Image: The History Channel When you hear the name Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, not only is his status as an NBA legend cemented until the end of time, but his activism off the court is arguably just as profound. And as that passion for social justice has manifested in a multitude of …

The 89 people who work at Buffer, a company that makes social-media management tools, are used to having an unconventional employer. Everyone’s salary, including the CEO’s, is public. All employees work remotely; their only office closed down six years ago. And as a perk, Buffer pays for any books employees …

It’s still unclear if Travis Scott and Kylie Jenner are back together, but one thing that is certain is that he still loves her.  While attending the 72nd Parsons Benefit Gala on Tuesday (June 15) for the “Out West” artist to receive an award, he gave a special shoutout to …

Director Haimy Assefa follows the journeys of three expectant Black mothers in her film “Black Birth,” as she calls for greater awareness for Black maternal health. Source link

Professional basketball player Tina Charles is no stranger to the spotlight as a two-time Olympic gold medal winner in basketball and member of the WNBA’s Washington Mystics, but it’s film that has afforded the 2010 #1 draft pick the opportunity to tell poignant and powerful stories about everyday all-stars and …

The Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, will begin to host its Nine Commemoration Committee, a forum ​this Thursday to remember the victims killed during a random act of hate. In June 2015, during a Bible study group at the church, Dylan Storm Roof, a white supremacist,  opened …

Haimy Assefa has been working in the digital film space for nearly six years and says that she has just recently begun to truly own the title of filmmaker. The art of storytelling is not something new to Assefa. She is a former professional journalist who has always used her …

Regé-Jean Page, left; Chris Rock; John Boyega; Jonathan Majors.Photo: Jeff Spicer (Getty Images), Amy Sussman (Getty Images), Yuichi Yamazaki (Getty Images), Gregg DeGuire (Getty Images) This is a Josh O’Connor appreciation post. If you asked, “Josh who?” he was the perfectly cast Prince Charles in the most recent season of …

Cai Thomas says that it’s important not to put limits on what’s possible in one’s career. She reflects that if anyone would’ve told her just a year ago that she would have a film premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival and airing on BET Networks, she would’ve asked what in …

The Columbia professor Carl Hart believes that we can use drugs safely, and that doing so is our American right. Pascal Meier / Unsplash Listen and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Podcasts The Columbia professor Carl Hart spent his career studying the effects of drugs, and …