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Over the last couple of weeks, Danny Glover has been on a mission to draw attention to U.S. postal workers across the country and to raise awareness for the American Postal Workers Union. The cause is dear to Glover because both his parents were postal workers. But during a recent interview, Glover felt disrespected because…

If controversy and dumbfounded views are what The View is aiming for, then Raven-Symoné may have a new home. Over the last couple of months, Symoné has found herself a comfortable seat on The View and is now in talks for a permanent co-hosting role. According to the New York Daily News, everyone connected to…

On Monday, Univision Communications Inc., the leading media company serving Hispanic Americans, announced that it has acquired The Root, the leading online news, opinion and culture destination for African Americans. “This bold new partnership between Univision and The Root underscores the ties that have long bound people of color together throughout the Western Hemisphere, and…

Over the last several months, the social media and activists have made it clear that #BlackLivesMatter. The movement has grown worldwide, but often missing from the dynamic is the talk about black women who have been killed at the hands of police. According to a new report, “Say Her Name: Resisting Police Brutality Against Black Women,”…

Politicians never cease to amaze me, and the most recent scandal out of Virginia proves that some of them are out of their bats—t-crazy minds. Former Virginia Del. Joe Morrissey, 57, has finally admitted fathering a child with his former receptionist Myrna Pride, with whom the former Democrat had been accused of having a sexual…

In November, former supermodel Janice Dickinson came forward with allegations that Bill Cosby sexually assaulted her in 1982. The allegations, which were nixed from Dickinson’s autobiography, were refuted by Cosby’s attorney Martin Singer, who called her accusations a lie. Dickinson has now filed a defamation lawsuit against Cosby, stating that being called a liar has hurt…

Is there anyone Jamie Foxx can’t impersonate? Probably not, and he proved that Tuesday night on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. During Fallon’s “Wheel of Musical Impressions,” Foxx performed the Toys R Us song as John Legend and left the audience in tears. It’s hard to pick which impersonation—from Foxx’s take on Mick Jagger…

A recent study shows that some of your favorite artists are doling out lyrics that aren’t even on a third-grade reading level. According to SeatSmart, the reading level required to understand music coming from today’s Billboard hit-makers has declined since 2005. Andrew Powell-Morse, who conducted the study, used 225 songs that spent at least three…

Ever since President Barack Obama joined Twitter, he’s received tons of tweets from admirers, like Bill Clinton, and haters, like the racists of America, and now he can add first lady Michelle Obama to the list of those who have tweeted him. Late Tuesday night, the FLOTUS posted what seems to be a workout challenge…

During Sunday night’s Billboard Music Awards, Kanye West closed out the show with pyrotechnics and a performance of  “All Day” from his upcoming album, Swish, as well as “Black Skinhead” from Yeezus. But if you were at home watching the show live on television, you were probably bombarded with a lot of censorship because of his…