman, was fatally shot on March 13, have released their…
NASCAR Driver Ray Ciccarelli Says He’ll Quit After Confederate Flag Ban
Ray Ciccarelli, a part-time NASCAR truck series driver, just found a dubious way to make a name for himself. Ciccarelli…
Racism Is A Mental Health Crisis. Here’s How To Fight It.
Exhaustion. If one word has echoed around our social media feeds these past few weeks, it’s this one. Black people…
Lady Antebellum Changes Name To Lady A After Realizing Connection To Slavery
Lady Antebellum has officially changed its name to Lady A. The country music group shared a statement with fans on…
Donald Trump Makes Case For Joe Biden In Crazed All-Caps Tweet
On Thursday morning, the president went on a Twitter rampage griping about whatever came to mind. “THOSE THAT DENY THEIR…
Audrey Gelman Resigns As CEO Of The Wing, Employees Stage Virtual Walkout
Audrey Gelman, CEO and founder of The Wing, stepped down from her post as employees staged a digital walkout from…
Black-Owned Etsy Home Decor Shops To Bookmark
Decorating your home is a never-ending process because you’re never really “done.” You might find one new painting and need…