Emma Grede explains why she didn’t invest in Ami Colé but went on to hire its founder for SKIMS
After the beloved beauty brand Ami Colé shuttered its operations in July 2025, months later, founder Diarrha N’Diaye-Mbaye was hired by Kim Kardashian’s SKIMS as EVP of beauty and fragrance, drawing backlash at the time, particularly from those who are not fans of the Kardashian family’s orbit. Now, that same move is proving even more […]
Big Tech data centers are the new frontier in environmental fight to protect Black communities
For decades, Black Americans have been on the frontlines of the climate and environmental justice movement. And while efforts have been made to address the health and environmental harms to Black communities in recent years, deregulations enacted by the Trump administration and the explosion of AI technology are putting them in harm’s way. The latest […]
A Baby Under A Car, 8 Children Dead, And We’re Still Debating Whupping Children
Source: khaled Ahmed / Getty Natchez, Mississippi. April 20. A 4-month-old baby, soft and new, still learning the shape of air, lies on the ground beneath a car. His mother’s foot rests on his stomach as if his body were something to hold in place. He is small against the pavement. His limbs are splayed, […]
Trump Issues ‘Shoot And Kill’ Order For Boats Placing Mines In Strait Of Hormuz
Source: Warut Lakam / Getty Another day, another development that makes President Donald Trump’s claims that the war in Iran would be over within weeks look increasingly unlikely. While Trump indefinitely extended a ceasefire with Iran earlier this week, his order for the U.S. military to “shoot and kill” small Iranian boats deploying mines in […]
Ex-cop arrested for plotting mass shooting at New Orleans Jazz Festival to ‘harm Black people’
A former North Carolina police officer was arrested in Florida on Wednesday (Apr. 22), after law enforcement officials across three states obtained information that the individual was traveling to New Orleans in order to commit a mass shooting at a New Orleans Jazz Festival. Christopher Gillum, 45, had previously been reported missing by his family. […]
‘Coming soon’: Nina Lee’s rom-com might be next up after viral ‘You, Me & Tuscany’ discourse
Around this time last month, filmmaker and producer Nina Lee had social media threads talking about the reality of getting Black projects greenlit by studios, after sharing that executives said the future of her already completed rom-com “That’s Her” depended on the success of “You, Me and Tuscany.” Now, a month later, Lee has social […]
Laz Alonso on ‘The Boys’ season 5: ‘Every day ain’t a good day’
As Prime Video’s hit series “The Boys” arrives at its fifth and final season, the show’s signature blend of satire and spectacle continues to blur the line between exaggeration and reality. What once felt like a sharp critique of power now lands with an unsettling sense of familiarity. Season 5 of “The Boys” is wrought […]
A Black man exonerated for murder in Louisiana won an election. Then the state GOP kept him from taking office
Last November was a moment of vindication for Calvin Duncan. Wrongfully convicted of murder, the New Orleans native decided to run for New Orleans’ Clerk of Criminal Court, aiming for that office strictly because, according to him, it had denied him access to trial records that would have proved his innocence decades prior. In a […]
DC teen fatally shot at food truck was sheltered, rarely allowed out, says family
Two teens were shot and killed in northeast Washington, D.C., in what authorities describe as a targeted burst of gunfire that left bystanders caught in the violence. According to the Metropolitan Police Department, the shooting happened on April 14 around 3:25 p.m. on the 700 block of Kenilworth Avenue. Investigators say multiple individuals opened fire […]
White Grievance And The Direct Attack On Black Maternal Health
Source: Cavan Images / Ladanifer / Getty The audacity is both breathtaking and infuriating. Last week, we held space for Black mamas—celebrating our magic, our resilience, and our right to exist in a world that often feels designed to erase us. While we were honoring the sacred work of Black birth workers and doulas during […]