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Lil Wayne performs onstage during the EA Sports Bowl at Bud Light Super Bowl Music Fest on January 30, 2020 in Miami, Florida.Photo: Kevin Winter for EA Sports Bowl (Getty Images) Trigger Warning: This story contains instances of suicidal ideation. “Are you mad ‘cause the judge ain’t give me more …
Read More »The Taliban’s Return Is Catastrophic for Women
One morning in the summer of 1999, Shukriya Barakzai woke up feeling dizzy and feverish. According to the Taliban’s rules, she needed a Maharram, a male guardian, in order to leave home to visit the doctor. Her husband was at work, and she had no sons. So she shaved her …
Read More »Marlon Wayans Says ‘White Chicks’ Sequel Is 'Necessary’
Marlon Wayans is starring in the Aretha Franklin biopic as Ted White, the Queen of Soul’s first husband. In a recent interview, Wayans opened up about the movie, which has been a huge success at the box office, and the highly anticipated sequel to 2004’s White Chicks. According to Variety, …
Read More »Purdue University Renames 2 Residence Halls for 2 Sisters Who Helped Integrate Campus Housing
Winifred and Frieda Parker (Image: Courtesy of Purdue) 0 Purdue University has renamed two residence halls after two sisters who were instrumental in fighting for the rights of Black students to live on campus grounds back in the 1940s. Purdue University has announced the renaming of the Griffin Residence Halls …
Read More »Naomi Osaka to Donate Tennis Winnings to Haiti Earthquake Relief Efforts
Naomi Osaka celebrates winning Women’s Singles fourth round match at the 2021 Australian Open on February 14, 2021 in Melbourne, Australia.Photo: Cameron Spencer (Getty Images) Following the devastating 7.2-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti over the weekend, many are doing all they can to lend a helping hand to the country …
Read More »The Leisure Class Always Wins
This article contains spoilers through the Season 1 finale of The White Lotus. “This is a lot of pineapple. Not subtle with the theme.” Midway through The White Lotus, Mike White’s acerbic satire on HBO, the socialite mother of a guy on his honeymoon pays her son and new daughter-in-law …
Read More »Jada Pinkett Smith Shows Off Arm Tattoo
Jada Pinkett Smith has a new tattoo and she plans to make it a full sleeve. The 49-year-old, who turns 50 next month, wrote on Instagram, “I always said I would get a sleeve at 60 but tomorrow is not promised. Soooo … I’m starting to build my sleeve now.” …
Read More »Sha’Carri Richardson Will Compete Against Three Jamaican Medalists From Tokyo Olympics
We’re finally getting the track and field matchup we should have gotten at the recent Tokyo Olympics before American hopeful Sha’Carri Richardson was thwarted by a failed drug test. BLACK ENTERPRISE had reported back in July that the suspended sprinter had hoped that she would still make it to the …
Read More »Black Cop Sues Syracuse PD Over 'Jim Crow Culture' Towards Black Officers
Photo: Shutterstock (Shutterstock) A 28-year-old Black police officer in Syracuse has filed a federal lawsuit against his department for what he claims is “blatant and extreme racism.” Officer Brandon Hanks and his lawyer further describe the department’s attitude towards Black officers as “Jim Crow culture.” Hanks was up to join …
Read More »A Moment for Soul-Searching
The United States owes its Afghan allies careful scrutiny of its institutional and personal failures—without recrimination, but also without excuses. Seamus Murphy / VII / Redux About the author: Eliot A. Cohen is a contributing writer at The Atlantic and professor at The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International …
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