WASHINGTON, DC – DECEMBER 05: U.S. Rep. Bonnie Coleman Watson (D-NJ) speaks during a news conference on December 5, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Rep. Ayanna Pressley and Rep. Ilhan Omar held the news conference to introduce legislation to end discriminatory and punitive school discipline policies targeting students …

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More than 50,000 Marvel fans have come together in agreeance that the main character in the Black Panther sequel should perhaps be recast. A Change.org petition requesting a new actor to play the role of T’Challa in the second installment of the Marvel blockbuster received over 50,000 signatures, the New …

Photo: Netrun78 (Shutterstock) We did it, Joe. We made it through another grueling year of a global pandemic (and white supremacy, and celebrity shenanigans, and all manner of political nonsense)…and all we got were these matching sweatsuits. So with a new year swiftly approaching, it’s understandable if you’re looking to …

Every weekday evening, our editors guide you through the biggest stories of the day, help you discover new ideas, and surprise you with moments of delight. Subscribe to get this delivered to your inbox. The United States is logging record-setting numbers of coronavirus cases in the final week of 2021. …

Meryanne Loum-Martin is Morocco’s sole Black female hotelier and her boutique hideaway has become a must-see destination for celebrities, artists and travelers for more than two decades. “Thirty years ago, I would have never thought that I would end up as an innkeeper,” Loum-Martin said in a recent interview with …

R. Kelly’s album sales and streams have reached a new high after he was convicted of racketeering and sex trafficking. Rolling Stone reports the disgraced singer’s album sales increased 517 percent since the verdict came down on September 27. More specifically, Kelly’s music saw double-digit growth in streams and triple-digit …

Despite how well Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross get along on and offscreen, there was a time when the Black-ish co-stars couldn’t stand each other. Anderson opened up in a recent interview with Parade published just ahead of the new year and revealed the rough terrain he and Ross …

Photo: Sam Wasson (Getty Images), Justin Ford (Getty Images) Well, here’s an NBA face-off we didn’t anticipate this holiday season: NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had words for his equally iconic fellow Laker LeBron James after the latter posted to his Instagram page a version of the popular pointing Spider-Men meme …

This is hardly the time to talk about plastics is what I think when Dad, hovering over the waste bin at a post-funeral potluck, waves me over, his gesture discrete but emphatic. He has retrieved from the trash a crystalline plastic cup, with fluted, rigid sides. “Polystyrene,” he grins, inverting …