Rapper Rob Base, best known for the 1988 hit song “It Takes Two” with DJ E-Z Rock, died Friday after a private battle with cancer. He was 59. The...
A museum is only as good as the artists on its walls, and CultureCon’s “Museum of Us” had no shortage of them. Every year, Imani Ellis and her te...
This Mother’s Day weekend, a community in Shreveport, Louisiana, gathered for the funeral of the eight children who were killed in a shooting spr...
President Donald Trump granted clemency to 30 people earlier this week, including Emory Jones, a longtime associate of Jay-Z who has worked as a ...
Weeks after she was arrested by ICE in Texas while on her way to church, a nun is speaking on behalf of those who are still being held in detenti...
Loading the player... On the inaugural episode of the brand new podcast, “Your Mama’s Kitchen” hosted by Michele Norris, Michelle Obama revealed ...
The New Orleans branch of the ATF announced Monday that a suspect had been arrested in connection with the alleged arson of the Senatobia Police ...
Cardi B isn’t biting her tongue about her resurfaced comments on colorism and its relation to perceptions of her career. In a lengthy post on X, ...
There are currently eight Black candidates running for governor in eight different states in the 2026 midterm elections. With five Black Democrat...
Across several battleground states, particularly in the South, Black voters have made it a mission to get to the polls, setting the stage for a l...
On the eve of Election Day, Black leaders are bracing for the possibility of election interference by the Trump administration and are urging Bla...
Morgan DeBaun isn’t just interested in getting more Black people into the rooms where it happens—she wants them to fully own them. “We spent a de...
Before Marcia Ann Gillespie became the editor-in-chief of Essence magazine at just 26 in 1971, she briefly found herself out of a job at the very...
Druski’s brand of comedy is now expanding to television screens across the globe. The Atlanta-based comedian has signed a multi-year deal with Ne...
As the clock winds down on the 2026 midterm elections, calls to vote are growing louder. Among the pivotal races across the country for Congress ...
Under the glow of the Forest Theater’s newly illuminated tower, South Dallas reclaimed a piece of its cultural history Sunday night. After more t...