Starting June 9, Redi will stream “The Joy Reid Show” on Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons across YouTube and major podcast distributors. variety.com/2025/tv/news...

As Elon Musk became one of Donald J. Trump’s closest allies last year, leading raucous rallies and donating about $275 million to help him win the presidency, he was also using drugs far more intensely than previously known www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...

“If Diddy goes to prison, he will have all the men he wants” Suge Knight goes on Piers Morgan, and confesses that Diddy and Ray J were lovers www.lipstickalley.com/threads/%E2%...

NBA superstar and former first-overall draft pick Zion Williamson has been accused of rape in Los Angeles by a woman claiming to be his former girlfriend. #NBA www.lipstickalley.com/threads/nba-...

Niko McKnight, a singer and guitarist who also happens to be the estranged son of R&B star Brian McKnight, has reportedly died after a battle with cancer. The news was confirmed Brian's brother, Claude McKnight. www.lipstickalley.com/threads/niko...

Roc Nation CEO Desiree Perez is being sued by her daughter Demoree Hadley for false drug use claims and having her held in a mental institution for two weeks against her will www.lipstickalley.com/threads/desi...

Fat Joe and Jada Kiss admits rappers live paycheck to paycheck, including themselves www.lipstickalley.com/threads/fat-...

Tory Lanez launches website with alleged suppressed evidence that proves he didn't shoot Megan Thee Stallion www.lipstickalley.com/threads/36-h...

President Trump commuted the life prison sentence of Larry Hoover, the co-founder of the Gangster Disciples street gang. Attorney Justin Moore said Trump commuted Hoover’s sentence to time served. He still faces life in prison on a state murder conviction.⁠ www.lipstickalley.com/threads/trum...

‘Shut Up, Ape, Before I Put You In a Cage!’: Black Chick-fil-A Worker In Idaho Filed 30 Complaints But Was Forced to Endure the Racist Abuse Because Harassers ‘Couldn’t Be Fired,’ Lawsuit Claims atlantablackstar.com/2025/05/26/b...

Former U.S. Congressman Charles B. Rangel, dies at 94 amsterdamnews.com/news/2025/05...

Ex-wife of NC civil rights leader William Barber says he used nonprofit funds for alimony. Barber denies it www.wral.com/amp/22021343/

AI recreates the faces of enslaved people in Brazil based on descriptions by an abolitionist english.elpais.com/internationa...

I am a proud African. Moving to Canada and being seen as Black was a culture shock www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

GOP megabill to save Congress nearly $800 billion — while kicking millions of people off health insurance www.politico.com/live-updates...

Wealthy gain, low-income people lose from GOP megabill, analysis finds www.politico.com/news/2025/05...

Cannes standout 'My Father's Shadow' marks a historic first for Nigeria apnews.com/article/cann...

Board of Florida's only public HBCU picks a lobbyist with ties to DeSantis as its next president apnews.com/article/flor...  Board of Florida's only public HBCU picks a lobbyist with ties to DeSantis as its next president

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore vetoes slavery reparations study, citing need for 'the work itself' apnews.com/article/slav...

John Legend said it’s “shocking” to see what has become of Kanye West and mourned the days of friendship and shared passion he had with West back in the mid-2000s. www.lipstickalley.com/threads/john...

Jasmine Crockett says Democratic donors have already selected the #2028 election candidate: "I can tell you that there is one specific candidate. I had a donor on the phones with me telling me that all the donors are lining up behind that candidate."⁠ ⁠ www.lipstickalley.com/threads/rep-...

Marlon Wayans is opening up about his 24-year-old trans son Kai. “When they went through the transition, I actually went through the transition. I went from denial to complete acceptance, and it took me a week to get there.”⁠ ⁠ www.lipstickalley.com/threads/marl...

Rodney Hinton Jr. killed a sheriff's deputy by driving his car into him roughly two hours after he reviewed police body camera footage of an officer shooting his 18-year-old son, Ryan Hinton.⁠ www.lipstickalley.com/threads/cinc...

Disgraced former U.S. Rep. George Santos was sentenced Friday to over seven years in prison, sobbing as he learned his punishment for the crimes that led to his expulsion from Congress. apnews.com/article/geor...

