Florida Is Banning Children's Books That Merely Mention Racism
A children's book based on the life of late baseball icon and humanitarian Roberto Clemente is the latest to be shunned from classrooms
The Labor Shortage Is So Bad That Lawmakers Want Child Workers in Factories and Construction
There's gotta be a better way
The 5 Worst Super Bowl Ads of 2023, Ranked
The big game had its fair share of boring and strange commercials
New Poll Says Black Voters Want Another Biden Run in 2024. What’s Wrong With Y’all?
Can we not imagine something better than this?
They Didn’t Want DJ Khaled to Win in 2023, But God Did!
The superproducer teed up his many life and career upgrades at a swanky Miami press event
My Estranged Father Just Died and My Feelings Are Complicated
How do you grieve someone you barely knew?
All 9 J. Cole Album and Mixtape Covers, Ranked
Quite the Cole-ection here
Evidence Suggests Raheem Taylor Is Not Guilty of Murder. Missouri Will Execute Him Anyway.
Will the state kill an innocent man?
Don’t Dunk on the ‘White Men Can’t Jump’ Remake Just Yet
The 30-second trailer for Jack Harlow’s acting debut shows this might not be a brick
The “50 Years of Hip-Hop” Grammy Medley Was Almost Perfect. Almost.
The Grammys spectacularly honored hip-hop’s legacy, but a few omissions raised eyebrows
Offering Prisoners Reduced Sentences in Exchange for Organ Donations Is Evil
Yet that’s exactly what four lawmakers from Massachusetts have proposed, in an exploitative measure that would knock off up to one year of prison time
Can Artificial Intelligence Help Reduce Police Brutality?
An AI platform created to review and analyze hours of body cam footage is already showing promise
When Will the Grammys Quit Playing in Kendrick and Beyoncé's Faces?
It’s time to give one of these legends the Album of the Year award—full stop
You’ll Never Guess Which Race Is Most Likely to Be Audited By the IRS
The better question is, how can agents tell who's who?
‘Swarm,’ Donald Glover’s ‘Atlanta’ Follow-Up, Is Inspired By the BeyHive
It stars Dominique Fishback, Chloe Bailey, and Damson Idris. And Malia Obama is one of the show’s staff writers. Unique!
Maybe We Do Need a White History Month After All
It'd be a perfect opportunity to get real about the atrocities that have shaped America
What Are the Real Effects of Weed on an Adolescent Brain?
A little weed ain’t never hurt nobody—or did it?
No Woman Should Have to Die for Denying a Man
And yet, as in the tragic case of Jamea Jonae Harris, Black women are frequently the victims of this kind of violence at the hands of men
Conservatives Are Butthurt Over a Connecticut Breakfast Cafe Named “Woke”
The so-called culture wars have reached peak stupidity
This Actor’s ‘Meet the Browns’ Filming Experience Sounds a Lot Like the Tyler Perry Episode of ‘Atlanta’
A viral TikTok suggests Atlanta's parody was deeply rooted in reality
Being Black Has Never Protected Us From Black Police
The conversation around the race of Tyre Nichols’ murderers is not nearly as complex as some would like to make it
That Video, That Video, That Horrific Video
You don't need to watch bodycam footage of Tyre Nichols' horrific beating to know police reform can't fix this
How Patrick Mahomes and Jalen Hurts Can Kill the Black QB Stigma Once and For All
Here's the non-football reason we’re pulling for the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs to meet in the Super Bowl
The Selective Outrage Over Beyoncé’s Dubai Performance Is Weird As Hell
If Beyoncé can’t perform in regions where anti-gay laws run rampant, her next tour will be extremely limited
The Eerie New Way Employers May Track Your Productivity
Don’t look now, but the dystopian technology is already used in some sectors—and it may become even more widespread
Tyre Nichols’ Deadly Beating By Memphis Police Proves Black Cops Won’t Save Us
Attorneys say the 29-year-old was fatally beaten like a ”human piñata” by five Black officers
Oscar Voters Are Back on Their B.S.
In a regression to #OscarsSoWhite, the Academy said “nope” to ‘Till,’ ‘The Woman King,’ and, wait for it: ‘Nope’
Shannon Sharpe Is a Hall of Fame Sh!t Talker
He was also pretty great at football
Creepy NYPD Was Spotted Filming People Leaving Drake’s Apollo Concert
Is New York City becoming a surveillance state?
Arizona Congressional Proposal Requests $30 Million for Shrooms Medical Research
Are magic mushroom prescriptions in our future?