Love and the Enemy: An Exclusive Excerpt From Greg Tate's 'FLYBOY IN THE BUTTERMILK' • On Tuesday, AUWA Books released a special edition of the masterpiece by the Village Voice’s legendary cultural critic.

The Verdict on ‘Michael Jackson: The Verdict’? The Culture Is Guilty • The three-part Netflix docuseries on Jackson's 2005 criminal trial lays bare how the legal system and American pop culture failed to protect a child victim.

The Wake-Up Call Live: Earth, Wind and America • Can we save American democracy? Is it worth saving, or are we just being nostalgic about a country whose time has passed?

5 Alternative Acts That Might Save MAGApalooza 250 • Trump’s big birthday bash is falling apart…like America. Here's how we save it.

All Roads Lead to Alabama • The Supreme Court just allowed the state to use a map that had been ruled discriminatory against Black voters. It's part of the same white supremacist playbook Alabama has always used.

The Wake-Up Call Live: Whiteness Is Stranger Than Fiction • Michael Harriot discusses the history of racial gerrymandering, felony disenfranchisement and why it feels like we're living in a dystopian novel.

Black Patients Have Valid Reasons to Seek Out Black Doctors. A Lawsuit Threatens That Access. • The suit filed against Find A Black Doctor by a white dermatologist and an anti-DEI group is yet another effort to undermine a resource meant to protect a marginalized community.

Throwback Thursday: The Woman Who Gave Us Rhythm • Cultural icon Rachel Stuart-Baker sat down to discuss her time on BET's "Caribbean Rhythms" and how it exposed America to island culture.

Kevin Hart, Dave Chappelle and the Original Chickenshits of Comedy • Comedians have the right to offend. They do not have the right to escape criticism when they do.

They’ll Be BLACK Around • A Black response to the Great White Grift.

They Joined the Military to Escape Jim Crow. Then They Spent 5 Years As POWs • After surviving racial apartheid, disenfranchisement and a fascist government, Cpl. Isaiah R. McMillan and Sgt. Thomas J. Davis spent five years as prisoners of war.

Boots Riley’s ‘I Love Boosters' Turns Shoplifting Into a Revolutionary Act • Keke Palmer leads an all-Black-woman shoplifting crew in this brilliant, surrealist comedy about corporate exploitation.

The Wake-Up Call Live: Earth Wind & Fire and Other Black Magic • We debut the trailer for the new Earth Wind & Fire documentary and discuss the difference between religion, superstition and magic.

A New South Is Rising: The People Came Because They Heard the Call • Saturday's "All Roads Lead to the South" march for voting rights "was not a one-off," writes LaTosha Brown. "This was the spark. We are calling this our summer of freedom and liberation."

Stephen A. Smith Thinks Voting Republican Will Make Parties 'Compete' for Black Votes. He’s Wrong • Blind loyalty to a party has never been a defining feature of Black political activism, award-winning journalist and best-selling author Michael Harriot writes.

All Roads Lead to the South: Why I’m Calling You to Montgomery on Saturday • LaTosha Brown of Black Voters Matter is issuing a nationwide call to action for anyone who cares about voting rights and preserving our democracy.

The Wake-Up Call Live: Don't Fear the Coyote • What Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown and karate can teach us about gerrymandering.

Florida Rep. Byron Donalds Thinks Systemic Racism No Longer Exists. Facts Beg to Differ • Donalds, who is running for governor, believes the gutting of the Voting Rights Act was the right decision while ignoring Florida's long history of disenfranchising Black voters.

Damario Solomon-Simmons on Race, Reparations and Redeeming Nations • Michael Harriot sits down with the author of "Redeem A Nation: The Century-Long Battle to Restore the Soul of America."

Excerpt: A Fight for Justice in Tulsa and a Blueprint for Black Power • In his new book, “Redeem a Nation,” civil rights attorney Damario Solomon-Simmons chronicles the legal battle to get reparations for the last known survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre.

The Wake-Up Call Live: My Grandmama's Fur Coat • Michael Harriot dissects Black political activism and how we got here.

Throwback Thursday: An Intervention Letter to America • Ten years ago, we tried to stop a drunk country from making one of the biggest mistakes of its life.

