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WithTyler Perry’s Madea’s Farewell The Play  streaming on BET+ August 27, another special tribute is now honoring the “Matriarch of Black Culture,” following the announcement that the creator, writer, and director, Tyler Perry, would soon retire the popular character.  For a limited time, “The Virtual Madea Museum,” introduces a unique experience …

Photo: Jefferson County Sheriff Office In Missouri, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department is searching for a man who called a Black woman the n-word multiple times before pistol-whipping and shooting her. April Brown, the victim, was visiting a friend in Arnold, Mo., on Aug. 6 when the incident occurred, according …

Voicing his opinion on President Trump and his response to the coronavirus pandemic, Katt Williams is urging people to vote and pledge their support for the Black Lives Matter Movement.  In a brief new stand-up in partnership with the Supreme clothing brand, the comedian had a few things to say …

Bachchan’s diagnosis is markedly different from Hanks’s (though perhaps not so much Charles’s) in one significant respect, however: In the months leading up to his infection, including during India’s draconian lockdown, the Bollywood star promoted homeopathic and pseudoscientific remedies for the coronavirus. His comments on the subject attracted the ire …

Will Smith and Kevin Hart promised us two years ago that they join forces for a film and now it looks like they’re ready to deliver. The A-list actors will co-star in a remake of the classic road trip movie Planes, Trains and Automobiles. RELATED: Will Smith Makes Epic Movie …

Hester Ford, reportedly the oldest living person in the U.S., has celebrated her 116th (or, perhaps, 115th) birthday while in quarantine. Data gathered by the U.S. Census Bureau documents that Hester was born in 1905, but another set of Census Bureau documents reports that she was born in 1904, either …

Photo: Jon Cherry (Getty Images) Police unions are the fucking worst. Any request for cops to do their job even slightly more responsibly is met with what can only be described as pouting and temper tantrums. Take, for instance, the Kentucky Fraternal Order of Police, who are big mad over …

Every weekday evening, our editors guide you through the biggest stories of the day, help you discover new ideas, and surprise you with moments of delight. Subscribe to get this delivered to your inbox. (GETTY / PAUL SPELLA / THE ATLANTIC) Over the weekend, fears that President Donald Trump might …

A pro-Trump hate group found themselves in a heated physical altercation with Black Lives Matter protesters in Michigan over the weekend that resulted in hundreds of people being involved. Established in 2016, the “Proud Boys” group is listed as a hate group according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, got …

0 Sen. Kamala Harris at the 2019 Black Enterprise Women of Power Summit (Black Enterprise) Ever since presumed Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden announced that Democratic California Sen. Kamala Harris would be his running mate, there has been a lot of talk around whether or not Harris was the right …