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UPDATE: (June 30, 2020): The mother who was denied service at a restaurant because of her son’s choice in clothing is not accepting their apology. Marcia Grant has instead filed a lawsuit against the Atlas Restaurant Group for the June 22 incident. A restaurant manager, who is now fired, refused …

Black-owned media giant Essence Communications, which publishes Essence magazine, has responded to allegations made by an anonymous group of women that it created a toxic work culture for employees with the announcement of an independent review and a new interim CEO. In a post on Medium titled “The Truth About …

Photo: Michael Ciaglo (Getty Images) The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and the Denver Division of the FBI released a joint statement Tuesday confirming that they have been reviewing the facts in the case of Elijah McClain, the 23-year-old …

The past four years have been among the most turbulent in our history—and would have been so even without a global pandemic and waves of nationwide protest against racism. How did we get here? This September, The Atlantic and Simon & Schuster will release The American Crisis, a riveting, narrated …

Legendary screen actress and singer Lena Horne, one of the first Black women actresses to sign a film contract with MGM Studios and later known for her roles in The Wiz and Stormy Weather, was born in Brooklyn, New York on June 30, 1917. At age 16, she left school …

Share0 (Image: iStock/BasSlabbers) This week Iran has called for the arrest of President Donald Trump after issuing an official arrest warrant after being denied assistance from Interpol. The warrant is for the death of top Iranian general, Qasem Soleimani, and others including deputy head of the Iran-backed Iraqi Popular Mobilization …

A Mississippi state flag waves adjacent to a flag change supporter’s sign that welcomes the state to “the right side of history,” outside the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Sunday, June 28, 2020.Photo: Rogelio V. Solis (AP) It’s taken a long time, but change is coming to Mississippi: Our state flag—with …

The power of The Last of Us hinged on that connection between player and character, between simple gameplay and deeper intention. As video games evolved over the decades, they struggled to bridge the gap between their ever more complex storytelling and the relative straightforwardness of gameplay—a conflict dubbed “ludonarrative dissonance” …

Netflix announced on Tuesday (June 30) that it would be investing $100 million in Black banking institutions in an effort to address the racial wealth gap. The idea is a market-based solution that will allow underfunded banks serving historically marginalized communities to invest in local entrepreneurs and families. According to …

Photo: Kevin Winter (Getty Images) Mahershala Ali has been tapped to play Jack Johnson, the world’s first Black heavyweight champion, for an upcoming limited series on HBO. According to a report from Variety, the Oscar-winning actor will star in a retelling of Johnson’s life that focuses heavily on the challenges …