No person shall be deprived “of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.” Due process suggests the comforts of idealized thinking, summoning notions of equality and fairness and the sanctity of facts. It may be rooted in reason; in practice, though, it can look like what it has …
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Billy Porter has been being his authentic self for years, but now that the mainstream has caught onto the Emmy winner, due to his dynamic performance in Pose, he can’t seem to avoid the haters. The most recent drama is folks having an issue with his upcoming appearance on Sesame …
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Nike is honoring the late Kobe Bryant in its own unique way. On Wednesday (February 5), the Nike 2020 forum event kicked off New York Fashion Week with a show unveiling uniforms for the Tokyo Olympics, along with new sportswear and the latest innovations coming from the apparel brand this year. The …
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Fans wanting a remake of Set It Off aren’t going to get one – at least not at Issa Rae’s direction. Entertainment Tonight spoke with the Insecure star as well as her The Photograph co-star, Lakeith Stanfield on Tuesday (February 4), and was asked whether she was in early development …
Read More »Photo: Kena Betancur (AFP via Getty Images) So by all accounts medical professionals and researchers have come to the conclusion that transgender people are just, you know, people. Yet, since Republican lawmakers are driven by a bizarre desire to destroy everything they don’t understand, if that means targeting children. Last …
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Recently ESSENCE hosted its 13th annual Black Women in Hollywood Awards luncheon, which always brings out some of the industry’s most accomplished sisters. Hosted by rapper, actress and The Talk show host Eve, the event, which took place Thursday, February 6 at The Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles, gathered …
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Hong Kong and West Berlin stand about as far apart as two cities can be. Yet for most of the second half of the 20th century, they were doppelgängers in an important way: Each was a focal point of Cold War tensions, linked by the shared stresses of being battlegrounds …
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Barnes & Noble attempted to celebrate Black History Month with their “Diverse Editions” program. They took classic book covers like Romeo and Juliet, The Wizard of Oz and Frankenstein and replaced the images with Black faces. After backlash on social media, especially for not choosing books by Black authors, and …
Read More »Photo: Shutterstock I don’t know about y’all but I prefer to end the week with some good news. After a week as exhausting as this one, I think we’re all in need of it. CBS News reports that Thursday morning in Maryland, postal worker Keith Rollins found and rescued a …
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It’s Friday, February 7. Tonight’s Democratic debate at St. Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire, will begin at 8 p.m. EST. In the rest of today’s newsletter: Joe Biden’s electability argument fell apart in Iowa. Plus: what the moment of reunion feels like for a military spouse. * « TODAY …
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