Over the last decade and change, Plies has emerged as one of the more astute celebrities when it comes to speaking about politics. Never ashamed to highlight his support for the likes of Barack Obama and Kamala Harris, the “Shawty” rapper had a moment of reflection while on a flight,

When Wray & Nephew invited me to experience Miami Carnival, I was thrilled. Then, almost immediately, one concern crept in: my body. Like most people, I had seen carnival through my phone. The beaded, jeweled, and feathered costumes. The moko jambies towering over the crowd on stilts. An energy so

Source: OLIVER CONTRERAS / Getty Last month, President Donald Trump threw a very public hissy fit over the negative media coverage he’d been getting, one that led him to ban CNN, MSNOW and Politico from the White House press pool. Predictably, the administration was taken to federal court, and a

Source: Tennessee Department of Corrections / Tennessee DOC Christa Pike has been discharged from the hospital after her failed execution two weeks ago.  NPR reports that Pike is back in prison at the Debra K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center in Tennessee. Pike’s attorneys, Luke Ihnen, Randy Spivey, Stephen Ferrell, and Kelly

Source: Ganna Kaercher / Getty October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. While breast cancer predominantly impacts women, today we’re going to discuss the rare but very real impact of male breast cancer.  While it’s true that women make up the majority of new breast cancer cases, Susan G. Komen estimates

Source: Roberto Schmidt / Getty A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to stop using taxpayer-funded ads that portray President Donald Trump favorably right before the midterms.  According to NBC News, the lawsuit was filed by the watchdog group “Common Cause; Robert Hunter, a Democratic candidate for a seat

Source: Andrew Leyden / Getty Federal agents executed a search warrant at the Washington, DC, area home of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota) on Monday morning for reasons that apparently had to do with a criminal ‌fraud investigation into her immigration paperwork. Beyond that, there’s really no information available about why

The first image of Damson Idris portraying Miles Davis in the upcoming film “Miles & Juliette” has drawn criticism from social media users who question why the story focuses on the jazz legend’s romance with a French woman. The debate has revived discussion of Davis’ relationships with Black women, including

Four October concerts featuring Usher and Chris Brown have been canceled, removing stops in Baltimore, Cincinnati, Columbia, and Indianapolis from their joint R&B Tour. All four were part of an eight-show expansion announced in August, and the changes come as Brown approaches sentencing in London later this month. Ticket holders