Activist Shaun King took to Twitter Wednesday to denounce conservative bloggers who claimed that he had faked his race and had lied about the story of his racially motivated assault. The racial justice advocate, who says his mother is white and his father is black, has said that he was the victim of what he […]

NewsOne’s PolitickerOne blog tackles some of the most important topics in politics: Election 2016, moves by the Obama administration, voting rights, lawmaking, and the way that elected officials represent our communities. Three times a week, we will go beyond the mainstream media’s “pack” coverage of politics to highlight the underreported aspects of how politics and policy […]

NewsOne’s PolitickerOne blog tackles some of the most important topics in politics: Election 2016, moves by the Obama administration, voting rights, lawmaking, and the way that elected officials represent our communities. Three times a week, we will go beyond the mainstream media’s “pack” coverage of politics to highlight the underreported aspects of how politics and policy […]

Unemployment remains one of the biggest problems in the Watts community in which residents and supporters are calling for more jobs to open.   WATTS, LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Tuesday marks 50 years since the Watts riots, a six-day outbreak that claimed 34 lives and caused $40 million worth of damage. It all started with […]

A New York City judge has ordered a yellow taxi driver to pay $25,000 in fines and compensation for bypassing a Black executive and her family to pick up White passengers, according to DNAInfo New York. Judge Raymond Kramer ruled last week that Baqir Raza must pay $10,000 in compensation toCynthia Jordan and a $15,000 […]

A fundraiser to benefit the officers in the Freddie Gray case was canceled Wednesday due to backlash from the main event: a former Baltimore police officer performing in blackface. Bobby Berger, 67, planned to perform an Al Jolson routine in blackface to raise funds for the six officers involved in Gray’s unlawful April arrest and […]

After the entire Bill Cosby fiasco that’s shattered our ’80s childhood memories forever, famed wrestler Hulk Hogan is now the next star to get his legacy tarnished. Hulk Hogan is in the middle of a $100 million lawsuit with Gawker since the site released his sextape. Overnight, WWE removed any mention of his from its official sites, including […]

MTV is airing a controversial documentary about white privilege, hosted by Jose Antonio Vargas, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist from the Philippines. The idea behind the documentary is solid, with executives saying they intend to use it to look at an aspect of race that is not usually addressed. But the clips released to YouTube promoting the show are […]

Stacey Dash wants a racist to run the country. Girl. Shutup.   Stacey Dash is arguably the most gorgeous woman on this planet, but God she’s an idiot, which is why we’ve officially decided we’re done with the Clueless beauty. Dash, in all her glowing trollish glory, appeared on Fox where she defended Donald Trump’s […]

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The United Church of Christ has passed a resolution calling for the National Football League and theWashington Washington Football Team to change the team name and stop using of any images or mascots that could be harmful or demeaning to the Native American community. The resolution also calls on the denomination’s nearly […]

During a Monday interview with comedian Marc Maron, President Barack Obama used the n-word to drive home the point that the shunning of the word in today’s society doesn’t magically make our society post-racial. If last week’s massacre at Charleston, South Carolina‘s Mother Emanuel AME Church is any indication, that’s public knowledge. Accused gunman Dylann Roof reportedly told […]

Black America is poised on Saturday to observe Juneteenth, one of the oldest celebrations commemorating the end of slavery and religious oppression. Nearly two years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865 to announce that the Civil War had ended and that slaves were free. […]