Lessons From Your Favorite African American Black TV Moms – Mother's Day
http://www.ShadesGifts.com) Celebrate Mother’s Day with a special tribute honoring your favorite Black TV Sitcom Moms. Who’s YOUR favorite? Brought to you … source
Morgan Jerkins On Her New Book, Writing Through Fear, And The Power Of Black Memory
Writer Morgan Jerkins was just 25 years old when her first book, a collection of essays titled “This Will Be My Undoing,” made a splashy debut on The New York…
Asheville City Council Sets Stage For Reparations To Black Residents
City council members in Asheville, North Carolina, unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday that paves the way for reparations to the city’s Black residents, local news outlets reported. The resolution apologized…
The 15% Pledge Asked 10 Big Retailers To Support Black Businesses. None Signed Up.
As demonstrations against police brutality and systemic racism take over the streets and social media, corporate America has gotten the message that silence is not an option. Cue the flood…
Black People Four Times More Likely To Die From Coronavirus Than White People
Get the latest on coronavirus. Sign up to the Daily Brief for news, explainers, how-tos, opinion and more. Black people are four times more likely to die from a coronavirus-related…
GOP Governor Candidate: Planned Parenthood Aims To ‘Destroy The Entire Black Race’
This idea has embedded itself within some Black communities across the country, but only a few major political candidates have made the argument as publicly as Forest. While running in…
Trevor Noah Exposes Hypocrisy Of Kanye West’s Rap Culture Criticism: You S**tting Me?
“The Daily Show” host Trevor Noah picked apart rapper Kanye West’s recent criticism of hip-hop culture in a behind-the-scenes exchange released Tuesday. In an interview with radio show host Big…
For Black Women With Means, Money Isn’t The Only Barrier To Abortion Access
The first half of 2019 saw a deluge of laws banning and restricting abortion. Within the past three months alone, state legislatures in both Alabama and Missouri moved to ban…
Maryland’s Only Black-Owned Movie Theater Is Drawing Crowds From Across The Country
When Anthony Fykes and Robert Wright met, they immediately connected through their love for movies. But the pair never imagined that a shared passion for cinema would lead them to…
Kevin Hart, R. Kelly And The Black Lives That Matter
Lately, I’ve been trying to nail down whether social media brings out the worst in people or is a great revealer of the worst in people, or is both. I’m…