the release of sinners coinciding with the beginning of the cowboy carter tour which also blends into the met gala, whose theme is famously “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style.”

Sinners is so unique because it doesn’t follow the “traditional” vampire plot lines. It explores race, lasting effects of slavery, religion vs spirituality and the importance or preserving ancestral traditions. tennessean.com/story/opinion/…

It is disingenuous for the #AMAs to say The Carter Family basically created the country music when the genre has African origins. As a journalist who has traveled to the “birthplace of country music”, the erasure of country music’s Black roots is disheartening.

my latest for The Tennessean is about the continued colonization of Borikén through means of exterminating Coquis. My Titi Evelyn never saw a free Borikén but hopefully this generation will🤍tennessean.com/story/opinion/…

This Father’s Day, join me in calling for the immediate release of Mahmoud Khalil.

Two Minnesota lawmakers are in grave condition following apparent “targeted” shooting, officials say Authorities believe the shooter was impersonating law enforcement abcnews.go.com/US/2-minnesota…

Gov. Tim Walz says Democratic Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot and killed last night in “a politically motivated assassination.”

exactly

Esaw Snipes-Garner, activist and widow of Eric Garner, dies at 58 amsterdamnews.com/news/2025/06/1…

Jeany Heller 🇺🇸🇮🇱🏳️‍🌈🕎 WNBA New York Liberty You came to this conclusion after I talked about humanity? 620 days. That’s how long Israel has been bombing innocent Palestinians. I will never support the oppressor/aggressor. & still I fight for the innocent israeli lives being lost as a result of Netanyahus recklessness.

FRED AGAIN.. SKEPTA PLAQUEBOYMAX "VICTORY LAP" OUT NOW 🚨

Black joy. Black creativity. Black celebration >>>

A Mississippi Juneteenth !

As hundreds of Black communities nationwide have been gentrified since 1980, more than 500,000 Black people have been pushed from their homes, according to a study “No racial or ethnic group has experienced more negative impacts from gentrification” capitalbnews.org/black-displace…

*This does not pertain to Pusha & Malice.

THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY FIVE YEARS

So.. officially, I'm the last Black staff columnist left in the Washington Post's opinion section.

WE EXIST, I PROMISE. I HAVE NEVER ASKED AN ACTOR ABOUT A THRIST TWEET OR WHAT SNOGGING THEIR COSTAR WAS LIKE OR USED AI TO DO MY RESEARCH. all i ask is that you engage with our work and prove we still matter. we are only replaceable by influencers if you, the audience, say so.

In June, Latricia Green pleaded for a protection order from her ex-husband. It was denied. She asked again in July. It wasn’t served. She was shot and killed by her ex-husband this morning inside a Detroit hospital wxyz.com/news/last-mont…

In Michigan, survivors of domestic violence have to pay to have a PPO served by police. Experts say the cost is "an access to justice issue" wxyz.com/news/local-new…