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Los Angeles Burned, Now They’re Coming for Karen Bass

Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass (Photo Credit: AP under a Creative Commons 4.0 license). The first woman and second-ever Black person to serve as mayor...

Guns Are Killing Young Black People in Rural America, Too

A combination of limited opportunities, lax gun laws and a sense of hopelessness are likely causes for increasing gun deaths among young Black people...

Has the media learned anything since the O.J. Simpson trial?

by Frankie Bailey, University at Albany, State University of New York With the death of O.J. Simpson, I can’t help but wonder whether the media...

A community can gentrify without losing its identity – examples from Pittsburgh, Boston and Newark of what works

A street mural by Manuel Acevedo at Halsey Place in Newark, N.J. Anthony Alvarez, CC BY-NC-ND by Anthony Alvarez, Rutgers University - Newark How can neighborhoods gentrify...

Regina King wins Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress

Actress Regina King has delivered strong performances in a plethora throughout her three-decade career but, until recently, had little to show for it in terms…

Walter Mosely's "Easy Rawlings" Is Back

If you haven't read one of this books you may have seen a movie made from his books  or you've just heard the name...

Best of the ESPYs 2016

The recently christened Cleveland Cavaliers just won their first ever NBA championship. And they swept the major awards at the 2016 ESPYS LeBron James was named…

VIP screening of ‘Central Intelligence’ hosted by Russell Simmons’ All Def Digital

LOS ANGELES – Russell Simmons’ media platform All Def Digital hosted their weekly comedy show w/ the addition of a private VIP screening for the upcoming…

Fantasy Island Coming To Chicago

Floating Barge Will Feature Entertainment By Ken Hare Chicago Defender Staff Writer A new floating entertainment center seeks to create that "Catalina" vibe just off the shores...

Watch Lionel Richie being honored by John Legend and Tyrese (video)

Lionel Richie was one of the elite pop stars of the late 1970 and 1980s, considered one of the golden ages of music of the…

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