After what seems like years of Black Twitter urging Netflix to bring classic Black sitcoms to the streaming platform, it is finally happening! Netflix, along with Strong Black Lead, proudly announced on Twitter, Wednesday (July 29) that seven classic Black comedies will debut on the streaming site in the next …
Read More »Dr. Anthony Fauci Replies To Trump Says ‘I Was Never Wrong’
Dr. Anthony Fauci has served as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) for the last 36-years serving under the leadership of six U.S. presidents from Ronald Regan to Barack Obama to Donald Trump, all of whom have had differing political agendas. But his role is …
Read More »Al Roker Describes Racist On-Air Incident In New Book
Al Roker is known for being a television host and personality, however, he has a long history of being an author. The 65-year-old released his thirteenth book on Tuesday (July 28), titled You Look So Much Better in Person: True Stories of Absurdity and Success. The book is a collection …
Read More »Rapper Malik B., Founding Member of The Roots, Dead at 47
Screenshot: YouTube/Noisey (Other) As a superfan of the hip-hop group The Roots, I will always contend that “Water,” a raw and vulnerable tale of addiction and friendship. is the best song they ever made, and—along with Kendrick Lamar’s “Duckworth”—one of the greatest examples of hip-hop storytelling ever. Malik B., the …
Read More »Gizelle Bryant On Talking To Her Daughters About Race
Gizelle Bryant talked to her kids about colorism at a young age, revealing the specific incident that prompted the conversation. The Real Housewives of Potomac star tells The Jasmine Brand that, because of her lighter complexion, her daughters once identified her as white. “When my children were young, they said …
Read More »Chicago Mayor Defends Removal Of Columbus Statues
On Monday (July 27), Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said she ordered two Christopher Columbus statues “temporarily” after receiving “intelligence that gave us great concern.” According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Lightfoot would not elaborate on the threat or the source that led her to believe Chicago would see a repeat of …
Read More »A Republican Minnesota County Official Resigns After Posting Picture That Compared Mask Mandate to Nazi Germany
Photo: tuthelens (Shutterstock) I feel like anytime a Republican is faced with a mild inconvenience, their first instinct is to compare it to Nazi Germany. An unhinged president with increasingly authoritarian tendencies is fine, but wearing a face mask to prevent the spread of a deadly virus? Well, that’s where …
Read More »<em>The Atlantic Daily</em>: Congress Wakes Up to the Danger of Tech Giants
“Forty years ago, the government essentially stopped policing industry concentration,” David Dayen, the executive editor of The American Prospect, argues. “All Americans suffer from the wave of corporate consolidation that followed.” JULIAN MONTAGUE One question, answered: A reader refused to take their grandmother to the salon, citing health concerns. Now …
Read More »Loni Love On Tamera Mowry
Tamera Mowry recently announced that she’ll be ending her run as co-host of The Real, where she’s held a chair since the show’s start in 2013. Now, her co-host and good friend Loni Love, who’s also been on the talk show since day one, reveals how she feels about Mowry’s …
Read More »S.C. Governor Henry McMaster Allows ALL Businesses to Operate at “Reduced Capacity” Amid Rising COVID-19 Cases
‘);var c=function(){cf.showAsyncAd(opts)};if(typeof window.cf !== ‘undefined’)c();else{cf_async=!0;var r=document.createElement(“script”),s=document.getElementsByTagName(“script”)[0];r.async=!0;r.src=”http://srv.clickfuse.com/showads/showad.js”;r.readyState?r.onreadystatechange=function(){if(“loaded”==r.readyState||”complete”==r.readyState)r.onreadystatechange=null,c()}:r.onload=c;s.parentNode.insertBefore(r,s)}; })(); Despite coronavirus cases spiking like crazy all over the state of South Carolina, Governor Henry McMaster has announced new “restrictions” for ALL businesses to operate amid the pandemic … instead of shutting them down to help slow the spread. On Wednesday (Jul. …
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