Every Wednesday, for the last few weeks, we’ve waited with anticipation for the latest episode on Spotify from former First Lady Michelle Obama’s new podcast, The Michelle Obama Show. This week, BET.com has an exclusive first listen to what Mrs. O has on her agenda on the next episode airing tomorrow, August 26. …

Entrepreneurship Fashion & Beauty 0 Image via @trentonsluxecouture/Instagram Sixteen-year-old Trenton Lee has already made his name making luxurious wigs for various celebrities from actress Tichina Arnold, Cardi B, and Blac Chyna. His notable reputation making his signature wig designs led him to create his own hair company, Luxe by Trenton. …

Photo: Kevin Winter (Getty Images) The Five Heartbeats, the 1991 movie written and directed by—and also starring—Robert Townsend (Keenan Ivory Wayans was a co-writer) is easily one of my favorite movies of all time. For my money, The Five Heartbeats is the greatest fictional Black music group of all time, …

In her 2019 memoir, What Do We Need Men For?, E. Jean Carroll accused Donald Trump of rape, in a Bergdorf’s dressing room in the mid-1990s. After the president denied ever meeting her and dismissed her story as a Democratic plot, she sued him for defamation. Carroll was not, of …

BET’s 2020 Republican National Convention Coverage Day 3: Wednesday, August 26, 2020: Follow BET’s coverage with our live blog for the latest updates from the Republican National Convention kicking off in Charlotte, NC. We’ll feature news about the event, speeches, performances and commentary from August 24-27.  Each night, the convention will include speeches from Party …

Gabrielle Union has been through her fair share of frustration and disappointment over her twenty-plus year career in entertainment, but she reveals that a recent incident proved to be the “hardest part” of her journey as a Black woman in Hollywood. Speaking on a panel during the American Black Film …

1 Image via @asherald/Instagram The death of Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky, has become the latest polarizing account of police brutality toward Black Americans within this country with millions across the country using social media to make a call for justice and for the arrest of the police officers responsible. …

Photo: Tverdokhlib (Shutterstock) Shots were fired at a group of organizers marching from Milwaukee to Washington, D.C., on Monday night. ABC News reports that the group was headed to D.C. for the “Get Your Knee Off Our Necks,” march. Frank “Nitty” Sensabaugh, a Milwaukee activist and one of the organizers …

“Outraged protesters uphold principles no different from those articulated in the founding documents,” Myisha Cherry, a philosophy professor at UC Riverside, argues. “This makes their anger not anti-American, but as American as one can get.” Kevin Winter / Getty One question, answered: Some college reopening plans include regular testing regimens …

Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the gun-toting, conservative couple from St. Louis, made a prepared speech during the 2020 Republican National Convention. The pair, who have been parodied as “Karen and Ken,” made national headlines after they were seen brandishing their weapons in the name of protecting their home while Black Lives …