A split jury and a lie sent him to prison. Now he’s working to change Louisiana’s law
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Help The Nightly Spirit Win a Stellar Award!
Copyright © 2025 Interactive One, LLC. All Rights Reserved.The Stellar Awards and its academy (SAGMA) continue to pay tribute to…
Is the Southern accent fixin’ to disappear in parts of the US South?
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Lauryn Hill Visits Harvard To Talk Building Community Within Songwriting “Purpose. Love. Passion. Connecting.”
Fresh off her making her Met Gala debut, Lauryn Hill stuck around the East Coast to kick it with the…
She Get It From Her Mama: 5 Powerhouse Celebrity Mothers And Daughters
In our culture, a mother’s love is more than just raising children, it’s building legacy. Black celebrity mothers in entertainment…
SFMoMA lays off 29 employees amid $5m structural deficit
SFMoMA Photo by Beyond My Ken, via Wikimedia CommonsThe San Francisco Museum of Modern Art plans to lay off nearly…
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka Released After Arrest, Detainment By ICE Officers
Copyright © 2025 Interactive One, LLC. All Rights Reserved.Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, was arrested Friday afternoon while at a protest…
Black Homeowner Charged With Murder After Teen TikTok Prank Goes Wrong
Virginia homeowner Tyler Chase Butler faces second-degree murder charges after he shot an 18-year-old he thought was trying to break…
Korea’s first privately owned Van Gogh unveiled at newly opened museum
Hong Gyu Shin with Van Gogh’s Head of a Peasant in the KAIST Museum, DaejeonKAIST Museum, Daejeon (photograph Ji Ho…
Jury Selection For Sean “Diddy” Combs Trial Delayed Until Monday
Copyright © 2025 Interactive One, LLC. All Rights Reserved.Sean “Diddy” Combs and his defense team were granted a delay in…
New Manhattan gallery slips into historic property
Installation view of As if a line at Slip House Courtesy Slip House. Photography by Software StudiosBehind an intricately carved…
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Supporters of a bill to study reparations for slavery urge Maryland Gov. Moore to sign the measure
Maryland supporters urge Gov. Wes Moore to sign bill creating a commission to study slavery reparations and systemic racism.Supporters of…
Kanye West Sends Cease And Desist To Kim Kardashian Over Exploiting Their Kids
Copyright © 2025 Interactive One, LLC. All Rights Reserved.Source: David Crotty / GettyKanye West usually discusses his issues—both professional and…
A second Kehlani concert in New York state is canceled, this time due to ‘safety and security concerns’
R&B singer Kehlani’s upcoming show in New York City during Pride month has been canceled following her vocal support of…
How much do you know about Maia Campbell? Here are five inspiring facts
Maia Campbell was a household name in the 90s, starring in hit sitcoms like “In the House” and more.After some…
50 Cent Trolls Diddy With AI Jury Made Entirely Of Himself
Copyright © 2025 Interactive One, LLC. All Rights Reserved.Source: Patrick McMullan / Getty50 Cent has taken a fresh shot at…
Black magic: Tefaf fund helps restore manuscript
The Black Book of Hours is one of the most important objects in the Hispanic Society’s collection. The book will…
Trump Order Threatens WHYY Funding
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Pentagon directs military to pull library books that address diversity, anti-racism, gender issues
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Op-Ed: Trump Wants To Make Hollywood Great Again, Tariffs Won’t Help
As so often the story goes, our deranged president made an online proclamation that is either completely meaningless or a…
Iraq's important archaeological sites under threat from real-estate development
The Great Mosque of Kufa, one of the only remaining ancient sites in the city. Nearby Tell Al Sayyagh was…
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka Arrested At ICE Detention Center, X Outraged
Copyright © 2025 Interactive One, LLC. All Rights Reserved.Ras Baraka, the longstanding mayor of Newark, N.J., was arrested Friday at…
Tefaf New York: determination in the face of Trump’s tariff chaos
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A 12-foot Black woman now stands tall in Times Square—and some folks are big mad about it
The statue, titled “Grounded in the Stars,” installed by British artist Thomas J. Price is meant to challenge assumptions of…
What Is Sleepmaxxing?: TikTok’s Latest Obsession With ‘Optimizing’ Sleep
A new trend is sweeping across TikTok, and it’s not another dance challenge—it’s sleepmaxxing. The new fad involves using a…
What to know about the air traffic controller shortage
After recent control tower mishaps and a string of crashes earlier this year, Trump promises to fix the shortage of…
SMH: Lil Durk Denied Bond Again Before His Trial
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The secrets are out at Nada New York
The artist Charles Degeyter stuffs Tatjana Pieters’s stand with taxidermied hermit crabsCourtesy the artist and Tatjana Pieters GalleryThe 11th edition…
Gabrielle Union says surrogacy felt like public humiliation: ‘Like a cuckold’
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Watch: Kerry Washington Confirms ‘Wisteria Lane’ Series
Kerry Washington has officially confirmed what fans of soapy suburban drama have been buzzing about: Wisteria Lane, a reimagined take…
