Mobilizing the MAGA forces may not be as easy when he’s out of power. His Twitter feed is a less essential read now that he can’t use it to threaten nuclear war. Once Trump leaves office, social-media networks may be less tolerant of his messages that promote conspiracy theories, peddle …

Written by Deborah D. Douglas Saying “Vice President Kamala Harris” has a nice ring to it. But would “President Harris” sound even better? Given her trajectory, one day we could be potentially looking at the first woman president. And she is Black. America struck a blow blatant racism, xenophobia, nationalism, and …

The Chief of the New York City Police Department’s (NYPD) Workplace Discrimination Office has been relieved of his duties and placed on modified duty after a City Council investigation discovered hundreds of racist, anti-semitic, homophobic comments on a police message board. The investigators believe that between July 2019 and September …

Photo: Kevin Winter (Getty Images), Angela Weiss (Getty Images) After announcing in January that Whitney Houston and the Notorious B.I.G. are among the 2020 Inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Foundation behind the exhibit soon had to swerve from its planned live induction ceremony this May …

Franklin Foer: Winning was the easy part That night, a few miles away in Pittsburgh, as the crowd was waiting for Lady Gaga to perform at a drive-in rally in the Heinz Field parking lot, I noticed the locked-in, hopeful look on the face of Morgan Overton, a 26-year-old Black …

Mike Will Made-It has released the video to a new collaboration with YoungBoy Never Broke Again and Nicki Minaj called “What’s That Speed Bout?!” The song is set to appear on Mike WiLL’s forthcoming project MICHAEL that’s set to come out in 2021.  In the science fiction-inspired video, Mike Will …

Joe Biden has been projected as the winner of the 2020 presidential election, meaning the days of  Donald Trump as president are coming to an end. Kamala Harris has made history as the first African American woman elected to become the nation’s vice president. Biden won a bevy of states …

Screenshot: MSNBC Twenty-nine presidents ago, America kicked the state of Georgia out of the United States for killing Black elected officials and the Black voters who put them in office. Ten presidents ago, this country was still killing Black voters. This morning, an entire country sat in suspended animation waiting …

Every weekday evening, our editors guide you through the biggest stories of the day, help you discover new ideas, and surprise you with moments of delight. Subscribe to get this delivered to your inbox. BRIAN SNYDER / REUTERS The election of Joe Biden marks the end of one process and …

Ja’Ron Smith is announcing that he’s departing his role as a senior aide to President Donald Trump. The highest-ranking Black official in the White House who worked with Jared Kushner, released a statement on Twitter Friday (November 6) explaining his decision, which he calls “bittersweet.” “When joining the Trump Administration, …