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Idris Elba was one of the first high-profile people to contract the coronavirus back in March. His wife, who also tested positive for COVID-19, is opening up about how terrified they were when he contracted the disease.  Sabrina Elba, 30, told Grazia magazine in an interview published August 13, “At …

Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter and Mario “Yo Gotti” Mims are highlighting the inhumane conditions at Mississippi State Penitentiary, aka Parchman Farm, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The rappers are asking courts to compel the notorious prison to adhere to strict COVID-19 testing and compliance guidelines in legal documents filed by Team ROC, the legal arm …

The trailer for Justin Simien’s second feature film, Bad Hair, has dropped, and the horror flick will hit Hulu on October 23. The satirical horror, which first premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, follows Anna Bludso (played by Elle Lorraine) who hopes to rise to the top of a music …

Photo: Stephen Maturen (Getty Images) You know, when one of your officers is alleged to have been responsible for the unnecessary death of a Black man, it’s probably not a good look to rehire an officer who was let go for racism. Yet, that’s exactly what the Minneapolis Police Department …

Read: The ‘dragon energy’ of Kanye West and Donald Trump “I’ve never heard a story of anybody saying Kanye turned them into a Christian, or turned them into a Trump supporter,” Brandon Gastinell, a 27-year-old artist who co-hosts the podcast YeezusTalks, told me. “He doesn’t have the power.” Gastinell and …

Fans have been asking to see Romeo and Bow Wow battle each other on Verzuz, but Romeo has revealed that they have a different idea to celebrate their respective musical legacies. Bow Wow previously said no to a battle with Soulja Boy. There was also a brief back-and-forth with Timbaland …

Share0 Sen. Kamala Harris at the 2019 Women of Power Summit (Image: Black Enterprise) The news of presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden selecting Kamala Harris as his VP running mate for the upcoming election has polarized the media, ranging from those celebrating the historic moment to those refuting that …

Photo: Darrian Traynor (Getty Images) Can America do literally anything without being racist about it? We already know that this great nation of ours can’t seem to police its citizens, distribute resources to communities, facilitate voting, or fund education in a way that focuses on racial equality, but one would …

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To be fair, some of this disconnect isn’t necessarily the fault of the series. The dystopian dynamics of the current national reckoning on racism can make any supernatural depiction of bigotry feel underwhelming. Though white supremacy was certainly a danger at the time of the book’s release, daily life without …