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Big-name celebrities have joined forces with millions of sports fans to urge the NBA to change its 60-year-old logo to honor Kobe Bryant. In the wake of Bryant’s tragic death on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020, along with his daughter Gianna and seven others, fans have signed a petition to give the NBA’s logo a facelift from…

The Black religious community is in an uproar after the White owner of a Black Christian TV station allegedly passed around a racist depiction of himself pimping out major African American clergy. According to NewsOne and Christian Post, the owner of The Word Network, Kevin Adell, allegedly portrayed himself as a “pimp” and called the…

A$AP Rocky”s manager has launched an online petition to free the rapper from the “inhumane” prison he’s confined to in Sweden. The “F—in’ Problem” hitmaker has been locked up in a cell in Stockholm since July 3, 2019, when he was arrested on suspicion of assault following a street fight between him, his entourage and…

Last week, Soulquarius released its festival lineup. The show will take place on Feb. 18, 2017 at the Observatory Grounds in Orange County and is slated as an ” r&b jam” for music lovers. The list of performers had thousands of social media users posting about their excitement to see both new and old school acts…

Bill Cosby was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2002. Since then, more than 40 women have accused Cosby of rape, and there is an official petition demanding that President Obama revoke Cosby’s medal. “There’s no precedent for revoking a medal. … We don’t have that mechanism,” Obama stated.

It is estimated that 1 in 81 Black children are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Boys are diagnosed at a rate five times higher than girls. Unfortunately, this also means that many Black boys are often disciplined more harshly than others with the disorder. Such is the case for Kayleb Moon-Robinson of Virginia who is…

Soi Dog Foundation in Thailand is an organization that rescues dogs from the meat trade industry. These animals are enduring the worst torture imaginable.These poor creatures are skinned alive and beaten until their bones break. Not to mention being kept in the most horrific conditions with no water or food in unbearable heat while crammed on…

Change has come to America in various forms but is most reflected in movies. The latest rebranding of a popular film character was seen in an ad campaign from Target. In Annie, actress Quvenzhane Wallis stars in the title role along with Oscar-winning actor Jamie Foxx. However, the department store giant in an ad campaign for…

George Zimmerman is not a celebrity; he is the killer of Trayvon Martin, who would have been 19 yesterday. But now this killer is getting media attention because of his planned celebrity fight with DMX. Why is America even entertaining this idea? Has the hatred of black people gotten so bad that blood sport is…

After unsuccessfully attempting to get a Brooklyn intersection named after late hip-hop icon The Notorious B.I.G., BK resident LeRoy McCarthy has launched a new petition to rename the intersection of Rivington and Ludlow Streets in Manhattan after legendary trio The Beastie Boys.