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WNBA legend Sue Bird says the beleaguered league has always had trouble attracting mainstream viewers because most of the women are “tall, Black, gay.” Contrast this, Bird says, with the more demure and photogenic women’s soccer league, which is full of players who are predominantly “cute and White and straight.” “To be completely blunt, but…

Jacob Blake, who was critically wounded after being shot multiple times by a cop, has been released from a Milwaukee hospital. Blake was released from the hospital on Oct. 7, according to CNN. After being released, Blake was transferred to a spinal rehabilitation center in Chicago where he will continue his recovery. On Aug. 23,…

Kelly Rowland is excited to bring another life into the world, despite pushing 40 and being unsettled by the current sociopolitical turmoil and the coronavirus pandemic. “We (Rowland and her husband) had been talking about it loosely, and then COVID happened, and we were just like, ‘Let’s see what happens,’” Rowland told Women’s Health magazine.…

Official autopsy reports show police fired at least 19 times with 16 of those bullets entering Dijon Kizee‘s body on Aug. 31. Kizzee, a 29-year-old Black man, was accused of riding his bike on the wrong side of the road and splitting traffic, according to CNN. Police say that when they attempted to apprehend him,…

A Black Lives Matter activist is facing criminal charges after allegedly using donations to the organization for his personal use. Sir Maejor Page, who had been a vocal leader in the fight for social justice, is now facing federal charges of money laundering and wire fraud. Page allegedly created the Black Lives Matter Greater Atlanta…

Rapper Eve is getting pummeled on social media for saying that she and her husband don’t think about each other’s race anymore. Eve, 41, whose full name is Eve Jihan Jeffers Coopers, made the statement in the latest episode of TV One’s “Uncensored.” The “Let Me Blow Your Mind” rapper said she and her husband,…

A Black woman has filed a complaint against Whataburger after a disagreement for wearing a Black Lives Matter mask while on duty. Ma’Kiya Congious filed a discrimination complaint with the Texas Workforce Commission and called for a boycott of Whataburger, according to The Washington Post. In a statement released by her attorneys, Congious is asking…

Crowds have chanted her name. Social media feeds have been flooded, demanding justice for Breonna Taylor. A call for action is demanded but has fallen on deaf ears. Taylor’s killing has sparked a national conversation about death by the police. The outcry continues, and still no arrest. Last week, her family negotiated a settlement with…

Ice Cube’s eldest son O’Shea Jackson Jr. scored a verbal knockout against UFC fighter Colby Covington on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020, after Covington took shots at LeBron James for his political stances. Covington had just defeated Tyron Woodley in the UFC Fight Night on Saturday evening. During the post-game press conference, Covington dedicated his victory…

Kerry Washington, an award-winning and multimillionaire actress, admits she has a “very real fear” of playing with her kids in her own neighborhood for fear that White people will call the cops on her. Washington made the sobering admission on former ESPN sports reporter Jemele Hill’s podcast “Unbothered” that will air on Monday, Sept. 21,…

Another Black Lives Matter rally was attacked. On Sept. 3, dozens of people met to march in Times Square in New York to protest police brutality and racial injustice, according to WNYC. Shortly after 8:00 p.m., a car approached the intersection where protestors converged to let their voices be heard. The dark sedan hit the…

Kenneth Walker, the boyfriend of Breonna Taylor, has filed a civil lawsuit against the Louisville police department, according to multiple sources. Walker, who admitted to firing a “warning shot” when police barged into Taylor’s apartment in attempts to carry out a search warrent, was ultimately accused of and charged with shooting Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly. The…

Political pundits say city leaders and the feds are becoming increasingly audacious in their efforts to neutralize the Black Lives Matter movement. Examples include sending in federal cops to cities like Portland and Seattle and snatching up and throwing protesters into unmarked vans. A potential danger is allowing racist White militia members to bring loaded…

Another Black man has been shot by those sworn to protect and serve. Yet during this turmoil, we are expected to remain calm as we watch our loved ones continue to be slaughtered in the streets. Black Lives Matter, a global movement, has been at the forefront of the push for social justice, freedom and…

Georgia State Patrol trooper, Jacob Gordon Thompson, has been taken into custody for his role in a tragic traffic stop that occurred on Friday, Aug. 7. Thompson, 27, was arrested and charged with felony murder after shooting a Black man, Julian Edward Roosevelt Lewis, 60, according to CNN. The fatal incident, which occurred in Screven…

Katt Williams has always found ways to use comedy as a tool to speak the truth as he sees it when it comes to race in America. On Monday, Aug. 17, 2020, the comedian teamed up with the clothing brand Supreme for a new commercial where Williams took aim at the U.S. president, COVID-19 and…

Ciara never fails to slay with her dance moves, not even at 9 months pregnant. The singer, who recently welcomed her third child with husband Russell Wilson, dropped her new Black power anthem “Rooted,” featuring Ester Dean on the evening of Aug. 12. Ciara announced the video on Instagram Thursday, Aug. 13, by sharing a…

A pro-police group of protesters beat down rival Black Lives Matter demonstrators in central Colorado in a chaotic scene captured on video. The group called Back the Blue was holding a defiant rally in Fort Collins, Colorado, about an hour’s drive north of Denver, when a counter-demonstration supporting the Black Lives Matter movement began. The…

Whataburger is facing backlash after firing a Black employee who wore a face mask with the words, “Black Lives Matter.” The incident occurred in Fort Worth, Texas, according to Fort-Worth Star-Telegram. On Aug. 4, Ma’Kiya Congious went to work while wearing the face mask, which is required by all employees while on shift for safety…

A history-making Black cartoonist is firing back at critics after some newspapers stopped running her comic strips because she covered the Black Lives Matter movement and COVID-19. Bianca Xunise recently made history as the second African American female in history to have her work syndicated nationally. She is also the first Black woman to have…