Tik Tok has partnered with POC-centered global media brand MACRO to award 10 Black creators $50,000 each to support their creative projects.  Jason Linton, known by his 11.4 million TikTok followers as @dadlifejason, is among the cohort of recently selected grantees.  Linton keeps Tik Tok users entertained with funny songs …

Meghan McCain, Co-Host of ‘The View’, at the Netflix ‘Medal of Honor’ screening and panel discussion at the US Navy Memorial Burke Theater on November 13, 2018 in Washington, DCPhoto: Tasos Katopodis (Getty Images) Carol (noun); a law-abiding citizen who polices Black bodies in her spare time. Ex: “I was …

In late February 2020, only a couple of weeks after the pandemic coronavirus disease had even received a formal name, a man with a terrible cough and fever showed up at one of the ProHealth Urgent Care centers in Queens, New York. At that point, no COVID-19 cases had yet …

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Thanks to a former teacher in Detroit, many will be reminded that Idlewild is more than just a movie starring the rap group Outkast. When inspiration struck for her latest outdoor project, Maria Lawton Adams had just finished transforming the Tindal Rec Center on Detroit’s West Side into a safe …

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Chris Tucker arrives at the Kennedy Center for the Mark Twain Award for American Humor on October 27, 2019 in Washington, D.C.Photo: ALEX EDELMAN/AFP (Getty Images) Though the Friday film franchise has continued on without Chris Tucker and his hilarious role as Smokey in the 1995 cult classic, his absence …

Julia Child heard many stories about France as a kid growing up in California. They were lies. Her father, an imperious conservative many people called “Big John,” liked to tarnish all Europeans as “dark” and “dirty,” despite having never been to the continent. He reserved an illogical portion of his …

A Black Texas police officer has multiple damaged organs following a shooting at a bar on Saturday (October 16) that left another deputy dead. According to KHOU-TV, Harris County Constable Precinct 4 Deputy Darryl Garrett has undergone several surgeries in order for doctors to remove bullet fragments that damaged some …

Meet the two Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. members who made history at Nordstrom with their Black-owned luxury hat collection. Co-founders Tajh Crutch and Archie Clay III broke into the fashion industry in 2016 with their high-end hat line WEAR BRIMS. Modeled around three basic principles: family, faith, and confidence, …