In 2008, Hadiya Pendleton starred in a YouTube video that spoke against gang violence. The clip, which was produced by Digital Youth Network—a program that, as DNA Info explains, offers after-school and in-class opportunities for students to practice media production while relaying positive messages—was a part of the SAVE (Stop Abuse and Violence Everywhere) Project. “So many children out […]
If you're on social media, you've heard it thrown around more than once, most likely within conversations regarding another one of Kylie's questionable fashion choices (she "woke up like disss") or Drake's obsession with phony-ass patois—but where did "culture vulture" even originate?
For Mother's Day, we rounded up some of Adichie's most moving quotes about being a mom from her May 4 TimesTalks appearance.
Gelila Mesfin—the talented Black artist whose painting of Michelle Obama was plagiarized—is seeking what she’s owed. DNAinfo reports Mesfin’s legal team is requesting $12,000—the amount Chicago urban planner Chris Devins raised via GoFundMe to create the mural—to be paid as compensation. They’re also seeking additional compensation for the damages suffered from his “willful infringement of [Mesfin’s] copyrights and […]
