Entertainment

LONDON (AP) — The long-running British TV soap “Coronation Street” is welcoming its first black family in its 59-year history. The soap opera is set to introduce the Baileys, a family with two sons. It will explore themes of racism and homophobia in sport, with a story line featuring one of the sons, a soccer […]

A Las Vegas police officer will face felony police misconduct charges after she was caught running background checks for her friends, making racist and homophobic jokes and sharing demeaning videos of suspects with friends, including footage of a man’s genitals and forcing a mentally ill person to dance. According to KVVU, officer Rachel Sorkow was charged […]

The Black Beat

Jess Hilarious is using making fans laugh with her "Jess With The Mess" entertainment news on social media and on the hit show "Rel," but some are a little upset with her after some recent events.

Reverend Al Sharpton calls he racist and homophobic attack on Empire Star Jussie Smollett a “reminder of the times that we are living in.” We have seen time and time again that in “the era of Trump” hateful “people feel empowered to express their hate.” According to reports the men that attacked Smollett were wearing MAGA hats […]

Empire star Jussie Smollett was the victim of a homophobic and racist attack in Chicago. Roland Martin talks to Chicago news reporter Kathy Chaney to get an update on what we know so far. Chaney says the attack happened around 2 a.m. after Smollett arrived in Chicago from New York. She says the attack happened […]

Entertainment

If you’re a fan of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta,” you’re no doubt aware of the shows intense popularity. If our math is correct, it just started its 11th season on Sunday evening past. Over the course of the show’s reign, several ladies have come and gone and even come back (Hello NeNe, Sheree). Interestingly […]

Kanye West was on the red carpet at the Ralph Lauren 50th Anniversary Fashion Show in Central Park Friday night, when he gave an order to remove a certain reporter from the party and threatened to leave. TMZ reports that the beef was over reporter who asked about the feud between Kim Kardashian and Tyson Beckford. Last month, […]

https://twitter.com/marcus_hasan/status/809672537323900928 Another racist video is making its rounds on the internet, proving that we better brace ourselves for Donald Trump’s new America. Former Oregon City High student, Marcus Hasan, took to Twitter last week to share a disturbing Snapchat video of fellow students going off about black people enrolling in their school, and even described […]

POTUS also stressed that this act of terror on a LGBT club was "an especially heartbreaking day for our fellow Americans — who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender."

National News

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s governor signed a law Tuesday that allows religious groups and some private businesses to refuse service to gay couples based on religious beliefs. Gov. Phil Bryant signed House Bill 1523, despite opposition from gay-rights groups and some businesses who say it enables discrimination. Some conservative and religious groups support the […]

#MasculinitySoFragile and homophobia are just way too real folks. We can do better than this.

NBA referee Bill Kennedy announced today that he is gay following the suspension of Sacremento Kings guard, Rajon Rondo. Back on Dec. 3, Rondo was ejected from a game by Kennedy and allegedly used homophobic slurs while physically approaching the official. Kennedy, 49, is an 18-year veteran of the NBA referee corps. No stranger to […]