‘Where’s the Divorce?’: Princess Love Fans Question Why She’s with Ray J After Cheating Allegations
It seems folks have lingering questions about Princess Love and Ray J Norwood‘s current marital […] …
‘Can’t Take it Back’: The Weeknd Gets Dragged for Saying He Influenced Usher’s Song ‘Climax,’ Usher Seemingly Hits Back
When The Weeknd released his debut mixtape “House of Balloons” in 2011, he immediately branded […] …
The Key Message of ‘The Wizard of Oz’ is Fit for a Pandemic 81 Years Later
On August 25, 1939 Victor Fleming’s adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s beloved series The Wizard Oz hit movie theaters to a stunned reception. The movie starts in the black-and-white humdrum existence of Kansas and soon switches to glorious technicolor when our intrepid heroine Dorothy Gale (Judy Garland) gets carried away in…
A jaula de aço do Presidente João Lourenço
O título desse texto “jaula de aço” refere-se ao “pesadelo” do pensador alemão Max Weber no …
President João Lourenço’s iron cage
This post takes as its title the term “iron cage” that refers to the German thinker …
Lead Writer Camille Tucker Gives the Blueprint for How ‘The Clark Sisters’ Was Done
Dare it be said? This interview with Camille Tucker is so informative for budding screenwriters that it should be a guidebook. Not only does she give the scoop on why Lifetime’s The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel is an important addition to their roster, Tucker also details the journey to…
At the limits of inequality discourse
That South Africa is one of the most unequal nations in the world is a given. …
Baltimore Officer Purposefully Coughs Near Black Residents, Triggers Investigation [VIDEO]
A Baltimore police officer has come under fire after a video shows him intentionally coughing around Black residents of a public housing complex. As the unidentified sergeant walks outside the Perkins Homes in East Baltimore, the woman behind the camera can be heard saying to him: “Hey officer friendly with the…
Mayor Says Virus Has Hit Black, Hispanic New Yorkers Hard
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City‘s death toll from the coronavirus has been disproportionately high in black and Hispanic communities, and the city is starting an outreach campaign for those residents, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday. “We’re seeing folks who have struggled before really being hit particularly hard,” de…
‘Selah and the Spades’ Writer/Director Tayarisha Poe on the Interest of Moral Failings
The Philadelphia-based filmmaker Tayarisha Poe has created a compelling story she would describe as “Clueless meets the Godfather” in this searing character study about a prestigious boarding school in Selah and the Spades, for which Poe is both writer and director. In the film, five factions run the underground life at…
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Defends Decision to Get Haircut Amid Coronavirus Crisis [VIDEO]
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has defended her decision to get her hair cut while the rest of the city is under a stay-at-home order amid the coronavirus pandemic. Lightfoot is facing backlash after she violated her own quarantine advice over the weekend to go to a hair salon, and her stylist…
Lives Lost: A Louisiana Grandmother ‘Took Care Of Everyone’
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Mary Louise Brown Morgan kept a garden full of rosebushes and just about every kind of fruit tree, from plums to satsuma oranges to kumquats. And when the lawn surrounding her south Louisiana home grew too high, the 78-year-old grandmother climbed on her lawnmower to cut it…
Black Voters Weigh History, Health As They Vote in Wisconsin
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (AP) — After going to sleep angry and afraid to vote, Xavier Thomas woke up on Election Day in Wisconsin thinking about how hard black people had to fight for the right to cast a ballot. He didn’t want to be deterred despite the coronavirus pandemic and the government’s…
The mythical black voter
Conventional wisdom suggests that Black Americans vote in lockstep with the Democratic Party, ever since they …
The virus of whiteness
On the eve of the South African explosion of COVID-19 and a return to closed borders, …