Please Stop Sending Me ‘I Hope You’re Well’ Emails — I’m Not
Most of us aren’t. Here are some 2020-appropriate alternative greetings.
Race & Politics
The Academy’s New Inclusion Requirements Won’t Color-Correct Hollywood
The new standards will do…
Recession PTSD Has Returned
I lived through this in 2008. Now I’m living through it again — and so are…
Black Voters Don’t Need Lectures, They Need Empathy
Not forgetting about us for four years at a time…
The 6 Greatest Black Vampires, Ranked
What’s good, blood?
This Week in Racism: Meet Rachel Dolezal 2.0
It’s an embarrassment of riches in our new weekly roundup of the world’s most preventable disease!
When Co-Workers of Color Cosplay as Allies
My company’s diversity committee is pushing forward to make positive change — but not without posers disturbing the process
What Do Black Women Need From Hip-Hop in 2020?
Four women in different parts of the culture discuss how hip-hop can value and embrace them like they deserve
The NBA Bubble Was Never the Players’ Platform to Fight Systemic Racism
Corporate activism feels warm, fuzzy, and progressive, but optics aren’t the same as real change
How the NBA Became Our New Black Superheroes
T’Challa rests in power, but a nation of powerful Black men have donned the cape
Hip-Hop Did the Work This Summer in Ways You Didn’t Realize
Bemoaning the lack of protest anthems misses the point: What we need from artists has changed
This Week in Racism: Adele Gets Extremely Appropriate
It’s an embarrassment of riches in our weekly roundup of the world’s most preventable disease!
From The Sales Floor to the Office: An Open Letter to My Younger Professional Self
Things you learn after years of being a token in the workplace
The Billionaire’s Lament: How the World Changed Around Jay-Z
His three-comma aspirations inspired millions. But what now, when billionaires are under fire?
NBA Athletes Are Too Rich to Be Revolutionaries
There’s nothing radical about allowing the league to co-opt a labor strike
The Black Radical Success Story Your History Class Ignored
The Reconstruction era as it’s taught…
6 Dog Breeds White People Love More Than They Do Black People, Ranked
Everyone loves dogs — but some folks need to get their priorities straight
The 6 Most Annoying Comments Black Men Hear After a Haircut, Ranked
I got a new look and my White co-workers couldn’t contain themselves
This Week in Racism: Someone threw a WHAT at a WHO?
Welcome once again to our weekly roundup of the…
Why I Skip Pop Culture Discussions With My White Coworkers
Music and movies are obviously for everyone—but explaining Black entertainment takes all the fun out of it
The Unbreakable Cycle of Racism
It has to change. And I must believe it will.
The Democratic Party Needs To Embrace Its Younger Superstars
Republicans and Bill Clinton aren’t going…
5 White Politicians Who Black People Mess With More Than Bill Clinton, Ranked
Happy birthday, Slick Willie, but we’ve moved on
I’m Not Your Poster Child for Workplace Diversity
Why won’t companies quit slapping a Band-Aid on things and make some actual meaningful changes?
Why Black Men Don’t Like Kamala Harris — and How It Can Stop
It’s not an easy conversation to have, but it’s an important one.
This Week In Racism: We’re Sad to Report That Clayton Bigsby Is Real
It’s an embarrassment of riches in our new weekly roundup of the world’s most pathetic people!
America’s Black Mayors Promise Change, but Don’t Go Far Enough
Despite marching and renaming streets…
5 Phil Collins Songs Black Folks Mess With, Ranked
Drums, please!
What Artists Need From Corporations Trying To Support Black Lives Matter Movements
Authentic collaboration is more relevant today than ever before
Don Lemon Is Out of Fucks to Give
One of few Black journalists to anchor a prime-time news show, Lemon keeps a candid camera