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(L-) Barack Obama and his wife Michelle close the Obama Foundation Summit on October 29, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. (R-) A still from their upcoming Netflix series, We the People.Image: Scott Olson for Getty Images/Netflix (Getty Images) If there’s one couple who’s been absolutely booked and busy since their departure …

A shocked Regina King took home the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress In a Limited Series or Movie for her role in American Crime. The Hollywood veteran played a Muslim woman fighting to get her brother out of jail in the drama mini-series, created by 12 Years a Slave …

“How to Build a Life” is a weekly column by Arthur Brooks, tackling questions of meaning and happiness. Browse your social media, scroll through your Netflix documentary queue, or turn on cable television, and you will be flooded with reasons to be worried and angry about issues large and small. …

Staying healthy is no laughing matter for Kevin Hart. The comedian invited his 19.1 million Twitter followers to join him for a spontaneous 5K run through Atlanta’s Piedmont Park Friday. Before pounding the pavement, Hart put a call out to fans tweeting: ”Up & at it…we are about to get …

A full excavation is currently underway at Oaklawn Cemetery in Tulsa, Oklahoma as archaeologists are attempting to learn whether the mass graves on the premises are connected to the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. Last fall, crews discovered 12 coffins with human remains during a test excavation. According to NewsOn6, the …

Justin Bieber‘s hair is a trending topic once again. The singer found himself in the middle of a Twitter frenzy last night after debuting a new ‘do that has many calling him out for cultural appropriation. The 22-year-old took the stage at the iHeartRadio Awards on Sunday night with a …

Mary J. Blige is finally opening up about all the pain she endured during the early days of her rise to the top of the music industry. The Grammy Award-winning singer released a trailer for her first official documentary titled, Mary J Blige’s My Life. Named after the legendary soul …

The Real Housewives of New York City got heated during Tuesday night’s episode on (June 1). After Luann de Lesseps asked Eboni K. Williams to leave her home, the castmates found themselves in a tense exchange that became slightly racially insensitive, People reports. Williams is the show’s first Black housewife. …

Photo: Mehaniq (Shutterstock) The one thing I haven’t been able to square over the last five years is how the most pressed people in the game have the audacity to call anyone a snowflake. I just don’t understand how you can call anyone triggered, when a simple mention of the …

President Biden visited Tulsa, Oklahoma on Tuesday (June 1) to commemorate the centennial of the Tulsa Race Massacre, touring the Greenwood Cultural Center and meeting with the remaining three survivors of the violence — each a centenarian — that was spurred by a racist mob of whites that attacked a …