How Tiffany Cross Survived a Toxic Relationship • Michael Harriot sits down with Tiffany Cross to discuss her new book "Love, Me: A Letter to Black Women in a Toxic Country, Career, and Relationship."

A Wish List For White Supremacy: 7 Ways Trump's 2027 Budget Will Hurt Black America • The president's budget proposal includes cuts to programs that support Black-owned businesses, equal education and anything he considers "woke" or "DEI."

We Are the Architects Now • On Louisiana v. Callais and what this moment requires of us.

The Wake-Up Call Live: What If There Is No Solution? • When your country steals your rights, fighting back is the only option.

We Lost. • When the Supreme Court dealt the final blow to the Voting Rights Act, it completed its mission to erase the tangible results of the Civil Rights Movement.

The GOP Is Work Hard to Diminish Black Voting Power • Through legislation and the redistricting wars, Republicans are doing everything they can to weaken the power of the Black vote.

The Caucasians' Guide to Surviving an Assassination • While white people have historically dominated the assassin industry, if anyone knows how to survive America's violent streak, it's Black people.

The Wake-Up Call Live: White Boys and 'Da Hood' • A conversation about entitlement, intelligence and Black neighborhoods.

...And He Was a Good Man • This is the phrase we have used for generations to explain away the violence men inflict on women.

Throwback Thursday: Robin & Tiffany, a Greek Tragedy • As America reckons with how we remember those who commit violence against women, family members and themselves, I share this personal part of my family history.

The 9 Kinds of (Black) Cousins • The definitive ranking of the African-American cousinverse.

The Reports of MAGA Abandoning Trump Are Greatly Exaggerated • The narrative that Trumpworld is beginning to sour on the president is the real "fake news."

My Family Survived a “Murder-Suicide.” Stop Rewriting Justin Fairfax’s Violence as “Mental Health.”

The Wake-Up Call Live: They Ain't That Smart • A conversation about intelligence, neurodivergence and Lorna Doone.

Throwback Thursday: Donald Trump, White Jesus • Eight years before white America's next top doctor shared a blasphemous image, we delivered this sermon to the Church of Donald Trump and MAGA Day Saints.

How the Trump Administration Is Quietly Defunding HBCUs • Despite Donald Trump's false claim that he "saved HBCUs," he is overseeing the biggest economic attack on historically Black college institutions in U.S. history.

Afrika Bambaataa and Holding Multiple Truths When Death Comes • Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault. There is something we do with the dead that we would never dare do with the living. We edit them.

The Democratic Party's Big Problem • Is the Democratic Party built for this moment or are we asking the right questions?

For Trump Voters Who Say 'We Didn't Vote For This' When MAGA Is Not Enough • To all the Joe Rogan, Marjorie Taylor Greene and MAGA supporters who claim "this is not what I voted for," stop lying.

The Wake-Up Call Live: Culottes, Christians and Keeping That Same Energy • We survived another crazy week in America. Let's talk about it.

Throwback Thursday: An Open Letter to Memphis, Tenn. • America did this.

His hands were up. He was Unarmed. It still wasn’t enough. • Even with the facts clear and the law settled, it took almost ten years for the killing of Terence Crutcher to be cleared for trial. Proof that qualified immunity is a barrier to accountability.

What MAGAmericans Can Learn From Trick Daddy and the AKAs • This is what happens when things get pretty thuggish.

Breaking News: 'Woke' Protest Leader Resurrects Message Days After Being Killed By Feds • According to Christ Resurrection Theorists, the reports of Yeshua Ben Yosef's demise has been greatly exaggerated.

The Wake-Up Call Live: America Is Dumb • A discussion about capitalism, cancel culture and a country that cooks everything on high heat.

Watch: Reporting While Black • Michael Harriot, Joy Reid, Jason Johnson and Karen Attiah live at Howard University

Throwback Thursday: Resistance, Uprisings and How to Fight A Thug • The decision to fight cannot be dictated by the likelihood of winning.

ELI5: Why Druski Can Wear Whiteface, Explained • Racist Baby returns to find out the difference between dressing up like a white nationalist's widow and wearing someone's culture as a costume.