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A WNBA basketball
March 7, 2022
When it comes to chartered flights and limits on player perks, the WNBA made it clear that no means no—regardless…
Black student doing school work in classroom, theGrio.com
March 7, 2022
There are so many times and so many ways that Black people have become a political football in the United…
Kanye Sunday Service
March 6, 2022
Writer and anti-domestic violence activist Sil Lai Abrams digs into the dangers of giving passes to gifted men.
March 5, 2022
Fox News host Tucker Carlson, already known for race-baiting, suggested that Americans need to see Judge Brown Jackson’s LSAT scores.
March 4, 2022
Tucker Carlson doesn’t think Brown Jackson is intelligent enough for a lifetime appointment on the high court.
Rapper J. Cole
March 4, 2022
As a general rule, I try not to be too critical about great art and artists in my midst. Now,…
Brooklyn Dodgers infielder Jackie Robinson
March 3, 2022
Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred and league owners obviously don’t give a damn about the sport, its players or…
March 3, 2022
The third and final installment of the Kanye docuseries "jeen-yuhs" gave us some amazing, revelatory moments and some mess.
Ukrainian refugees
March 2, 2022
White reporters are in their feelings over the sight of white refugees. Some have done an atrocious job covering Ukraine's…
President Joe Biden
March 2, 2022
In a moment when tensions are high due to COVID, war in Ukraine and unemployment, Biden needed to address the…
Coach Art Briles
March 1, 2022
A recent news article revived a question we often ponder: What is appropriate employment for individuals after punishment? 
President Joe Biden
February 28, 2022
As the midterm elections approach and President Joe Biden's approval ratings continue to slip, I have a few words of…
February 28, 2022
Like most folks who spent their teen years in the ’90s, "Boyz N the Hood" is part of my life.…
February 27, 2022
I know, I know. The idea that "New Jack City" is a movie that has anything to do with solid…
February 26, 2022
"The Wood" is one of my favorite movies. Maybe it’s because I could see my younger self and friends in…
Nation Reacts To Derek Chauvin Trial Verdict
February 25, 2022
On May 25, 2020, three officers—Tou Thao, Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng—did nothing as Chauvin pressed his knee on…
February 25, 2022
One of my biggest regrets in life was giving up my 404 area code on my cell phone number. Even…
Supreme Court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson
February 25, 2022
In Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, we have OUR Supreme Court nominee, and she must be protected at all costs.
February 24, 2022
OPINION: I didn’t realize so many people didn’t like Love & Basketball, the 2000 film starring Sanaa Lathan as Monica…
Map of the United States and a sailing ship
February 24, 2022
If one were to view the history of Black people in America through a "racial lens," you wouldn’t start with…