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Screenshot: Breonna Taylor (WHAS 11) On March 13 in Louisville, Ky, 26-year-old Breonna Taylor was shot to death in what appeared to be a botched police raid as officers from the Louisville Metro Police Department attempted to execute a search warrant at the home of a suspected drug dealer. Now, …

Just before the 2016 election, and then again after its results became clear, I did a series of Atlantic items on a challenge I thought the press was not prepared for. The challenge was dealing with a major political figure—Donald Trump—who fit no previous pattern of how presidents or other …

To kick off BET’s House Party series on IG Live, Kirk Franklin presents an unforgettable praise party with special guests DeVon Franklin and award-winning gospel singer Erica Campbell. Gospel legend Kirk Franklin is the winner of more than 40 Stellar Awards, 16 Dove Awards, 16 Grammy Awards and the host …

Photo: Jesse Grant (Getty Images) If you were a child at any point between 1983 and 2006 and Reading Rainbow wasn’t instrumental in kicking off your educational experience, did you even have a childhood? To some, that question may seem to be mired in hyperbole, but to those of us …

Coronavirus is no joke, and nobody knows that better than Luenell. The comedian revealed on Instagram that she’s taken drastic measures to avoid catching the potentially deadly virus, including cutting off members of her own family. Luenell, 61, kicked her daughter, Da’Nelle Campbell, out of her home after Da’Nelle apparently …

Photo: Peter Macdiarmid (Getty Images) Correctional facilities across the nation have been struggling with the issue of overcrowded prisons. This had been a major problem all on its own, but one that has become exacerbated trough the coronavirus pandemic that threatens inmates and prison staff with exposure to infection. On …

Just before the 2016 election, and then again after its results became clear, I did a series of Atlantic items on a challenge I thought the press was not prepared for. The challenge was dealing with a major political figure—Donald Trump—who fit no previous pattern of how presidents or other …

The spread of COVID-19, known as the novel coronavirus, is scary for all of us, and can be particularly challenging to explain to kids. Children across the country have had their routines disrupted with school closures and loss of access to parks, malls and other public spaces thanks to nationwide …

Photo: Evan Agostini (Invision/AP) No matter the state of the world, ‘Ye is gonna ‘Ye, I guess. The 42-year-old producer, rapper, and designer had a little chat with the Wall Street Journal recently, revealing how he helped organize A$AP Rocky’s release from a Swedish jail last year, opening up about …

In early March, as coronavirus cases multiplied in Pesaro, a small city on Italy’s Adriatic coast, new restrictions on daily activity were put in place to try to stop the spread of the virus. Alberto Giuliani, a photographer born in Pesaro, says that at first, people made jokes about the …