ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison is drawing criticism for calling attention to a book that critics say condones a left-leaning group using violence in clashes with white supremacists. Ellison, the deputy chairman of the Democratic National Committee, posted a photo on Twitter Wednesday of himself posing with the book “Antifa: The […]
Last week, Black Twitter nearly exploded when Cornel West slammed Ta-Nehisi Coates in an article for The Guardian. The Harvard professor wrote, “Coates’ allegiance to Obama has produced an impoverished understanding of Black history.” West is referring to Coates’ book We Were Eight Years in Power, calling Coates the “neoliberal face of the Black freedom […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Some of Facebook’s former friends are starting to express some serious doubts about the social network they helped create. Facebook exploits a “vulnerability in human psychology” to addict its users, Sean Parker, the company’s first president, said in a public forum last month. Chamath Palihapitiya, a former Facebook vice president who […]
Our old POTUS makes a little dig about our current president's addiction to social media.
The intricate layers of the juvenile courts system have failed yet another Black woman. Cyntoia Brown was tried as an adult and sentenced to 51 years in prison for the murder of a 43-year-old man who purchased her for sex. Now at age 28, a recent documentary about her case is steadily gaining traction, forcing […]
After performing for Donald Trump's inauguration, social media had serious words for the singer who now wants to appease her African-American fans.
Yup, turns out Diddy was having a little fun with fans on his birthday. The hip-hop mogul is not changing his name again. You can still call him Diddy, or just Sean. He took to social media to say he was surprised that folks took him that seriously.The comments, though are hilarious. https://www.instagram.com/p/BbLHfh5j7rp/?taken-by=diddy ORIGINAL […]
All she did was pose for a photographer at homecoming.
Tyrese had an emotional breakdown on Facebook just hours before heading to court to continue his fight in the bitter custody battle between he and his ex-wife Norma Gibson over their 10-year-old daughter Shayla. Tyrese took to Facebook to vent about the court hearings, which have been kept private. No one’s listening because no one […]
Vegans are out here living life, eating healthy, and searching for the latest quinoa recipe. There’s a lot of misconceptions on what it means to be vegan, but we’re here to tell you, it doesn’t mean you have to completely rid yourself of a unique lifestyle. For #WorldVeganDay, swipe through our list of ten sexy […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tech giants Facebook, Twitter, and Google are set to go before senators Tuesday to defend their security measures as new revelations have emerged that Russian-linked accounts reached much more American voters than previously thought. Testimony from Facebook obtained by The Associated Press on Monday revealed that posts generated by a Russian internet […]
Jemele Hill says she “deserved” her suspension. In an impromptu airport interview with TMZ Sports, Hill told a reporter that she “deserved [the] suspension” that she was handed two weeks ago and that she put ESPN in a “bad spot” for her political Tweets in response to Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones. “So, here’s how this works: It […]
