Officials with the Atlanta Police Department have released the names of the two officers involved in the fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks. The cop who shot and killed Brooks has been identified as Garrett Rolfe, who has been fired as a result of the fatal incident, an Atlanta Police …

I remember at the time, we didn’t have proper phones or anything, so we would chat on the [Nintendo] DS. There were three floors [in our houses]—my room was on the second floor, and Shannon was on the top. We’d message each other on the DS and be like, “Right, …

Protesters angry over the police killing of an unarmed black man at a Wendy’s drive-thru in Atlanta marched onto the highway late Saturday night (Jun. 13), shutting down part of the Interstate 75/85 downtown connecter, which is a major road through the city, CNN reports. Protesters in Atlanta shutdown …

Queen Latifah, in partnership with Procter & Gamble and Tribeca Studios, is aiming to promote gender and racial equality among filmmakers through the Queen Collective, a short film development program which is in its second year. The rapper-turned-actress became the first woman to receive a Grammy for Best Rap Solo …

Another day, another B. Simone dragging. This time, it’s because people have discovered that a number of passages from her best-selling book “Babygirl: Manifest The Life You Want” were stolen. B. Simone has become a worldwide trending topic on Twitter Saturday (Jun. 13) for the third time in recent …

Screenshot: @bandaidbrand (Instagram) A whole damn century from the time it was first introduced, Band-Aid brand has finally come to the realization that black people exist, have skin, get boo-boos, and need bandages. It only took a global uprising against the racist killing of black people for it to happen. …

In honor of Pride Month, Nickelodeon has announced that Spongebob Squarepants is gay. The children’s TV network made the big reveal Saturday morning (Jun. 13) in a tweet celebrating Pride Month, writing: “Celebrating #Pride with the LGBTQ+ community and their allies this month and every month.” The tweet featured …

📚Child of Light: A Biography of Robert Stone, by Madison Smartt Bell 📚The Eye You See With: Selected Nonfiction, by Robert Stone, edited by Madison Smartt Bell 📚Robert Stone: Dog Soldiers, A Flag for Sunrise, Outerbridge Reach, by Robert Stone, edited by Madison Smartt Bell The roots of Route 66 …

In 2010, the Young Star Award at the BET Awards was established to acknowledge people under 21 who are already making strides in their respective entertainment or sports fields. Being a kid doesn’t mean you don’t have a voice and these young people have proven that they are well on …

Written by Demetria Irwin Empowering women has been a major focus of Queen Latifah’s career, from “Ladies First” to “U.N.I.T.Y,” to the acting roles she selects in movies like Bessie and Hollywood. Now, Queen Latifah is taking that feminist mindset to women of color filmmakers.  For the second year in …