Entertainment Film September 8, 2021 Freestyle Digital Media acquires ‘Because of Charley’ Freestyle Digital Media is continuing to dominate the film industry with the acquisition of Because of Charley, a dramatic comedy
Opinions August 30, 2021 On Hurricane Ida, COVID-19, and trauma: Resilience cannot be a permanent state Stay with The Weather Channel for live coverage of Ida and download our app on your TV. Existing cable and
Entertainment Featured Film August 30, 2021 Colman Domingo talks absence of black trauma in ‘Candyman,’ reveals Marvel movie aspirations Oscar winner Jordan Peele is giving audiences a fresh new take on a cult classic urban legend: Candyman. Critically acclaimed
Featured August 27, 2021 Nia DaCosta explains Beyoncé ‘Say My Name’ Candyman connection, talks making history directing Marvel movie Director Nia DaCosta proves that she’s a true force of nature with her contemporary reimagining of the cult classic film
Featured Opinions August 25, 2021 Twenty years after Aaliyah’s death, will she get what she wanted out of life? I still remember getting that call in 2001 telling me that actress-singer Aaliyah had died in a plane crash in
Business Featured Living August 24, 2021 New Freedmen’s Bureau collection on Ancestry.com can help African Americans trace family roots The world’s largest digitized and searchable collection of Freedmen’s Bureau and Freedman’s Bank records is now available on Ancestry.com, providing
Entertainment July 29, 2021 A rundown of Rihanna’s Savage x Fenty shows Rihanna launched her lingerie line, Savage × Fenty, back in 2018. Since then, she has been making boss moves in the industry
Lifestyle July 28, 2021 Where did box braids originate? Box braids are currently a trendy protective hairstyle for Black women. If you’ve tried out this hairstyle before and wondered, ‘Where did
Entertainment July 20, 2021 ’90s Black TV shows that are iconic It really wasn’t until the mid-80s and the ’90s that Black shows made it to TV, giving Black actors a
Entertainment Featured July 4, 2021 Kodak Black delivers air conditioning units to Broward County project residents Kodak Black donated air conditioning units to residents at a Florida housing project, according to TMZ. The Florida rapper, whose
Featured Opinion Opinions June 21, 2021 The War on Drugs at 50 demands reparations for Black people As we enter the 50th year of the War on Drugs, we need to not only end the policy, but
Entertainment Featured Film June 18, 2021 Tribeca Festival 2021: ‘A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks’ and honoring the Black gaze There’s a tiny detail in Gordon Parks’ gorgeous—and heavily repurposed—photo of a woman and her niece standing below a neon
Books Featured June 18, 2021 Brooklyn artist paints the stories of Black political prisoners in ‘Correspondence’ “People are so trained to think that if you are arrested, you must have done something.” Janine Phillips Africa spent
Featured Opinions June 16, 2021 Gen Z’s unique commitment to the promise of Juneteenth has far reaching impact This Juneteenth, Gen Z’ers – those under 25– are uniquely suited and disproportionately committed to addressing the legacy of slavery
Featured Opinions June 16, 2021 Man up and cry: Making room for men to be vulnerable Openly showing emotions in a society where ‘real men don’t cry’—or so we’ve been conditioned to believe—can be a crushing
Entertainment Featured May 25, 2021 Comedian Kevin Iso on the evolution of ‘Flatbush Misdemeanors’ from web series to TV show Comedian Kevin Iso is the writer and co-creator of Flatbush Misdemeanors, a show about two friends struggling to climb out
Featured Opinions May 10, 2021 When we say let’s build a caring economy for all, we mean all Twenty years ago, Congress made a mistake that left millions of women, especially Black women, behind. They expanded the Child
Featured Sports May 7, 2021 Top 10 basketball stars who went from an HBCU to a household name There are only two active HBCU alumni in the NBA today (Robert Covington from Tennessee State University and Kyle O’Quinn
Entertainment Featured Music April 29, 2021 R&B star Egypt opens up about artistic journey, new music With a mesh of talent and personality, you may have spotted this rising star Egypt on Amazon’s Music & Murder,
Featured Health News April 20, 2021 Why is it called 4/20? Weed smokers participate in annual event without knowing its origins theGRIO REPORT - Every April 20th weed smokers all over the country 'observe' a sort of underground holiday of sorts,
