Culture
This is not your momma’s civil rights movement,” said Ashley Yates, a leader of Millennial Activists United. “This is a movement where you have several different voices, different people. The person in charge is really — the people. But the message from everyone is the same: Stop killing us.” The Millennial Activists United group was […]
As disturbing and frustrating as the viral clip of a man declaring that he has been “delivered” from homosexuality at a recent Cogic Convention is,…
https://twitter.com/BtSquared2/status/529532593801527299/photo/1 As the woman who tweeted this so eloquently captioned, “Why? Why.” The White couple above got married and decided they would jump the broom. We all know this is a Black tradition has roots (no pun intended) embedded in slavery. I’m all about having our culture admired, but emulated to the point of Columbusing […]
There’s now a Black version of the classic German fairytale Rapunzel called “Rapunzel Jackson” but get this: the main character by the same namesake gets a perm in order to get her prince….yeah. We all know those famous words,”Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair,” from the childhood story of the little girl who grew up to be […]
Adoption is a beautiful thing. There are many people who want to be parents but are not able to conceive a child without help. However, according to the Congressional Coalition On Adoption Institute, in the U.S. 397,122 children are living without permanent families in the foster care system. Reports show 101,666 of these children are […]
In the midst of key events like The Global Poverty Projects’ Global Citizen Festival in New York’s Central Park and the Congressional Black Caucus Weekend in Washington, D.C., the Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation gathered over 300 guests from the young New York art scene for their annual Gold Rush Awards. The Saturday evening event, held at Littlefield in Brooklyn, […]
Ray Rice was fired from the Baltimore Ravens after a full video surfaced of him brutally beating his then-fiancee and now-wife, Janay Rice, unconscious in the elevator of the Revel Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City. The NFL didn’t fire Rice when they saw the tape, they fired him when we saw the tape. The […]
Cameras followed Kehinde Wiley, a New York-based portrait painter, as he decided to explore the inner and outer beauty of Black women for his latest project. Kehinde is known for his creating portraits of young Black men, showcasing them in a way that mainstream society rarely does: strong, noble, soulful and heroic. He sets them against […]
This is the moment we wait for every single year since 2007. Apple announced the new iPhone 6 and their other gadgets like their SmartWatch.…
Editor’s Note: The woman in the above photo is said to be model, Oyla from a photoshoot in 2008 by Retro Atelier Was the original Betty Boop inspired by a Black woman? I was just scrolling through my Facebook feed when I stopped on a woman who bore a striking resemblance to cartoon, Betty Boop. […]