Tate Modern, the ‘cathedral to contemporary art’, celebrates 25 years
London’s calling: Tate Modern opened in May 2000 with a royal opening, 4,000 guests and a laser show © Peter…
People gather to protest arrest of Mayor Baraka of Newark by ICE
Alina Habba, interim U.S. attorney for New Jersey, said on the social platform X that Baraka committed trespass and ignored…
Together in doom: tense paintings of social ills feature at Tefaf New York
Paula Rego's The Bullfighter's Godmother (1990–91), on view at Offer Waterman’s standCourtesy Offer WatermanVIPs streamed into the Park Avenue Armory…
Draymond Green Rips The “Angry Black Man” Agenda Against Him, Social Media Disagrees
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President Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden
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Tougaloo College Reports Threats After Rep. Jasmine Crockett Gives Commencement Speech Comparing Trump To Jim Crow
Administrators at Tougaloo College, in Jackson, Mississippi, have contacted law enforcement over threats the school allegedly received, all because Rep.…
Malak Mattar becomes first Palestinian artist to get solo show at London's prestigious Central Saint Martins
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Daughter says mom ‘gave me life twice’ with kidney donation as pair graduate nursing school together
Nearly two years after the successful transplant, the Louisiana mother and daughter shared another journey. For years, Ambrealle Brown was…
GoFundMe removes fundraisers for Rodney Hinton Jr., man accused of killing a deputy after officers killed his son
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Donald Trump Nominates Casey Means, A Medical Degree-Less “Wellness Influencer,” To Be Next Surgeon General Because RFK Jr. “Thought She Was Fantastic”
Copyright © 2025 Interactive One, LLC. All Rights Reserved.Source: Getty Images / Donald Trump / Casey Means / Robert F.…
Work Don’t Stop: Celeb Moms Who’ve Performed Pregnant
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Comment | Muted grey, bloody red, or dark blue—here’s why the colour of museum walls matters more than you might think
In the years leading up to the 2025 refurbishment and rehang, London’s National Gallery has consistently favoured reds and greens…
5 iconic fictional (but real in our hearts) mothers we love, in honor of Mother’s Day
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Searching For Their Queens: Meet The Cast Of Bravo’s New Dating Series ‘Kings Court’
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US participation in 2026 Venice Biennale in limbo amid Trump's arts defunding
The US pavilion at the Venice Biennale Photo by Bill Thompson, via FlickrThe status of the United States’ participation in…
Kerry Washington makes her action debut as a ride-or-die mom in “Shadow Force” alongside Omar Sy
Kerry Washington breaks new ground in her first action role, showing that being a mother (and a fighter) requires more…
Up to 1,000 transgender troops are being moved out of the military in new Pentagon order
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who issued the latest memo, made his views clear after the court’s decision.The Pentagon will immediately…
SWAC defeats $150M lawsuit from Urban Edge Network over media rights to HBCU athletic games
The recently dismissed suit was related to Urban Edge Network claiming they had media rights for athletic games by Southwestern…
31 Teacher Appreciation Week Food Deals
Teacher Appreciation Week is here, and dozens of restaurants and brands are celebrating with sweet deals for the educators who…
New York’s Hotel Chelsea honors the late artist Teruko Yokoi with new restaurant
Teruko Yokoi in her studio at the Hotel Chelsea in 1959. She lived there until 1961Courtesy Estate of Teruko Yokoi;…
New Jersey mayor Ras Baraka arrested by Homeland Security while protesting
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We Can Thank Dr. Monica L. Miller For 2025’s Met Gala Theme
Educated Black women are always leading the way.When Dr. Monica L. Miller completed her thesis on Black Dandyism as a…
Tiffany Haddish Admits To Dating For Free Meals When She Was Broke, Social Media Cooks Her
Source: River Callaway / GettyOne of the most exhausting topics spotted on social media is dating, whether it be about…
New documentary bringing Metro Pictures gallery to the screen
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Trump’s anti-DEI push doesn’t stop Black Kentucky grads from holding an off-campus celebration
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Pope Leo XIV’s roots reach back to New Orleans…and they’re Black
The first American pope, Pope Leo XIV’s ancestry reveals that he may be the first Black pope, with roots tying…
National Teachers Week, But Make It Hip-Hop: Rappers as Educators
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GloRilla, Mustard, BossMan Dlow & More Announced As Performers At The BET Experience Fan Fest
Earlier this week (May 7th), BET MEdia Group revealed new details for an electrifying weekend of live performances from a…
Tefaf New York wish list: objects and treasures to suit every collector’s taste
Courtesy Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Bill Maynes and Ortuzar, New York. © Lee Bontecou, 2025Price on requestOrtuzar and Marc Selwyn…