Source: Drazen_ / Getty SPILL, the Black-owned social media platform transforming the way culture and conversations are shared online within the BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities, is seeking your support to grow and expand. On March 10, the buzzing social media app launched its “community investment” round of equity crowdfunding, allowing fans to directly invest in the company’s future. Founded by former X employees Alphonzo “Phonz” Terrell and DaVaris Brown, SPILL […]

Source: – / Getty April 4, 1968, is forever etched in history as the fateful day a bullet pierced not only the body of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., but the soul of a nation already on edge.  The man who had become the face of a nonviolent revolution — a movement rooted in justice, faith, and the unshakeable belief that Black people deserved to live with dignity — was […]

Source: FOX/Getty / FOX/Getty The Masked Singer just revealed that “Stud Muffin” was none other than the legendary Method Man.  News  |  Written By Weso Yup, the Wu-Tang icon himself was behind the mask, and when he hit the stage for his performance of Bell Biv DeVoe’s classic “Poison,” he absolutely shut it down. The energy was electric, and Meth’s stage presence was undeniable, reminding everyone why he’s one of […]

Source: Mario Tama / Getty Months later, the fires are out, the dust has settled and Altadena residents are looking towards their next lofty challenge of rebuilding the places that they have called home and the buildings that were the sites of dreams realized — but just as this next optimistic phase gets underway, a crop of luxury developers could be ready to grind things to a definitive halt. The […]

Source: Jemal Countess / Getty Happy Birthday to the late, great mother of wisdom, Ms. Maya Angelou. The writer, poet and singer would have been 97 years old today, and thankfully she left behind such brilliant works for us to still feed on today. Read the great laureate’s best advice inside.  “Thank God for you maya Angelou for all the positive things you have done for the communities and this […]

Source: Julia Beverly / Getty In today’s episode of Trump’s “Meritocracy” Is Really A MAGA-tastrophe, President Donald Trump appears to be taking some of his cues from loud and proud racist Laura Loomer, who, like many of his closest cohorts, is not qualified to advise the president of two-ply toilet paper, let alone the president of the United States. According to Axios, several members of Trump’s National Security Council were […]

Source: The Washington Post / Getty Eugene Robinson — a veteran opinion columnist and Pulitzer Prize winner — is leaving the Washington Post, and if this doesn’t upset you, you haven’t been paying attention.  There was a time when people fought back against fascism; now, it seems that everyone is standing in line to kiss the fascist ring. President Trump has long been an opponent of “liberal” media, often calling […]

Source: Icon Sportswire / Getty Among the top basketball players who have turned analysts is Grant Hill, and his in-depth knowledge is really on display when March Madness rolls around.  According to Variety, it turns out his bosses at TNT Sports and CBS Sports agree, and they’re upping his status at the network by expanding his on-air duties with coverage beyond his mainstay of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship. […]

Source: Anna Moneymaker / Getty On Thursday, Congress voted along party lines to confirm Dr. Mehmet Oz, the heart surgeon turned ill-informed TV talk show host, making him the person in charge of the largest health insurance program in the country. And this appointment might be dumber than WWE Superstar Linda McMahon running the Education Department.  I mean who could forget Dr. Oz, who rose to fame on the back […]