Police shot 27-year-old a Black man named Walter Wallace Jr. nearly a dozen times on Monday as he was experiencing a mental health crisis, killing him and sparking protests in West Philadelphia overnight. Shortly after 4 p.m. on Monday, police said…
In 2005, Dennis Keen, a high school junior in Los Angeles, was applying for a summer exchange program. After not much deliberation, he decided it would be punky and funny to forgo France and Spain and go to Kazakhstan. “People didn't know…
Pepsi has described its latest ad campaign, which features a previously unreleased Biggie Smalls freestyle, as a way to 'celebrate' the legendary Brooklyn rapper's legacy—and, of course, to celebrate Pepsi. In a press release, the soda…
Unpaid Royalties is a series about the myriad ways that the music industry exploits Black artists—and what's being done to change them. Read more here. When Lizzo ascended to the upper echelons of popular music's ranks, it was supposed to be…
When Ashley, a recent graduate of the University of Delaware, had to take her first remote exam in April after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the experience was less than ideal. Her forensic science professor asked students to use a…
