• Photos from Trump's rally in the South Bronx

    Former President Donald Trump held a rally in the South Bronx on Thursday as he seeks to reach out to Black and Hispanic voters who could put him over the top in this fall’s election against President Joe Biden.

  • This Entrepreneur Is Set To Open Minnesota’s First Black Woman-Owned Brewery: ‘You Can Be Any Kind Of Person And Brew’

    A Minnesota entrepreneur is set to open the first Black woman-owned brewery in the state. Brittney Mikell, who spent years working as a pharmacist, is now focused on her passion for homebrewing and became an assistant brewer at La Dona Cerveceria in Minneapolis. She is getting ready to open Bubble Line Brewing Company early next… Continue reading This Entrepreneur Is Set To Open Minnesota’s First Black Woman-Owned Brewery: ‘You Can Be Any Kind Of Person And Brew’

  • The Funniest Black Culture Jokes, Riddles & Pop Culture Moments

    As a Black person, there are certain jokes and riddles that only we get. No matter the generation, it seems like we can all connect through humor. So much so, that we even have games like Black Card Revoked, the Growing Up Black Memes card game, Out of Bounds: Black Culture, and so many other… Continue reading The Funniest Black Culture Jokes, Riddles & Pop Culture Moments

  • Black Music Festivals in 2024 That Belong on Your Bucket List

    There are so many things we love about summer, but in 2024, the concert lineup is looking too good to miss out on. No matter what genres you listen to the most, artists are touring around the globe and putting on unforgettable performances. In particular, there are a lot of Black music festivals you should… Continue reading Black Music Festivals in 2024 That Belong on Your Bucket List

  • Bozoma Saint John to join ‘Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’

    Saint John, the former Netflix chief marketing officer, is the second Black woman to appear on the reality series since […]

  • Blavity House Party Music Festival 2024: Your Guide To Partner Events

    The inaugural Blavity House Party Festival takes place in Nashville, Tennessee, on June 14-15 at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium. This vibrant event is more than just a festival; it celebrates Black culture, community and creativity. With an exciting lineup of music, Black-owned marketplaces and interactive experiences, the festival also features a host of partner organizations that… Continue reading Blavity House Party Music Festival 2024: Your Guide To Partner Events

  • A Black newspaper in Washington state gets a second life: ‘We can’t let the Black Lens die’

    The Spokane community revived the paper to capture the nuance of the Black community – beyond the ‘feel-good stories’

  • I have problems with Apple’s best albums list, but I love that ‘The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill’ is No. 1

    OPINION: There's a lot of love for Black artists on Apple's top 10 albums of all-time list, and I love that.

  • Jaycob Linsey, Who Went Viral In 2018 After His Class Found Out They Were Seeing ‘Black Panther,’ Has Graduated From High School

    You may remember one of the most viral videos of 2018, in which school children broke out into dance and cheers after learning they would be seeing Marvel’s Black Panther. The clip racked up millions of views at the time and resurfaced after Chadwick Boseman’s passing in 2020.

  • Kentucky governor takes action on Juneteenth holiday and against discrimination based on hairstyles

    Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear designated Juneteenth as a holiday for state executive branch workers on Thursday and expanded protections in state hiring and employment by banning discrimination based on hairstyles. The separate executive orders signed by the Democratic governor represented his latest outreach to Black Kentuckians — but also reflected limits to that outreach. Beshear, seen as a rising Democratic star, took the actions after efforts to make Juneteenth a statewide holiday and outlaw discrimination based on hairstyles failed in the state's Republican-supermajority legislature.

  • Paul Skenes didn't have his best stuff against the Giants. The Pirates rookie made it work anyway

    Paul Skenes tugged on one black dress shoe, then another. While most of his Pittsburgh Pirates teammates quietly exited the clubhouse in T-shirts, shorts and sneakers following a 7-6 loss to San Francisco on Thursday, Skenes looked as though he was heading out for a business dinner. There is a maturity to Skenes both on and off the mound that belies his age.

  • Black San Francisco dog walker whose house burned down says he's faced racist harassment for years

    Terry Williams, the Black dog walker whose home was burned Tuesday morning, told NBC News that the fire that has left him and his parents homeless came after 14 years of racist attacks.

  • Supreme Court throws out race claim in South Carolina redistricting case in win for GOP

    The Supreme Court ruled that Republicans in South Carolina did not unlawfully consider race when they drew a congressional district in a way that removed thousands of Black voters.

  • Black Lives Matter activist loses lawsuit against Los Angeles police over ‘swatting’ hoax response

    A leading Black Lives Matter activist in Los Angeles on Thursday lost her lawsuit against the city's police department over its handling of hoax phone calls that brought a large law enforcement response to her home. Police have said three teens driven by racial hatred were behind so-called swatting calls across the country, including two in 2020 and 2021 to the Los Angeles home of Melina Abdullah, co-founder of BLM-LA and a Cal State LA professor. Abdullah, a prominent police critic, condemned the Los Angeles Police Department responses to her residence, which included armed SWAT officers surrounding her house and ordering her to come outside through a loudspeaker.

