I recently watched Melancholia, the perversely lyrical 2011 Lars von Trier film about life unfolding under the existential threat of a planet hurtling toward Earth. I thought of it after a call with a friend I know to be perennially anxious—worried over her health, her career, and every aspect of …

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Share0 (Image: iStock/digitalskillet) The COVID-19, or novel coronavirus, pandemic, has put a stop to many milestones and celebrations for the year including graduation ceremonies. While many celebrities and even former President Barack Obama have stepped to offer commencement speeches for the class of 2020, there are some who are still …

Photo: Shutterstock A group of white people armed with weapons demanded entry into the home of a black woman and her son in Pender County, North Carolina, late last Sunday night and refused to leave. Reportedly leading the group was a member of the New Hanover Sheriff’s Office, Deputy Jordan …

Gregory and Travis McMichael, the white father and son who were arrested Thursday (May 7) and charged with murder in the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery, told police they believed the 25-year-old black man was a suspect in a string of burglaries in the area, and that’s why they …

Born to a poor family in Macon, Georgia, in 1932, Richard Wayne Penniman was one of 12 children—“the best-looking one of all of them, and I’m not conceited at all,” he once said. He was musical from an early age, singing with gusto in church and banging on pots and …

On Wednesday (May 6), just days after white protesters staged a volatile protest inside the state’s state house and comparing the Democratic governor’s public health orders to “tyranny,” a group of Black men armed with weapons showed up to escort Black state representative Sarah Anthony safely into the building to …

Sneaker fans looking for a Kobe Bryant memento are in for a treat as the NBA icon’s signature Nike basketball shoes will reortedly be available next year. According to a leak from FootwearNews.com, the green kicks that Bryant wore in his Christmas Day 2010 game against the Miami Heat — …

Little Richard, the flamboyant Rock ‘N’ Roll pioneer, has died at the age of 87. His death was first announced on his official Facebook Saturday morning (May 9), and his son, Danny Jones Penniman, confirmed the sad news to Rolling Stone. A cause of death was not revealed. Little …

There’s more than one type of front-line worker nowadays amid the COVID-19 pandemic. And there’s certainly more than one hero. To honor some of the hero’s many call mom, Portal from Facebook launched a new campaign honoring moms on the front lines—those at work and those sheltering-in-place at home. Just …