Cities Are Starting To Address The Eviction Crisis That’s Devastated Poor Tenants
PHILADELPHIA ― The rodent infestation had grown so severe in the home Yazmin Vazquez shared with her nephew that when she left a plate of roast beef on the stove…
Oprah Said The Royal Wedding ‘Felt Like Another Level’
The royal wedding was not just a big day for Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, and Prince Harry. The May 19 ceremony was also the day that American royalty interacted with…
Dorothy Cotton, Civil Rights Icon, Dead At 88
Civil rights leader and icon Dorothy Cotton, who helped educate black Americans about their rights and worked with Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., died at the age of 88. Cotton…
Education Dept. Received Hundreds Of Complaints Last Year About Racist School Discipline
The Department of Education received more than 200 civil rights complaints last year involving students who say they were victims of racist school discipline, HuffPost has learned ― a noteworthy…
Lena Waithe To LGBTQ Youth: You Were ‘Born To Be Whole’
When Lena Waithe arrived at the Met Gala wearing a floor-length rainbow-colored cape in May, she was hailed as a “queer superhero.” Now, it’s been made official. The screenwriter, producer…
Surviving The Pulse Massacre Propelled This Gay Man Into Gun Reform Activism
Brandon Wolf is one of a group of survivors who made it out of Pulse nightclub alive in the early hours of July 12, 2016. His best friend, Christopher Leinonen,…
19 Photos Of Interracial Couples That You Wouldn’t Have Seen 51 Years Ago
June 12 marks the 51st anniversary of Loving v. Virginia, the landmark Supreme Court decision that declared all laws against interracial marriage unconstitutional. In 1958, Mildred Jeter, a black woman,…
Jada Pinkett Smith To Daughter Willow: ‘By Your Age… I Gave Myself Multiple Orgasms’
Jada Pinkett Smith had a very public sex talk with her 17-year-old daughter, Willow Smith, on Monday. “We as women have been trained that women aren’t supposed to enjoy sex,…
Arizona Man Charged With Threatening To Bomb Harvard’s Black Commencement
(Reuters) – An Arizona man who made racially-charged online threats to shoot students attending Harvard’s first black commencement ceremony last year and to bomb the university has been arrested, federal…
Big Freedia: My Voice Is All I Need To Break Barriers
Big Freedia did not come to play with you hoes, as she’d say. She came to break barriers and make noise and live out loud. Really loud. You may have…