  • Fate of lawsuit filed by Black Texas student punished over hairstyle in hands of federal judge

    A federal judge did not issue an immediate ruling on Thursday after hearing legal arguments over whether to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a Black high school student who has alleged racial and gender discrimination over his monthslong punishment by his Texas school district for refusing to change his hairstyle. Darryl George, 18, has not been in his regular Houston-area high school classes since Aug. 31 because the district, Barbers Hill, says the length of his hair violates its dress code.

  • ‘Grown-ish’ Series Finale, Explained: Did Zoey And Aaron End Up Together?

    Freeform’s black-ish spinoff, grown-ish came to a close after a six-season long run on Wednesday, and it finally answered the penultimate episode’s cliffhanger ending. In case you missed it, last week’s lead up to the finale left protagonist Zoey (Yara Shahidi) running away after a romantic proposal from her long time beau Aaron (Trevor Jackson).… Continue reading ‘Grown-ish’ Series Finale, Explained: Did Zoey And Aaron End Up Together?

  • ‘Abducted At An HBCU: A Black Girl Missing Movie’: Naturi Naughton To Star In Lifetime Film Produced By Garcelle Beauvais

    Naturi Naughton and Queen Sugar actress Tanyell Quian have been tapped as the leads in Lifetime’s upcoming Black Girl Missing franchise movie, Abducted at an HBCU: A Black Girl Missing Movie. Executive produced by Garcelle Beauvais, Abducted at an HBCU: A Black Girl Missing Movie stars Naughton as Ellen, a college counselor who is concerned… Continue reading ‘Abducted At An HBCU: A Black Girl Missing Movie’: Naturi Naughton To Star In Lifetime Film Produced By Garcelle Beauvais

  • Bozoma Saint John Joins ‘RHOBH’ For Season 14: Here’s Everything You Need To Know

    New blood is coming to this Bravo staple! The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills added a sprinkle of color when they cast actress and model Garcelle Beauvais as the franchise’s first full-time Black cast member in Season 10. Beauvais has held her own amongst the elite group of socialites and businesswomen of the 90210 zip… Continue reading Bozoma Saint John Joins ‘RHOBH’ For Season 14: Here’s Everything You Need To Know

  • Baltimore's former top prosecutor avoids prison for perjury, mortgage fraud

    (Reuters) -Baltimore's former top prosecutor, Marilyn Mosby, was sentenced on Thursday to one year of home confinement but no prison time for lying to improperly access her city employee retirement account, as well as for making a false statement on a mortgage application, according to local news reports. Mosby, 44, was the youngest chief prosecutor for any major U.S. city at the time of her election as Maryland's state attorney for Baltimore in 2014. A year later, she made national headlines by bringing criminal charges against six police officers for the death of a Black man, Freddie Gray, who sustained fatal injuries while in custody.

  • US Supreme Court backs S. Carolina Republicans in race-based voting map fight

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court made it harder on Thursday to prove racial discrimination in electoral maps in a major ruling backing South Carolina Republicans who moved out 30,000 Black residents when they redrew a congressional district. The 6-3 decision, with the conservative justices in the majority and liberal justices dissenting, reversed a lower court's ruling that the map had violated the rights of Black voters under the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment, which guarantees equal protection under the law. Conservative Justice Samuel Alito wrote the decision.

  • Supreme Court finds no bias against Black voters in a South Carolina congressional district

    The Supreme Court 's conservative majority on Thursday preserved a Republican-held South Carolina congressional district, rejecting a lower-court ruling that said the district discriminated against Black voters. In dissent, liberal justices warned that the court was insulating states from claims of unconstitutional racial gerrymandering. In a 6-3 decision, the court held that South Carolina's Republican-controlled legislature did nothing wrong during redistricting when it strengthened Rep. Nancy Mace's hold on the coastal district by moving 30,000 Democratic-leaning Black residents of Charleston out of the district.

  • Amber Rose is right: Joe Biden doesn’t care about Black people

    OPINION: The "Muva" of hip-hop's Donald Trump endorsement exposes a fundamental misunderstanding of Black culture, political strategy and how whiteness works.

  • Black Americans are underrepresented in residential care communities, AP/CNHI News analysis finds

    “Most of her doctors, her church, everything was within Nashville,” said Danielle Cotton, Upshaw’s granddaughter, “... this was the best option for us.” Nearly half of Americans over 65 will pay for some version of long-term health care, the landscape of which is quickly transitioning away from nursing homes and toward community living situations. Black Americans are less likely to use residential care communities, such as assisted-living facilities, and more likely to live in nursing homes, CNHI News and The Associated Press found as part of an examination into America’s long-term care options.

  • Biden Takes Aim At Trump’s Mistreatment Of Black America In New Ads

    In a series of campaign ads, Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris slammed the politician for falsifying his support of the Black community.

  • Baltimore's former top prosecutor spared prison for mortgage fraud and perjury

    A former Baltimore city prosecutor who achieved a national profile for charging police officers in a Black man’s death was spared prison time in her sentence Thursday for perjury and mortgage fraud. Democratic former State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby's sentence includes 12 months of home confinement, 100 hours of community service and three years of supervised release. After the sentencing hearing, Mosby hugged her supporters, some of whom applauded when the judge announced the sentence.