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Ben Carson defends Rupert Murdoch's comments about the "real" blackness of President Obama.

The family of Walter Scott, who was shot and killed by a cop in North Charleston, SC, reached the $6.5 million deal with the city.

Nicki Minaj took us all by surprise when she called out Miley Cyrus while accepting an award during the MTV Video Music Awards in August.

I did not chose my black so you can't either. #BlackBruinsMatter #ucla pic.twitter.com/bHHWFV7PU4 — Medusa ☪ (@nosalinaaa13) October 9, 2015 The Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and Alpha Phi sorority on the campus of UCLA have recently had their organizations activities suspended after a “Kanye Western” themed party went horribly wrong. Photographs depict attendees making a […]

Yup, people still haven’t learned that blackface just isn’t cool. Black student groups at UCLA are up in arms about a predominantly White fraternity and sorority holding a “Kanye Western”-themed party. According to the student paper, the party-goers dressed in baggy clothes, blackface, and traditional Kardashian-like attire. UCLA students protest after guests wear blackface to […]

Despite some obvious stereotypical jokes at the expense of her Black character, actress Keke Palmer says she's not taking it personally.

A California mom was outraged to find a Playmobil Pirate Ship came complete with a figurine resembling an African-American slave and instructions to place it in a neck shackle.

The year’s first tale of prison romance didn’t end well, and this one hasn’t either. Lytonya Hickbottom, a Maricopa County Correctional Health Services nurse in Arizona, passed nude photos of herself to inmate Ramon Cummings. When police searched the prisoner’s Phoenix jail cell, they found several naked photos of the 37-year-old, according to the Arizona Republic. […]

Sometimes selfies just aren’t a vain extension of your beauty. In Jamie Raine’s case, they were used for purposeful documentation. The 21-year-old transgender man took a selfie every day for three years to document his transition. His photos were used in a time-lapse for the UK show Born in the Wrong Body, according to Mashable, in order […]

President Obama was able to mobilize youth voters of color in unprecedented numbers through hip-hop and other venues. Can the 2016 presidential candidates do the same?

Last year a user of reddit posted a very sweet and touching story about his Australian Shepherd doggy named Bella who visited his dying wife for the last time. The user, “Mellifluous_Username“, was trying to fulfill his wife’s dying wishes to see and to love on their dog Bella in order to simply say bye […]

Remember when rap music wasn’t good for you? Like, when a bunch of politicians used to ostracize those who bumped anything that wasn’t deemed morally acceptable? Well, times have changed – kind of. In hopes of reducing smoking among young teenagers between the ages of 12-17, The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is using hip-hop to […]