White People, Stop Quoting MLK To Police How Black People Protest
Last Thursday, Martin Luther King III responded to the increasingly heated protests spurred by the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police with a quote from his…
Police Detain Los Angeles Protesters At Jackie Robinson Stadium
UCLA and its faculty expressed outrage Tuesday that Los Angeles police detained people arrested during protests against George Floyd’s death at the university’s Jackie Robinson Stadium, named for Major League…
Ferguson Police Take A Knee In Honor Of George Floyd
Protesters demanding justice and change in the wake of the latest police killing of a Black man were joined in solidarity on Saturday by officers in Ferguson, Missouri, where Michael…
Ice Cube Cites George Floyd Killing As Reason He Canceled ‘GMA’ Appearance
Ice Cube said on Thursday that he decided to cancel a scheduled appearance on “Good Morning America” due to the killing of George Floyd, a Black man who died on…
Jay Ellis On Directing ‘Insecure’ And Whether Issa And Lawrence Should Be Together
One of the last scenes of Sunday’s episode of “Insecure” shows Molly walking alone as the sun sets on the resort where she’s bae-cationing in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Molly, portrayed…
The Shooting Of Black Americans Started Long Before The Looting
When protests turned into civil unrest in Minneapolis as folks demanded the arrest of the four officers responsible for George Floyd’s death, I knew to prepare for the same cycle…
Jimmy Fallon Apologizes For Wearing Blackface In ‘Saturday Night Live’ Clip From 2000
Jimmy Fallon apologized after a resurfaced video of him wearing blackface sparked outrage on social media — although it wasn’t the first time the video had circulated online. On Tuesday,…
Amy Cooper Knew Exactly What She Was Doing
Amy Cooper knew exactly what she was doing. That’s the wildest and most insidious part of all this ― the part we haven’t been talking about enough. On Monday evening,…
New York Churches Open COVID-19 Testing Sites In Push To Reach Minority Communities
The first day of coronavirus testing at Bethany Baptist Church, a historic Black congregation in Brooklyn, New York, got off to a slow start. About 130 people showed up Wednesday…
Gabrielle Union Is Advocating For Black Hollywood’s Gig Workers Amid COVID-19 Crisis
Actor and author Gabrielle Union doesn’t know what Black Hollywood is going to look like when the world settles into the new reality brought on by COVID-19, but she does…