NFL Players Sporting ‘I Can’t Breathe’ Message
Wearing a Detroit Lions shirt with “I can’t breathe” written on the front, running back Reggie Bush runs through pre-game warmups in an NFL football game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Detroit,...
View ArticleNicki Minaj Talks Racism, Why More Black Artists Aren’t Speaking Up: ‘Look...
Nicki Minaj (Courtesy of Rolling Stone) Rebecca Macatee, E! ONLINE (EOnline.com)—Nicki Minaj isn’t one of the artists caught up in a racially fueled Twitter war at the moment, but that doesn’t mean...
View ArticleFerguson Makes a Reappearance at the Grammys. Here’s Why it Matters.
Prince presents the award for album of the year at the 57th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP) Nia-Malika Henderson, THE WASHINGTON POST...
View ArticleThere’s a Disturbing Truth to John Legend’s Oscar Statement about Prisons and...
Common, left, and John Legend perform at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP) Max Ehrenfreund, THE WASHINGTON POST (The...
View ArticleBeyonce Responds to Baltimore Riots: ‘People Are Hurting’
In this Aug. 24, 2014 file photo, Beyonce poses in the press room at the MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File) Alex Ungerman, ET ONLINE...
View ArticleThe Black Athlete: Where are Today’s Muhammad Ali-like Athletes?
By Omar Tyree NNPA Columnist The revolutionary and iconic stance of the great Muhammad Ali rang in my mind this morning as I woke up and thought about writing this column. After a bonanza weekend of...
View ArticleJay Z and Beyoncé are Following a Rich Tradition
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Hip-hop culture is about transformation. It is more than a global genre of music. Hip-hop is a transcendent cultural phenomena that speaks to the soul,...
View ArticleAt the BET Awards, Civil Rights Weighed Just as Heavily as Any Note
Kendrick Lamar performs at the BET Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday, June 28, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP) Soraya Nadia McDonald, THE WASHINGTON POST LOS...
View ArticleNFL Players Sporting ‘I Can’t Breathe’ Message
Joseph White, ASSOCIATED PRESS LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — A week after their “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot!” show of solidarity, several St. Louis Rams players made another societal statement Sunday with the...
View ArticleNicki Minaj Talks Racism, Why More Black Artists Aren’t Speaking Up: ‘Look...
Rebecca Macatee, E! ONLINE (EOnline.com)—Nicki Minaj isn’t one of the artists caught up in a racially fueled Twitter war at the moment, but that doesn’t mean she’s not upset about ongoing injustice...
View ArticleFerguson Makes a Reappearance at the Grammys. Here’s Why it Matters.
Nia-Malika Henderson, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post)—While the protests around Ferguson and the Eric Garner case have largely faded from the political discussion and our television sets,...
View ArticleThere’s a Disturbing Truth to John Legend’s Oscar Statement about Prisons and...
Max Ehrenfreund, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post)—The artists John Legend and Common received an Academy Award Sunday night for “Glory,” their song in the film “Selma.” In his acceptance...
View ArticleBeyonce Responds to Baltimore Riots: ‘People Are Hurting’
Alex Ungerman, ET ONLINE (ETonline.com) — As six Baltimore police officers now face criminal charges, including one second-degree murder charge, in the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray while in police...
View ArticleThe Black Athlete: Where are Today’s Muhammad Ali-like Athletes?
By Omar Tyree NNPA Columnist The revolutionary and iconic stance of the great Muhammad Ali rang in my mind this morning as I woke up and thought about writing this column. After a bonanza weekend of...
View ArticleJay Z and Beyoncé are Following a Rich Tradition
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Hip-hop culture is about transformation. It is more than a global genre of music. Hip-hop is a transcendent cultural phenomena that speaks to the soul, mind,...
View ArticleAt the BET Awards, Civil Rights Weighed Just as Heavily as Any Note
Soraya Nadia McDonald, THE WASHINGTON POST LOS ANGELES (The Washington Post) — You could argue that the BET Awards are political by their very existence, as they serve to honor artists whose work...
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