Editorial credit: A.RICARDO / Shutterstock.com By Dave Zirin | December 14, 2023 | The Real News Network Black athletes have not only changed how the game of soccer is played; around the world, they’ve also harnessed their positions to fight for justice and political change through the sport of soccer itself. In the latest “Ask […]
Listen to a special podcast Article:By Selen Ozturk The pop-cultural giant broke racial boundaries as an entertainer and humanitarian for 70 years. Harry Belafonte, the Jamaican-American singer, actor, and political activist, died aged 96 on Tuesday. His longtime publicist Ken Sunshine said Belafonte died of congestive heart failure at his Manhattan, New York home, his […]
I am a huge fan of the animated TV series “The Boondocks,” which aired from 2005 to 2014. The show chronicles, through biting sociological and political commentary, the adventures of two boys: Huey Freeman, the older brother and self-described revolutionary left-wing radical, and Riley Freeman, Huey’s younger brother, who embraces and represents the gangster lifestyle. […]
By Alexandra Jane, The Root Just ten years ago, 80% of Black beauty supply store shelves were stocked with products for chemically straightened hair while 20% of products were made for the naturalistas among us. According to Forbes, the opposite is true today. And as more Black women make the transition from relaxed to natural […]
By Melanie Whyte, Pop Sugar Sandra Douglass Morgan is set to become the new president of the Las Vegas Raiders, making her the first Black woman in NFL history to be named a team president. Morgan, a Las Vegas native who’s previously held positions in the gaming industry, said the gravity of what it means […]
Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA – June 19th, 2021: African American drummer band participating and marching in Juneteenth celebration parade. (Shutterstock) By Sydney Combs, National Geographic Known to some as the country’s “second Independence Day,” Juneteenth celebrates the freedom of enslaved people in the United States at the end of the Civil War. For more than 150 […]
New York, NY – June 12, 2022: Jennifer Hudson wearing dress by Pamela Rowland poses in the press room at Radio City Music Hall. (Shutterstock) By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) – Jennifer Hudson made history Sunday night. The “Respect” star joined the elite EGOT club. An EGOT is an artist who has won an […]
By Evan Nicole Brown, The Hollywood Reporter The Beauty of Blackness, a documentary currently streaming exclusively on HBO Max, chronicles the rise — and revival — of one of the American beauty industry’s most historic brands: Fashion Fair Cosmetics. First launched in 1973 by Eunice Johnson, publishing executive and wife of Johnson Publishing Company CEO […]
By Jessica Cruel, Allure Last spring, Allure launched The Melanin Edit, an editorial destination that celebrates the highly melanated. We wanted to create a place to have meaningful conversations about skin color and culture. This year, we decided to extend that digital project to print. And to help bring this first-ever Melanin Edit issue to […]