Public Figures

Forgiveness, especially the kind that requires a greater degree of vulnerability and complex emotional honesty, is rarely modeled for us in healthy ways.

In this op-ed, Dr. Stacey Patton calls out Dean Cain, who once played Superman, an undocumented refugee who protected the powerless. Now, he hunts them for ICE.

This behavior isn’t new. Nicki Minaj's rap sheet of beef with women is long, exhausting, and well-documented over the years.

If we’re going to move forward as a community, it starts with holding all of us accountable—especially the ones we once called kings, including Sean Combs.

Langston Hughes was born in 1902 on Feb. 1, a date that would through no coincidence go on to mark the start of Black History Month.

Jason Whitlock weighed in on the sexual harassment lawsuit against Fox Sports by making sexually-charged remarks about Joy Taylor.

Nikki Giovanni showered me with love and the specific sort of love that only happens when one sees the world through Toni Morrison’s Black Lens.

Rapper Rich Homie Quan's death sparked unverified reports about what caused it.

History's greatest gymnast should be revered for so much more.

Danyel Smith, a former editor-in-chief at VIBE Magazine, accuses disgraced mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs of threatening her over a magazine cover.

After facing rejections from aviation schools in the United States, Coleman headed to Paris, France, in 1920 and enrolled at the Caudron Brothers’ School of Aviation. The following year, she would earn her pilot's license from the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale.

A parent who has disowned their child is a failed parent, not a proud one, and, at any rate, Thomas and his wife appear to have, possibly intentionally, kept their ties to Martin out of public knowledge until relatively recently.