Private equity executive Ryan Hemphill is accused of raping and assaulting six women in his New York City apartment over five months, and prosecutors say "there may be more survivors" of the man's alleged wrath www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Ecuadorian soccer player Jackson Rodríguez's family has allegedly been kidnapped. Rodríguez told police that his wife and 5-year-old daughter were abducted from their home while he hid under the bed Wednesday morning. www.lipstickalley.com/threads/socc...

Kelley Steele knew and accepted that her husband, Pastor Reginald Steele, was a cheater. But instead of getting mad or divorcing him, she helped him get ready for his dates to keep their marriage intact. “I was okay with it as long as I was first.” www.lipstickalley.com/threads/my-p...

USC recruit Alijah Arenas, son of Gilbert Arenas, in coma after Cybertruck crash www.lipstickalley.com/threads/laur...

Before Shannon Sharpe’s time at ESPN he was accused of choking a female production assistant. One source said Sharpe and Fox settled with the accuser for several hundred thousand dollars. www.lipstickalley.com/threads/shan...

Ari Lennox amicably leaves Dreamville Records. This past April, Ari performed her curtain call at Cole's final Dreamville Festival, and thanked him and the label for essentially making her dreams a r www.lipstickalley.com/threads/ari-...

Chris Brown is being dragged to court by a woman who claims the entertainer publicly humiliated her on social media. Angela Reliford claimed she has suffered significant reputational damage, emotional distress due to Chris’ actions. www.lipstickalley.com/threads/chri...

Trump Organization sells ‘Trump 2028’ hat and T-shirt, fueling fresh questions about attempt to seek third White House term www.cnbc.com/2025/04/24/t...

Singer Kehlani dropped from Cornell concert for 'antisemitic' sentiments apnews.com/article/kehl...

Coco Jones is fearless on debut album 'Why Not More?' apnews.com/article/coco...

Cannes Expresses “Profound Sadness” At Death Of Gaza Photojournalist Fatima Hassouna who was killed with nine members of her family in a direct strike on their home in Gaza City on April 16 deadline.com/2025/04/cann...

Donald Trump Lashes Out At Fox News After Its Poll Shows His Approval Rating 11 Points Underwater deadline.com/2025/04/trum...

Family Album: Staffers and Friends of Vogue on the Black Dandies in Their Lives www.vogue.com/article/blac...

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a teenager who accused two-time NBA All-Star Ja Morant of punching him during a pickup game at the home of the Memphis Grizzlies guard’s parents in 2022. apnews.com/article/ja-m...

The State Bar of Texas rescinded a speaking invitation to the NAACP’s president after the civil rights group challenged the Trump administration’s dismantling of the Education Department apnews.com/article/naac...

Charles Burnett on the never-ending battle of 'Killer of Sheep' apnews.com/article/char...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently ordered modifications to a room next to the Pentagon press briefing room to retrofit it with a makeup studio that can be used to prepare for television appearances www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth...

“Who were the Leesburg Stockade Girls?” In July of 1963 in Americus, Georgia, fifteen girls were jailed for challenging segregation laws. nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stor...

Michelle Obama said she had to “basically trick” herself into following through on her desire to skip the inauguration — by ensuring that she would have nothing to wear if she started feeling the pressure to attend.⁠ www.lipstickalley.com/threads/mich...

Ciara is reacting to her husband Russell Wilson's campaign for another baby. “Let me tell you, someone needs to take my husband’s phone right now, okay. Because he needs to stop."⁠ www.lipstickalley.com/threads/ciar...

Anthropic warns fully AI employees are a year away www.axios.com/2025/04/22/a...

Tina Knowles' memoir 'Matriarch' is Oprah Winfrey's new book club pick apnews.com/article/tina...

The top producer at '60 Minutes' has quit. He says he can no longer run the show as he always has apnews.com/article/60-m...

Jury finds The New York Times did not libel former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin apnews.com/article/sara...

Grandma of Alleged FSU Shooter Calls His Parents 'Rotten Bastard People' After Deadly Campus Shooting people.com/grandma-of-a...

Trump's Team Ponders How to Make Women Have More Babies. One Idea Was Part of Hitler and Stalin's Playbook people.com/trump-team-p...