Rodney BryantPhoto: Washington County Sheriff’s Office I want to say that 2020 really has white people wilding wilding, but really the actions of passionate racists typically aren’t terribly surprising in any given year. In Aloha, Ore., a Black FedEx worker said he found himself on the wrong side of a …

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have announced a new partnership through their non-profit, the Archewell foundation.  On Sunday (Dec. 20) our favorite royals shared that Archewell would be teaming up with José Andrés and World Central Kitchen, a non-profit dedicated to feeding communities negatively impacted by natural disasters. “The health …

Read: ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ and the liberating power of music The politics of dramatic structure might appear tenuous. It’s not obvious that a director’s request, say, for Wilson to trim his characters’ monologues so that Ma Rainey would build more swiftly and clock in at under three hours (as, …

Taraji P. Henson‘s new Facebook Watch series Peace Of Mind With Taraji is focused on honest conversations around mental health in the Black community, and her latest guest has a lot to say on the topic. The Empire star and her best friend and co-host Tracie Jade were joined by …

Dwyane Wade is honoring his daughter Zaya. The 38-year-old shared a pair of photos featuring his 13-year-old and posted a beautiful quote about unconditional love. Back in February, Wade and wife Gabrielle Union supported Zaya during her journey of coming out as transgender. “Unconditional love, simply put, is love without …

Laverne Cox and Shonda Rhimes, two of the most celebrated people in entertainment, are joining forces for a podcast series. The Laverne Cox Show will be hosted by the Orange Is The New Black star and feature “intimate conversations” with guests. Cox said about the venture, “I’m thrilled to be …

0 (Image: Twitter) In the season of giving, professional basketball player Jrue Holiday of the Milwaukee Bucks has decided to donate the rest of his “2020 NBA salary to small Black-owned businesses, nonprofits, and initiatives,” according to an Instagram post from over the weekend. “With the Covid-19 Pandemic and heightened …

Screenshot: Lucasfilm It’s been about a full 24 hours since I finished the season 2 finale of The Mandalorian, and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it. I expected the finale to be a lot of things. Mainly cool as all hell. I didn’t expect it to be …

Our staff writer Sarah Zhang explains: Viruses mutate all the time, and most mutations aren’t significant. In the U.K., scientists noticed one strain—with a set of about 20 mutations—that shot up in prevalence in recent weeks. That could be a sign that this variant is more transmissible, or it …

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