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As President Donald Trump‘s nominee for FBI director, Kash Patel, gets grilled by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday for his confirmation hearing, civil rights groups are sounding the alarm about his qualifications and warning of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s past abuses against Black leaders and other citizens. In

When Marsai Martin launched her own series on the Disney Channel and Disney + in 2023 — and when it was canceled within the same year — she learned firsthand just how challenging it can be for Black-led shows to survive. During a recent appearance on Keke Palmer’s “Baby, This

As A$AP Rocky’s felony assault case continues in Los Angeles, a few of his peers in hip-hop have begun to weigh in on the matter.  Rocky is currently facing two felony assault charges for allegedly attempting to shoot at a former friend and collaborator, Terell Ephron, known by the moniker

Super Bowl 59 is set to kick off this weekend, and you have to be living under a rock not to know Kendrick Lamar is headlining. On Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025, the Philadelphia Eagles will take on the Kansas City Chiefs in a rematch of Super Bowl 57, this time

Award-winning filmmaker, director, and writer Ava DuVernay sat down with Malcolm Gladwell and Kenya Barris for an episode of their new interview series on Audible, “The Unusual Suspects with Kenya Barris and Malcolm Gladwell.” The series features interviews with a diverse group of personalities from WNBA legend Su Bird to

In his first public remarks reacting to Wednesday night’s collision of an American Airlines commercial plane and Army helicopter, President Donald Trump, without evidence, blamed DEI policies and railed against Democrats, including former Presidents Barack Obama, Joe Biden and former Biden Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. “We must have only the

For author Frederick Joseph, the answer to how to respond to Target’s plan to scale back its diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts is simple: stop buying his books from the retailer. On Wednesday, the author of “The Black Friend” (Candlewick Press) posted a video on threads pleading with the public

All 64 people aboard an American Airlines jet that collided with an Army helicopter were feared dead in what was likely to be the worst U.S. aviation disaster in almost a quarter century, officials said Thursday. At least 28 bodies were pulled from the icy waters of the Potomac River after the

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed the Laken Riley Act into law, giving federal authorities broader power to deport immigrants in the U.S. illegally who have been accused of crimes. He also announced at the ceremony that his administration planned to send the “worst criminal aliens” to a detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

 Rihanna appeared for the first time at the trial of her longtime partner A$AP Rocky, on the day of its most important testimony — the description by a former friend of the moment Rocky allegedly fired a gun at him. The singer superstar, who has two toddler sons with the rapper Rocky,