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Can Diddy spark other black celebrities to donate to HBCUs?

Mike Mosley

As October rolls around, we are nearing a very popular time in the African-American community — homecoming season. From Howard to FAMU to Spelman and Mor…

Kim Kardashian's robbery is no laughing matter, whether you like her or not

Preston Mitchum

While one can understand the hesitation people feel when hearing anything related to the Kardashians, her reported robbery is no laughing matter.

Solange's new album ‘A Seat At The Table’ is food for the black soul

Niki McGloster

A Seat At The Table brings us together as a whole to feast on a buffet of validation, reminders of our resilience and enough synth-driven funk for us to dance away our suffering. It’s our soul food.

Congress overrides Obama on 9/11 bill, but what about reparations?

Theo E.J. Wilson

Just when you thought Congress couldn’t get along, they found something they could all agree on: 9-11 families...

It's time for America to stop putting our black lives on trial

Daniel Johnson

It seems that the legal system and the court of public opinion work in concert to place not just these particular people on trial in their deaths, but they simultaneously place blackness on trial, instead of the officers or individuals responsible for their deaths.