U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the Justice Department will conduct an investigation into the Louisville Police Department. The announcement and investigation comes a little over a year after the death of Breonna Taylor, an EMT who was shot six times and killed in her own home during a botched …
Read More »I Think It May Be Time for Tyrese to Throw in the Tile
Tyrese Gibson attends Black Girls Rock! 2017 at NJPAC on August 5, 2017 in Newark, New Jersey.Photo: Dia Dipasupil for BET (Getty Images) OK, first things first—let me just say that I like Tyrese. I do, I really do. “Sweet Lady” and “Stay” are my jams, he and Ludacris literally …
Read More »Rep. Val Demings Defends Officer In Ma’Khia Bryant’s Death
Speaking on a Sunday morning talk show, Florida Rep. Val Demings said she thought the officer who fatally shot Ma’Khia Bryant in Columbus, Ohio “responded as he was trained to do.” Appearing on CBS’s Face the Nation, Demings told host John Dickerson that her background as a police chief in …
Read More »Lindsey Graham States There’s No Systemic Racism In U.S. Because Barack Obama and Kamala Harris Were Elected
When it comes to racism in America, it appears that those who don’t experience it claim that there isn’t any. Case in point, South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham seems to think that “America is not a racist country.” And his examples are President Barack Obama being elected to the …
Read More »George Benson Revisits Breezin' in Celebration of Its 45th Anniversary on Here to There Radio With DJ Spinna
Photo: Rachel Murray (Getty Images) If there’s one thing I’m a sucker for, it’s listening to legendary artists revisit their catalog and dish on not only the creative process behind some of our favorite songs, but the environment that contributed to them. Podcasts like Questlove Supreme and Drink Champs thrive …
Read More »Viola Davis And Her Husband Julius Show PDA At 2021 Oscars
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Read More »Simone Biles Vacates Nike Partnership to Join with Athleta
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 …
Read More »Rand Paul Claims Democrats Created Jim Crow and Are Responsible for Beating John Lewis. Rand Paul Is an Idiot
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 …
Read More »The Tyranny of the Female-Orgasm Industrial Complex
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, …
Read More »Oscars: Tyler Perry Thanks His Mother In Impassioned Speech
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 …
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