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Idris Elba is shutting down the James Bond conversation, saying he will not be the next actor to play 007 in the upcoming reboot. “My name’s not getting thrown out, no way,” Elba, 53, told People. “They’re going younger. And I wish them all the luck of the world. I

Friendship is one of the most universal human experiences. It doesn’t matter who you are or where you grew up; at some point in your life, you have loved a friend fiercely, leaned on one desperately, or mourned the loss of one deeply. And for Black women in particular, those

Laverne Cox shared a deeply traumatizing moment in her childhood where she was abandoned by her parents. Ahead of the release of her memoir, “Transcendent,” the “Orange Is the New Black” star revealed in an interview with People that she and her twin brother, Lamar, were dropped off at an

The Knox County school district in Tennessee has reversed its ban on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “Roots.” Knox County Schools Superintendent Jon Rysewyk wrote in a memo that access to “Roots: The Saga of an American Family” would be reinstated “effective immediately,” weeks after the news of its removal gained

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday in favor of a Black Mississippi death row inmate who argued that racial bias tainted the jury selection process in his capital murder trial, according to the Associated Press. In a narrow 5-4 decision, the justices sided with Terry Pitchford, who was sentenced to

As Black households disproportionately feel the financial squeeze of President Donald Trump‘s economy, two economic measurements released this week indicate things aren’t getting better anytime soon. On Thursday, the price index for consumer expenditures (PCE) rose to an annual rate of 3.8%, a nearly three-year high. According to the U.S.

A woman in the United Kingdom has been convicted in a reopened 1978 child death cold case involving the death of her 5-year-old stepdaughter more than four decades ago. According to reports from Gray Local Media, 67-year-old Janice Nix was found guilty of manslaughter in connection with the 1978 death

Gayle King’s ex-husband, William Bumpus, has publicly apologized after the veteran broadcaster revisited details about his past infidelity during a recent podcast interview. According to Page Six, the apology came shortly after King appeared on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast, where she described discovering Bumpus cheating on her with a

Machel Montano’s native Trinidad and Tobago is widely known as the birthplace of Carnival, and each year the festivities grow bigger and more energetic. One of the most highly anticipated events is “Machel Monday,” the soca star’s annual flagship concert experience, which in 2015 spanned seven days, featured 16 performances