EDITORIAL

When you put on a police uniform you are obligated to perform your duties, which may include serving and protecting people you may not care for personally. Cops in San Francisco said “to hell with that” since they’re reportedly threatening to boycott working 49ers games unless Colin Kaepernick is somehow punished for his National Anthem protests. 

A columnist for the New York Times penned an opinion piece titled “Black Lead Matters” which aims at the lead industry’s carelessness in eliminating the instances of lead poisoning. The op-ed also makes mention that Black communities have largely been struck with the issue, which has sparked a robust conversation on Twitter Friday morning.

If you’re looking for a Black athlete willing to take the criticism that comes with speaking about the wrongs Black people have been put through in this nation, don’t start with Cam Newton. In an interview with ESPN, the Carolina Panthers QB is kicking the rosey “we’re all the same inside” rhetoric that got him cooked […]

Retired NFL running back and media personality Tiki Barber is without a doubt one of the most recognizable players to lace them up for the New York Giants. However, Barber is getting sauteed and flambéed on Twitter after attempting to pull off a politician’s move of playing both sides of the recent Colin Kaepernick National […]

As we previously reported, Colin Kaepernick placed himself in the crosshairs of racists and alleged patriots when he refused to stand during the singing of the national anthem at a preseason game. However, the #ISupportKaepernickBecause hashtag is being used to let people know there is plenty of support for “woke” QB. 

Colin Kaepernick is woke and extremely so. After defiantly sitting at the playing of the National Anthem in support of the African-American lives lost in the country ahead of a preseason game Friday night, Kaepernick is now the target of angry white folks and patriots on Twitter.

Ka, one of Hip-Hop’s strongest lyricists and a critical darling of the past few years, has seen his visibility rise along with more inquiries into the background of the gravelly-voiced rapper, With a daytime job as a New York Fire Department captain, the Brooklyn artist is turning heads not only for his bars but the […]

Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke has once more injected his controversial stances via a major media platform, this time blasting the recent protests and riots in Wisconsin. Sheriff Clarke, a frequent guest on the Fox News network, was back on air and blamed the riots on gays, single motherhood and “tribal behavior.”

Simone Manuel, fresh on the heels of her history-making Summer Olympics win, has become the talk of the sports world as the first Black woman to win an Olympic medal in an individual event for the United States. Manuel, who barely contained her emotions when she won the 100M freestyle event, took time Thursday night to […]

Malia Obama has lived much of her young life under an unwanted microscope as the eldest daughter of President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama. The 18-year-old is the center of a brewing media witch hunt looking to unearth details over a video that allegedly shows Ms. Obama smoking what appears to be marijuana.

Vanessa Beecroft, an Italian performance artist famous for injecting her ideas of race into her art, is perhaps best known stateside for collaborating with Kanye West and his fashion career. Beecroft was the subject of a New York magazine profile and made an interesting determination about Blackness that seemingly channels the zany ideas regarding race […]

Hillary Clinton made history last night by becoming the first woman to accept the presidential nomination of a major political party in the US. During her speech to close out the Democratic National Convention, Clinton hit back at Donald Trump with a number of quotables.