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Source: John Lamparski / Getty “I almost lost my life,” admitted Love & Hip Hop: Miami alum Shay Johnson, recalling how heavy bleeding went unchecked for months. “I thought I was just stressed, working too much. I was drinking, not eating right, and ignoring my body. Then I collapsed. Doctors found fibroids the size of grapefruits, and I needed a blood transfusion.” Now Johnson says she’s cut back on alcohol, overhauled her diet, and […]

A right-wing nonprofit media company called PragerU is facing backlash after a resurfaced video downplayed slavery amid talks that it could become the new PBS. Source: Moussa81 / Getty The clip, featuring a cartoon version of Christopher Columbus, suggests the institution of slavery was “as old as time and has taken place in every corner of the world.” In the video, Columbus goes further, stating: “Being taken as a slave […]

Source: MarkNH / Getty Harriet E. Wilson, born Harriet Adams around 1825 in Milford, New Hampshire, is widely recognized as the first Black woman to publish a novel in the United States. Yet for more than a century, both her life and work were largely forgotten. In 1859, Wilson published Our Nig; or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black, in a Two-story White House, North. Showing that Slavery’s […]

Source: WinnieVinzence / Getty Black men teach, too — and Atlanta School Board Member Alfred “Shivy” Brooks is determined to make sure the world knows it. On Aug. 10, Brooks, a teacher at Charles Drew High School in Clayton County, Georgia, shared a now-viral video of himself joyfully greeting and “dapping up” his fellow Black male teachers. In the clip, his colleagues beamed with pride as he acknowledged their presence […]

Source: Anna Moneymaker / Getty The Trump administration’s war against diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in universities is facing a legal setback after a federal judge ruled against two of the actions by the Department of Education (DOE). AP News reports U.S. District Judge Stephanie Gallagher ruled that memos issued by the DOE threatening to withhold federal funding from schools with DEI initiatives were illegal. The lawsuit was filed […]

Source: HBO / HBO I’mma need y’all to trust ya boy here. I am a grown-ass man. A Morehouse man. A man who knows where things in Home Depot are and can explain the relative pros and cons of any wall anchor. I am a product of the city that brought you Allen Iverson and Michael Vick, and I know how to order food from a carry-out. I have at […]

Source: alfexe / Getty The latest employment data reveals a troubling trend that economists are calling an early warning sign for the broader economy. Black unemployment reached 7.2% in July 2025, a sharp increase from 6.3% just one year ago and significantly higher than the national average of 4.2%. This surge represents more than just numbers—it serves as what experts describe as the “canary in the coal mine” for economic […]

Source: ALEX WROBLEWSKI / Getty When Donald Trump announced he was sending 800 National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., he harkened back to the conservative rhetoric of  “law and order.” He called it “safety.” But those of us who live here—who raise kids here, pay rent or mortgage here, mourn here, dance here, celebrate here—know exactly what it is: a political show of force designed to surveil, intimidate, and criminalize […]

Source: Anadolu / Getty In yet another sign of America’s descent into authoritarianism, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reposted a video of a pastor saying women shouldn’t vote.  Before we get into it, I just want to give a quick shoutout to the 53% of white women who voted for the folks who actively want to disenfranchise them. They are truly the MVPs of going against their self-interest for a mediocre […]