Meek Mill took to social media on Sunday (June 14) to defend B. Simone over allegations that she plagiarized passages of her book Baby Girl: Manifest the Life You Want. “B Simone canceled because she finnesed a book and made her way from the bottom lol what major companies y’all …
Read More »Black Lives Matter Protester Oluwatoyin “Toyin” Salau Found Dead in Tallahassee; She Went Missing After Tweeting About Being Molested by a Black Man
19-year-old Black Lives Matter protester Oluwatoyin “Toyin” Salau has reportedly been found dead a little over a week after she went missing in Tallahassee, Florida. The City of Tallahassee Police Department reported Sunday morning (Jun. 14) that two bodies were found just after 9:15 p.m. Saturday night (Jun. 13) …
Read More »Reddit Is Finally Facing Its Legacy of Racism
Adam Serwer: The white nationalists are winning Despite Reddit’s public claim that it doesn’t tolerate harassment, moderators of subreddits that draw attention from racist trolls say they have had to make do with their own ingenuity and technical know-how for years. TheYellowRose, a 30-year-old moderator of the subreddit r/blackladies who …
Read More »Why LisaRaye Turned Down 'Real Housewives'
Reality television has catapulted C-list celebrities to A-list stars, created pop culture icons and billionaires, but not everybody is ready to do what it takes to secure that bag. During a recent interview on The Breakfast Club, host DJ Envy and his guest LisaRaye McCoy both explained why they turned …
Read More »Stunt Queen Trump Schedules Rally in Tulsa on Juneteenth, Changes It After People Call Out The Obvious
Trump gestures during a rally at the Phoenix Convention Center on August 22, 2017 in Phoenix, Arizona. Photo: Ralph Freso (Getty Images) Donald Trump is racist. Donald Trump thinks he is clever. Donald Trump probably thought scheduling a rally on Juneteenth—in Tulsa, where white rioters once massacred 300 black people …
Read More »Meghan Markle ‘mortified’ by friend Jessica Mulroney’s feud with Black blogger over protests: Report
Jessica Mulroney and actress Meghan Markle attends the Instagram Dinner held at the MARS Discovery District on May 31, 2016 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by George Pimentel/WireImage) Meghan Markle is reportedly “mortified” and questioning her friendship with Jessica Mulroney after the Canadian stylist and television personality’s feud with a Black …
Read More »‘Defund the Police’ Does Not Mean Defund the Police. Unless It Does.
Read: America Is Already Different Than It Was Two Weeks Ago Lopez’s premise is one with which I’m sure lots of police officers agree: We ask cops to do too much. They’re expected, Lopez writes, to resolve “verbal squabbles between family members” (in another rhetorical mode a law professor might …
Read More »Rayshard Brooks Begged Atlanta Cops to Let Him Walk Home Before He Was Killed: “My Sister’s House is Right Here”
The Atlanta Police Department has released bodycam footage showing Rayshard Brooks talking to police in a Wendy’s parking lot moments before he was shot in the back and killed. The conversation between Brooks and now-former APD Officer Garrett Rolfe started out pretty cordial. Rolfe suspected Brooks had been under …
Read More »Derek Chauvin Could Receive $1 Million In Pension
Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer who killed George Floyd by holding a knee to his neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, may have been fired from the police department and facing second degree murder charges, but he’s repotedly still on track to receive up to $1 million in …
Read More »Beyoncé Pens Letter to Kentucky Attorney General Demanding Charges for Cops Who Killed Breonna Taylor
Beyoncé is using her influence to demand justice for Breonna Taylor. The singer wrote and posted an open letter on her official website addressed to Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron calling for charges to be brought against the three police officers involved in the murder of Breonna Taylor. In …
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