Eddie Murphy’s huge bet with Richard Pryor and hilarious dares with Dick Cavett…

100 years ago today in Chicago, Illinois, Roxie Hart murdered Fred Casely (allegedly) in self-defense

Here you go, no charge: “Whites, it must frankly be said, are not putting in a … mass effort to re-educate themselves out of their racial ignorance. It is an aspect of their sense of superiority that the white people of America believe they have so little to learn.” — MLK

Talked to the man of the hour, Dominic Sessa, for The Hollywood Reporter. When he got the role of Angus he closed his laptop and didn't finish a paper. It was considered a good enough excuse. hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-f…

soooooo they did it on the day of the friggin NH primary

In light of the death of Nex Benedict, a gender-expansive student in Oklahoma, the Trans Journalists Association has selected articles that fact-check common misinformation and take thoughtful, nuanced approaches to contextualizing the tragedy. transjournalists.org/roundups-nex-b…

Neon announced on Tuesday that it will bring Ava DuVernay’s acclaimed drama ‘Origin’ back to 500 U.S. theaters on February 28, for a one-night-only special screening event deadline.com/2024/02/origin…

A thought-provoking cinematic experience. See #OriginMovie in cinemas this Friday.

i really can’t believe tik tok is about to be banned in the US before ARs

Don’t ever talk to me about how Black people aren’t owed reparations because no one alive has suffered what the reparations are for. These survivors for more than a century have stubbornly refused to die, only to be denied justice again and again. That is despite the fact that

Decades before Sports Illustrated put a Black model on the cover of their swimsuit issue, JET magazine launched "Beauty of the Week," featuring ordinary Black women (paralegals, postal workers, etc.) in their bikinis. I wrote about it for The New Yorker. newyorker.com/culture/photo-…

If billionaires paid their fair share of taxes we wouldn’t have to rely on these “gifts” bestowed on a few and instead could offer universal college. Just saying.

The most incredible birthday gift for me was producing this one-of-a-kind Seth Rogen segment: #SethRogaine youtube.com/watch?v=OqCNRj…

.WIRED's Leah Feiger says Elon Musk and his lackeys are treating the US government like they're taking over a tech company.

This is the 2nd Black woman I’ve seen THIS WEEK who was in active labor in a hospital, was denied care, & had the baby <15 mins later. When we say the maternal mortality rates of Black women is 2-4 times higher than white women, this is why. Why make it about race? You tell me.

An Indiana woman claims she was wheeled out of a hospital in active labor, forcing her to give birth on the side of a road just eight minutes later. Read more: abcnews.visitlink.me/-tFOaB

Black women are 3x more likely to die of pregnancy complications. This neglect is systemic racism