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Outrage prompts the Phoenix Institute of Contemporary Art to remove its blackface exhibit.
Senator Cory Booker is facing death threats and more police officers have been added to his security detail in Newark, New Jersey.
A Boston University professor uncovered the racist origins of "Jingle Bells."
Multiple fatalities have been reported after an Amtrak train derailed on an overpass in Washington state. One of the train cars fell partly onto an freeway east of the city of Olympia, Wa. Emergency officials and first responders are treating this as a Mass casualty event. https://twitter.com/PierceSheriff/status/942799131327610880 Some have reported that at least seven cars […]
"I am not an angry Black man," the talk show host said during a Monday morning taping.
This has been the year of Tiffany Haddish. From Girls Trip to her memoir The Last Black Unicorn, the comedian is everybody’s fav. In the book, Tiffany claims she was physically abused by her ex-husband William Stewart. In one section, Tiffany wrote, “He grabbed me by the collar, he was like, ‘It’s time to go […]
A verdict was declared in the case of slain teen Zaevion Dobson, a Tennessee high school football player who was recognized by Obama when he gave his life to protect his friends from gunfire.
New York’s highest court told judges that defendants are entitled to have jurors instructed about the cross-racial identification problem.
Fighting Back On October 7, 2017, Nelly was arrested after he was accused of raping a woman on his tour bus. Last week, all charges against him were dropped. Now, the rapper is suing his accuser. His lawyer Scott Rosenblum said in a statement, “Nelly has suffered very real damage to his reputation. He has […]
Black folks fire back at Cornel West for his criticism of Ta-Nehisi Coates' new book.