*Shonda Rhimes’ influence on television over the last few years is one that has brought different kinds of stories to viewers. As the person behind...

News

‘Runnin’ N*gger’ Target (and Vendor) Booted from Sioux Falls Gun Show (Watch)

The Sioux Falls Collector’s Classic Gun Show had more than a group of gun-happy collectors networking, one of the vendors at the event was...

Black Films

‘Selma’ Getting Second Run in Theaters with 2-For-1 Tickets

*Paramount really wants people to see “Selma.” The studio announced today (March 18) that director Ava DuVernay's film about the civil rights march from Selma...

Barack and Michelle Obama

Sen. Durbin: Loretta Lynch Being Asked to ‘Sit in the Back of the Bus’ (Watch)

*"Loretta Lynch, the first African-American woman nominated to be attorney general, is asked to sit in the back of the bus when it comes...

Barack and Michelle Obama

Raven-Symoné Comes to Univision Host Rodner Figueroa’s Defense (Watch)

*While some people see Rodner Figueroa’s remarks about First Lady Michelle Obama looking “like she’s from the cast of ‘Planet of the Apes'” as...

Baltimore - Ferguson

Starbucks Tackles Race Relations With ‘Race Together’ Campaign (Watch)

*With race relations more shaky than ever, Starbucks is tackling the issue head on with “Race Together,” a new campaign organized by the popular...

Hip Hop

Trinidad James Talks N-Word, SAE House Mother on CNN (Watch)

*Once again, CNN’s Don Lemon hosted a discussion on the n-word…this time in light of the scandal involving Oklahoma University’s chapter of Sigma Alpha...

Music

Azealia Banks: ‘I Hate Fat White Americans’, ‘Everything About This Country’

*Azealia Banks is tired of the racial double standard she says exists in the music business and in the country as a whole. Speaking in the...

Baltimore - Ferguson

Suspect in Ferguson Cop Shooting Was Beaten By Police: Lawyer

*A lawyer for the man accused of wounding two policemen during a protest rally outside the Ferguson, Missouri, police headquarters last week said on...

Entertainment

Sherri Shepherd Returns to ‘The Soul Man,’ Applauds Diversity Increase on TV

*As a comedienne with experience on Broadway, Sherri Shepherd knows a little something about performing live. So it’s only fitting that she fall back on...

Business

Byron Allen Talks $20 Billion Comcast Lawsuit and Al Sharpton (Listen)

*Byron Allen has beef with Comcast and it’s not cheap. The entertainment mogul via his Entertainment Studios production company has joined the National Association of...

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