Trevor Noah says frustration over having to wear facemasks in public and the resistance to doing what medical professions recommend is ridiculous and that the alternative is much worse. The comedian and Daily Social Distancing Show host said in his opening monologue on May 5 that the facemasks are part …

A Memphis teen is making headlines after she was shot and killed over the weekend in the drive-thru of a fast-food restaurant just weeks before she was supposed to graduate high school. 18-year-old Mya Taylor was shot to death at the McDonald’s on Winchester Road and Millbranch Road in …

I have to admit, for nearly two months I have been skeptical about the lack of reporting on black lives beyond stories about the disproportionate impact COVID-19 is having on black communities. In deep thought and during conversations with others, I have posed questions about the oddity of not hearing …

Actress Zoë Kravitz said that she once considered dropping the last name of her rocker dad, Lenny before she started her career, PEOPLE reports. “I thought about not using it,” she said . “I thought about just going by my middle name, Isabella, Zoë Isabella, and I kind of tried …

An Oklahoma City woman was arrested after she opened fire inside a McDonald’s after being told by employees that the dining room was closed due to coronavirus restrictions. OKC police responded to reports of shots fired Wednesday evening (May 6) just before 6:30 p.m. at the McDonald’s located near …

Photo: ANGELA WEISS/AFP (Getty Images) Spike Lee’s newest joint, a historical drama titled Da 5 Bloods, will be released on the streaming giant Netflix early next month. According to Indiewire, the Chadwick Boseman-led film will have a June 12 global release date. This is the Oscar-winning director’s first Netflix film, …

Tracee Ellis Ross is pushing back on the notion that women can’t have a full life if they are not  married or a mother. The popular TV and film actress recently spoke up about challenging society’s expectations and living life on her terms. Ross, who is starring in the new …

Read: Georgia’s experiment in human sacrifice. And if there were a flood of coronavirus cases, rural areas like Sumter would have to worry about what happens if nurses and doctors get sick. Major metro areas have a lot of health-care workers, so it’s easier to replace people who fall ill. …

If you’re doubting that there’s beauty in the world these days, Misty Copeland has an antidote for you. The ballet icon, along with famed dancer Joseph Phillips, has put together a virtual ballet performance with 32 dancers in 14 different countries, to support members of the ballet community whose livelihoods …

Earlier this year, Queen Latifah announced the 2020 winners of The Queen Collective, a talent development and mentorship program launched with T​ribeca Studios and Procter & Gamble ​to support new, visionary women of color filmmakers who want to develop projects that involve telling personal stories of marginalized people. One of …