Recently, Bill Maher tweeted that “March Madness really is a stirring reminder of what America was founded on—making tons of money off the labor of unpaid black people.” Although there are some parallels, college athletes do receive scholarships and are not forced to play. A more accurate comparison would be when a company builds a…

By now you’ve seen the cover photo for R. Kelly’s latest, dubiously titled album, Black Panties. Unfortunately, I’ve seen it, too, and as a father of two daughters, I find it extremely difficult to look at that image, knowing his history: accounts from people like his former manager, Barry Hankerson, about Kelly’s proclivity for underage…