Most social media challenges are quickly followed by medical and law enforcement officials warning potential challenge takers of all the terrible consequences that come from being stupid enough to light yourself on fire, eat poisonous laundry pods or hide from all human contact for two days. For that reason, the #trashtag challenge is a true…

February is Black History Month. Every year during these four weeks, Americans remember and honor the African Americans who played a central role in shaping the world as we know it today. They were politicians, artists, scientists, veterans, activists, faith leaders and ordinary citizens who became extraordinary when they rose to meet the challenges they…

Everyone loves a good redemption story. Tales of people turning their lives around sell almost as well as the scandals that destroyed those lives in the first place. The redemption story simply comes with a more feel good spin rather than the morbid glee of watching as a train goes hurtling off the tracks. In…

Hollywood stars and evangelical leaders rarely manage to agree on much. They have, however, united behind Jussie Smollett after the “Empire” star was hospitalized on Tuesday, January 29, 2019. According to police reports, two unidentified attackers shouted homophobic and racial slurs at the actor, physically attacked him, put a rope around his neck and poured…

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