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Boston is one step closer to potentially providing reparations for its Black community. According to the Associated Press, the Boston City Council voted unanimously to establish a small commission that will study the generational trauma caused by U.S. slavery and its role in the current racial wealth gap. The task force will also explore possible compensation for the […]
ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith couldn’t understand why Dr. Umar Johnson, or anyone for that matter, would wish thousands of lashes upon him. “I don’t know any human being alive I would wish 50,000 lashes on,” Smith said on the latest episode of the Know Mercy podcast. “Respectfully, how low can you go? Just because I […]
Iron Man is among the 25 latest movies selected for preservation by the National Film Registry. As pointed out by IndieWire, it’s the first Marvel Cinematic Universe entry to receive such an honor. “Iron Man was the very first film Marvel Studios independently produced. It was the first film that we had all of the creative control and oversight on […]
Tyler Perry has locked down his next big feature. According to Variety, the multi-hyphenate has signed on to write and direct Netflix’s Six Triple Eight, a World War II drama about an all-Black, all-women battalion that served overseas. The screenplay is based on a Kevin M. Hymel article published in WWII History Magazine by Sovereign Media. The film will tell the inspiring story of the […]
Christopher Nolan said he considers his upcoming film Oppenheimer to be “one of the most challenging projects” he has ever taken on. Of course, the filmmaker isn’t doing himself any favors. Nolan revealed in an interview with Total Film that he recreated the first nuclear weapon detonation without relying on CGI effects. “I think recreating the Trinity test […]
Martha Cooper goes back in time with Spray Nation, a newly released photography book that celebrates the rise of NYC street art. The book arrives nearly 40 years after Cooper released her first publication, 1984’s Subway Art, with Henry Chalfant. Since then, the American photojournalist established herself as an unlikely graffiti icon, having captured some of the […]
A severe drought that dried up a Texas river exposed dinosaur tracks from 113 million years ago. CNN reports experts recently discovered the fossilized tracks in Dinosaur Valley State Park near Fort Worth, Texas. Scientists believe the tracks belong to the Acrocanthosaurus, a 15-foot tall creature that weighed about seven tons as an adult. “Most tracks that have recently been […]
Fat Joe is getting the full theatrical treatment. On Friday, the Terror Squad rapper announced he will hit the stage for one-man show based on his upcoming memoir The Book of Jose. The stand-up event will include unfiltered, never-before-heard anecdotes about Joe’s life and career, such as his prison stint nearly a decade ago and the time he […]
A Black mother filed a lawsuit on behalf of her daughter after she discovered her elementary school created a cotton field to get students to “identify with the real-life experience of African American slaves,” per the Los Angeles Times. In her suit, Rashunda Pitts alleges she dropped off her now-14-year-old daughter, referred to in court documents as […]
Though it’s been 26 years since 2Pac’s death, many of his words still ring true. On Ari Melber’s MSNBC interview series Mavericks, Snoop Dogg reacted to powerful footage of the late rapper discussing the Black Panthers, how the organization helped Black Americans, and how Shakur used that same model to support people through music. Melber played a brief montage […]
