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Photo: Erik Voake (Getty Images), Aaron J. Thornton (Getty Images) In a new letter sent to U.S. Attorney General William Burr, Jay-Z, Rihanna, Pharrell Williams, Taraji P. Henson, Kerry Washington and other celebrities demand that the Department of Justice re-examines the death of Danroy “DJ” Henry, a Black Pace University …

Without intervention, the COVID-19-induced economic crisis is in danger of becoming a housing crisis. Data on rent payments are hard to come by, but one survey has found that a third of Americans say they failed to make a full housing payment in June. By September, more than 20 million …

Iggy Azalea is letting everyone know the name of her baby boy. Via her Instagram account on Tuesday (July 14), the Australian rapper introduced her first son Onyx Carter. She shared an audio clip of herself talking to her “baby boy,” which was watermarked “Amethyst & Onyx.” Iggy’s real name …

Photo: Benjamin Clapp (Shutterstock) For decades, organizations like the National Organization for Women, Feminist Majority, and the American Association of University Women were heralded as the frontline orgs championing women’s rights. The limits of that “championing” were always clear to women of color: These organizations centered specifically and almost exclusively …

3. A major abortion decision (June Medical Services v. Russo) While the ruling does not signal that abortion is safe at the Supreme Court, it’s a message that anti-abortion advocates cannot simply expect the Court to reverse abortion rights just because conservative justices now dominate the bench. — …

Working with music tycoons Rihanna, Rick Ross, Keyshia Cole, Trey Songz, Mary J. Blige, and Beyonce, Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Elijah Blake is widely-known as a one of the most talented songwriters around today, penning some of our favorite alternative R&B hits including Usher’s “Climax.”  Signing with NO ID’s ARTium/DEF JAM camp …

Share-1 Former radio host Dianna Ploss (Image: Facebook) A white woman and MAGA activist has been fired from her radio hosting gig in New Hampshire after a viral video revealed her harassing a group of Hispanic landscaping workers because they were speaking Spanish, according to CNN. Dianna Ploss, now the …

Photo: Shutterstock (Shutterstock) The long, arduous slog that’s been 2020 has had me reflecting on many things. One of those things has been how extensively movies and shows about cops lie to us. We’re repeatedly inundated with this idea that cops are moral arbiters who, operate like a well-oiled machine, …

The Atlantic Festival has become the preeminent live exploration of the ideas that shape a changing nation, featuring conversations with the people at the center of the biggest stories. This fall, The Atlantic will bring all of America to the festival as it makes the marquee event virtual and free …

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office as announced that they’ve arrested four people in connection with Pop Smoke’s murder. On Monday (July 13), authorities announced that the four suspects were aged 15, 17, 18, and 19. Because the shooting of the Brooklyn rapper (born Bashar Jackson) occurred during a …