One of the most recognizable Olympic athletes in the world has left one of the most recognizable athletic companies. Athleta recently announced that it has inked a long-term partnership with the most decorated gymnast in World Championships history, Simone Biles. Biles will also help with a shared vision that will …

Photo: Greg Nash (Getty Images) If a single boat shoe, a lemon rind and Rand Paul were on a sinking boat and you could only save one thing, tell me why it’s the boat shoe. Rand Paul is the Jim Jordan of Lindsey Grahams. Rand Paul’s has a white man’s …

Photo illustrations by Aikaterini Gegisian I am a 39-year-old woman, and I have never, to my knowledge, had an orgasm. I include the caveat because I’m often asked—by the men I’ve slept with, by my closest friends, even by my gynecologist—if I am sure. The question can feel vaguely patronizing, …

Movie mogul and philanthropist Tyler Perry received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian award at the Oscars ceremony. In his speech, he thanked his mother for teaching him lessons early in life about refusing to hate people because of their race, ethnicity or sexual orientation.  Perry recalled that his mom came home …

Daniel Kaluuya paid homage to the Black Panther Party and Chairman Fred Hampton during this acceptance speech on Sunday (April 25) after winning the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. Kaluuya, who played Hampton in Judas and the Black Messiah, said the leader accomplished much in his 21 years of life …

DMX’s homegoing celebration on Sunday was an amalgamation of Black love and preservation of hip-hop culture. During the rapper’s funeral service, two sisters in the movement– Erica Ford, cofounder of Life Camp, and Priscilla Echi, a community activist from Westchester county, revealed that the state of New York declared December …

Movie mogul and philanthropist Tyler Perry received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian award at the Oscars ceremony. In his speech, he thanked his mother for teaching him lessons early in life about refusing to hate people because of their race, ethnicity or sexual orientation.  Perry recalled that his mom came home …

Screenshot: The Washington Post At this point, I’m convinced that cops can’t wait for an excuse to go berserk on Black people. And we’ve seen report after report after report that indicates that among cops’ favorite excuses to go way overboard in their uses of force is anything they perceive …

Appearing on Tamron Hall’s talk show on Friday (April 23), Tisha Campbell and Tichina Arnold shared that a Martin reboot is unlikely. The pair announced plans in 2018 to bring the legendary 90s sitcom back with a new spin on it, but couldn’t get everyone on board, Arnold said during …

Chicago police arrested a suspect connected to the shooting death last week of 7-year-old Jaslyn Adams after gunmen fired a barrage of bullets into her father’s car in a McDonald’s drive-thru.  According to a press release from the CPD, Marion Lewis, 18, was captured on Thursday after an alleged car …