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(Photo: Adobe) There is a fire spreading across the internet, across social media, and across the world. This fire is consuming, but not in the way you think. This fire is lighting up consumers to shop with Black-owned businesses. Right now, buying Black is trending in a way that it …

The family of Breonna Taylor is claiming that the 26-year-old’s home was targeted in a city operation to clear a neighborhood undergoing gentrification. According to legal documents obtained by TMZ, Taylor family attorneys filed court documents to amend the wrongful death lawsuit against Brett Hankison, Myles Cosgrove, and Jonathan Mattingly, …

Photo: Shutterstock (Shutterstock) On the day following Malia Obama’s 22nd birthday (and some other holiday about a mediocre flag or somethin’), a “Constitutional Conservative running for Congress in Florida’s 18th Congressional District” named KW Miller proclaimed that Beyoncé was not a true African-American and was instead an Italian woman named …

British-Nigerian actor John Boyega of Star Wars fame and British actor/model Jodie Turner-Smith of Queen and Slim are part of the starring team in the upcoming thriller Borderland. Rounding up the headliners in the upcoming film will be Jack Reynor of Midsommer and Felicity Jones, also of Star Wars, according …

Pushing back against the entertainment industry that too often undervalues Black talent, Michaela Coel explained to Vulture that she had to reject Netflix’s $1 million offer for her latest show, I May Destroy You. It wasn’t the $1 million paycheck that bothered the British writer, director and actress. The problem …

Pushing back against the entertainment industry that too often undervalues Black talent, Michaela Coel explained to Vulture that she had to reject Netflix’s $1 million offer for her latest show, I May Destroy You. It wasn’t the $1 million paycheck that bothered the British writer, director and actress. The problem …

Screenshot: 11 Alive (YouTube It’s often said that if Black people took up arms and marched through the streets, gun laws would get passed with the quickness. It’s been said we could never get away with it the way mobs of white protesters have been able to this year alone. …

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. SHUTTERSTOCK / NIH / THE ATLANTIC With confirmed cases again on the rise—this time like never …

R & B singer Ciara has been at home in quarantine with her family awaiting her third child’s birth. She recently opened up to British VOGUE about pregnancy during the pandemic and how she and her family have spent their shelter at home time. While sheltering in her San Diego, California home, the …

Kenya Moore allowed fans of The Real Housewives of Atlanta to take a deep dive into her marital problems in Season 12.  Two years after tying the knot in a private beachfront ceremony, Moore and her husband, Marc Daly, called it quits late last year, BET.com previously reported.  Their separation …