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A Black employee at Buffalo Wild Wings used to commute 17 miles between two jobs every day until a white man bought him a bike. Twenty-year-old Donte Franklin is an Oklahoma cook at the popular sports eatery. Even as the nation faces a record breaking heat wave this summer, Franklin …

Image: EA Sports When EA Sports announced earlier this year that it was bringing back the long dormant College Football series, there were many questions—the most notable one being “how?” The series went dormant in 2013 as a result of the original 2009 lawsuit filed over NCAA athletes’ ability to …

On June 30, Bill Cosby was released from prison after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned his sexual assault conviction. The comedian has reportedly been enjoying life and is even ready to go back on tour.  According to an exclusive from Fox News, Cosby’s spokesperson Andrew Wyatt said the  83-year-old celebrated …

Bill Cosby was released from prison on Wednesday (June 30) after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that previous testimony tainted his second trial. However, the 83-year-old doesn’t appear to be finished with defending himself. Cosby’s Twitter account went on a rant about the accusations and mainstream media.  The first tweet …

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has appointed Randy Moore as the new chief of the U.S. Forest Service making him the first Black man to lead the agency in its history. Moore, who has served as a regional forester in the Pacific Southwest Region of California since 2007, …

Jaden Smith and his mom Jada Pinkett Smith are giving back to the community living on Skid Row. Launching a special initiative under her personal care brand Hey Humans, the mother-son duo will make monthly donations of the product to The ReFresh Spot, which provides those living in the Los …

Photo: Samuel Corum (Getty Images) Republicans across the country are doing their absolute best to limit voter access. Just Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court added to their previous gutting of the 1965 Voting Rights Act by upholding two of Arizona’s voter suppression laws that many believe disproportionately affects voters of …

Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta is entering its tenth season, and Yandy Smith and Yung Baby Tate are on board. It looks like Smith, who has been the center of the Love & Hip Hop: New York franchise, will join her husband Mendeecees Harris in Atlanta; the couple will also …

In dozens of novels written over a decades-long career, the romance writer Jackie Collins sharply observed the role of sex and power in Hollywood. She wrote incisively about abuse in the industry and empowered female characters who found liberation in a male-dominated world. She was brilliant and prescient—and overlooked in …