- Clean Water Is a ‘Right’: Kamala Harris Promotes Bill Ensuring Water Safety in Every Community
Presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris is proposing a law to safeguard access to clean water for everyone, including minority communities like those in Flint, Mich., most at-risk for being without.Read more... ... read more - Man Seen on Video Being Asked to ‘Leave’ A$AP Rocky Alone Is Set Free As Rapper Continues Stay in a Swedish Jail
As A$AP Rocky remains held in a Swedish jail waiting to find out if he will be charged with a crime, freedom has come to one person connected to the case—one of the men the rapper charges came at him, forcing him to defend himself.Read more... ... read more - ‘I Cannot Tell a Lie’: Decision to Paint Over George Washington Mural Raises Dem Fears of a Campaign Gift to Trump
Controversy is roiling Democratic circles in San Francisco over a controversial decision by the city’s school board to paint over an early-20th-century mural that depicts George Washington as a slave owner as well as a military commander who oversaw the decimation of Native Americans.Read more... ... read more - Art Neville, New Orleans Funk Legend, Dead At 81
The New Orleans keyboardist was a member of the Meters and the Neville Brothers. ... read more - Rashida Tlaib Responds To Racist ‘Send Her Back’ Chants: ‘I’m Not Going Nowhere’
Trump again attacked “the Squad” of congresswomen of color on Monday, calling them “a very Racist group of troublemakers” and “not very smart.” ... read more - Schoolboy Q, Saweetie, T.I., Allen Iverson headline final day of ComplexConThe final day of ComplexCon Chicago featured more hip-hop influenced art, exclusive sneaker releases, panel discussions and music performances. Held at the McCormick Place convention center in downtown Chicago, the event wrapped with a bang with celebrity appearances by Schoolboy Q, Rick Ross, Questlove, Saweetie, T.I., and more. Questlove and ... read more
- Comedian Dina Hashem Pulls Joke About Rapper XXXTentacion’s Death After Backlash
Other comics came forward to defend Hashem. ... read more - The 10 Best Deals of July 22, 2019
We see a lot of deals around the web over on Kinja Deals, but these were our ten favorites today.Read more... ... read more - Have You Been Told To Go Back To Your Country?
If you've heard some version of "Go back to where you came from," whether directed at you or someone else, we want to hear from you. ... read more - Florida A&M alum Karamo Brown finds special way to give back to his alma mater“Queer Eye” star Karamo Brown returned to his old college, Florida A&M University, to renovate a student lounge.The culture expert took on the challenge because he wanted to give something back to the college and create a new communal space for students and faculty to study, relax and hang out. ... read more
- 10 Burning Questions for David E. Kelley About That Big Little Lies Finale
1. Wait...what?Read more... ... read more - Louisiana Cop Calls for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to be Shot
A Louisiana police officer—who when he isn’t manning the streets—apparently has time to post threatening messages about elected officials on social media.Read more... ... read more - 9 Thoughts About the New Podcast, Freaknik: A Discourse on a Paradise Lost
I listen to a lot of podcasts nowadays, the vast majority centered around true-crime, the NBA or history. I spend a lot of time searching for podcasts that tickle my fancy, though. My fancy is most frequently tickled by discussions about hip-hop, black cinema or great moments in blackness and/or ... read more - White Woman Claims She Invented the Hair Bonnet, Black Twitter Tells Her to Go Back to Wypipostan
A white woman may have secured her spot in the Columbusing Hall of Fame after claiming that she invented an accessory used by black women ever since Earline Jackson delayed her escape to the Underground Railroad by informing Harriet Tubman:Read more... ... read more
