In a now viral CNN column, Roxanne Jones, founding editor of ESPN The Magazine and a former vice president at ESPN, opined that it is a “must-do” in today’s society for young, heterosexual men to require potential partners to text “yes” before engaging in any sexual activity. MUST READ: Rape Culture: Alabama Man To Serve No Jail […]
Writing for The Feminist Wire, Dr. Manya Whitaker, an Assistant Professor of Education at Colorado College, penned an essay that is both powerful and vulnerable in its truth. MUST READ: Is Michelle Obama A ‘Feminist Nightmare’? Examining the ways that Black, female educators are forced to navigate the White patriarchal space of the academy, Whitaker explains that her […]
Welcome to the future, where devices most commonly associated with murder and mayhem will be delivering packages right to your front door within 30 minutes of an online purchase. MUST READ: 2013 Soul Train Music Awards Performances In a surprise announcement during “60 Minutes” on Sunday, Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos unveiled the giant online retailer’s drone-based […]
MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry penned a powerful open letter to Florida Special Prosecutor Angela Corey, imploring her to stop her witch hunt of Marissa Alexander. MUST READ: Community Activist Arrested In Protest Of Memorial For Ku Klux Klan’s Founding Leader As previously reported by Hello Beautiful, the 33-year old Jacksonville mother of three spent almost 3 years of a 20 […]
Four more school employees, including a superintendent, have been indicted in connection to the Steubenville, Ohio rape case that sparked controversy and outrage across social media, reports CNN.com. MUST READ: Zimmerman’s Attorneys Hit Him With $2.5 Mil Bill Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine made the announcement Monday. Read more from CNN: Steubenville City Schools Superintendent Michael McVey […]
During an interview with Sway Calloway on SiriusXM’s “Sway In The Morning” show, Kanye West blacked completely out on Calloway and DJ H2 has transformed the tirade into an epic autotune insta-classic. MUST READ: Zimmerman’s Attorneys Hit Him With $2.5 Mil Bill Calloway simply asked West — as a “homie” — why doesn’t he empower himself […]
If Attorneys Mark O’Mara and Don West have anything to say about it, getting away with the murder of Trayvon Martin is going to cost George Zimmerman $2.5 million dollars. And to paraphrase a JG Wentworth commercial: It’s their blood money and they want it now. MUST READ: Home For The Holidays: Marissa Alexander Released On […]
There are some men who simply can not enjoy ABC’s hit show Scandal in all of it’s ugly messiness and taboo shattering beauty, without finding something wrong. Black women who are fans of the show — and have been called “Negro Bed Wenches” and race traitors because of it — know this; we expect this. We […]
Jasiri X is not your ordinary rapper. The revolutionary MC and activist is known for using his platform to raise awareness about institutionalized racism and police brutality, and his latest song, “Strange Fruit (Class Of 2013)” sears the soul as he pays homage to 3 Black youth killed in the United States this year. MUST […]
Community activist and revolutionary leader Faya Rose Toure was reportedly arrested during a city council meeting in Selma, Alabama on Nov, 25. after protesting the construction of a monument in honor of Ku Klux Klan founding Grand Wizard and Confederate Army General Nathan Bedford Forrest, according to members of the Direct Action Committee of Saving Ourselves organization. […]
For the first time in its 90 year history, the Los Angeles Police Protective League has elected a Black director, reports NBC4. MUST READ: I’m Tired Of Writing About You & Your Ignorant Choice To Wear Blackface Jerretta Sandoz, a 20-year LAPD veteran, was elected during a special election to fill a vacant seat on the 9-member board, […]
A New Jersey couple is denying widely publicized claims that they left waitress Dayna Morales an anti-gay note in lieu of a tip, suggesting the entire story is a scam. MUST READ: I’m Tired Of Writing About You & Your Ignorant Choice To Wear Blackface Morales, a former Marine and a server at Gallop Asian Bistro in […]
