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Another major spring event has been canceled due to coronavirus. The 2020 NCAA men’s and women’s championship tournaments have been called off, the organization announced on social media, and the events will not be rescheduled. That means the college basketball season has come to an abrupt end, without the traditional …

Black hair is always making headlines. Whether it’s being appropriated, appreciated, or policed, textured hair is an ongoing hot topic in national discourse. Nevertheless, many black women are embracing their natural tresses, flaunting their curls and fros in wake of the growing market for black hair products and a broad …

Jay Electronica (L) and Jay-Z perform during TIDAL X: Jay-Z B-sides in NYC on May 16, 2015, in New York City. Photo: Theo Wargo (Getty Images for Live Nation) In the uncanny journey known as life, we’ve all frequented a figurative Game Stop and traded in our barely-used innocence as …

Hittman’s previous features, 2013’s It Felt Like Love and 2017’s striking Beach Rats, were both set in Brooklyn and focused on similarly guarded teen characters nurturing a secret. In her fledgling career, the director has already excelled at depicting the pressures of young life with blunt naturalism. Never Rarely Sometimes …

Ilhan Omar is a new bride. On Wednesday night (March 11), the Minnesota Rep. announced she married Tim Mynett, a political consultant from the firm E Street Group who previously worked with Omar’s campaign, according to NBC News. The announcement comes just over five months after Omar filed for divorce …

Byron Allen at the 2018 Black Enterprise Entrepreneurs Summit (Black Enterprise) Media entrepreneur Byron Allen got a big win when he acquired the Weather Channel through his company, Allen Media Group. This week, the mogul is looking to make another large purchase for his massive media conglomerate. Allen made an …

Rudy Gobert No. 27 of the Utah Jazz is congratulated by Donovan Mitchell No. 45 after scoring against the Phoenix Suns during the first half of the NBA game at Talking Stick Resort Arena on March 13, 2019 in Phoenix, Arizona.Photo: Christian Petersen (Getty Images) On Wednesday, the Utah Jazz …

It was only a matter of time before this epidemic directly affected the NBA. Playing without fans present—the policy that the NBA was poised to begin before Gobert’s positive test—was, in hindsight, an overly optimistic solution. It would have helped reduce the risk, but it wouldn’t have eliminated it. Games …

There must be a rule that when Black folks come out in support of Trump, they insult as many Black people as possible. That certainly appears to be a page from Angela Stanton-King’s playbook. Stanton-King, an author who President Trump pardoned last month after she was convicted of participating in …