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TikTok has partnered with Barnes & Noble to unveil a new initiative to help promote literacy on the app: the #BookTokChallenge. We’re bringing back summer reading like it’s never been done before! Starting today, we’re encouraging our community to discover new books to read and then share their reactions on TikTok using #BookTokChallenge. https://t.co/uqlkQhyVZC —

With Pride month coming to an end, and with plenty of companies gearing up to do away with their rainbow-colored logos until June 2023, we have to be sure to continue supporting LGBTQ+ artists with the same fervor all year long. In the spirit of continuing to highlight queer artists, here are 18 LGBTQ+ artists

Trevor Noah on Wednesday called out the “snitch” in “the war that America is waging on women’s bodies” ― their cell phones. (Watch the video below.) In the wake of the Supreme Court’s repeal of Roe v. Wade, eliminating federal protections on abortion, women now have to worry about their phones being used against them

The findings of an investigation looking into allegations that Meghan Markle bullied royal aides will remain private, a palace official announced at a press conference on Wednesday. The press conference concerned the release of the Sovereign Grant report, which tracks the British monarchy’s public spending. It was thought that the conference would also touch on

On Wednesday, singer R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison and ordered to pay a $100,000 fine after being convicted of racketeering and charges related to sex trafficking. The case, marked by graphic and emotional testimony, has been in litigation for years. For sexual assault and abuse survivors, that has meant enduring nonstop

The Republican Party’s far-right lurch over the past several years is unmistakable. Its last standard-bearer instigated a coup attempt at the U.S. Capitol, and nearly the entire party is celebrating the Supreme Court’s rollback of the constitutional right to abortion. As the party has grown more hostile to democracy itself, it’s attracted a slew of

Ketanji Brown Jackson has been sworn in as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, marking the first time in American history that a Black woman has sat on the nation’s highest judicial body. Stephen Breyer, who retired as a justice minutes before the swearing-in ceremony, and Chief Justice John Roberts administered the oaths

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) speaks to supporters before signing a 15-week abortion ban into law on April 14. Associated Press A Florida judge on Thursday blocked a 15-week abortion ban from going into effect Friday. “The statute in section House Bill 5 is unconstitutional in that it violates the privacy provision of the Florida

A Dunkin’ location in Cranston, Rhode Island, wanted to celebrate its 30th anniversary on Wednesday by offering free coffee for a year to the first 100 guests. However, a Facebook post announcing the event suggested it was limited to “White Cranston RI residents,” according to NBC Providence affiliate WJAR TV. Advertisement A local Dunkin’ giveaway

Tabitha Brown announced that she will be the host of It’s CompliPlated, Food Network’s first vegan cooking show, Green Matters reports. She broke the good news Wednesday on social media, sharing how excited she is. 😭🙌🏾 Family look at what the Lord has done😭🙌🏾. He took me from my car eating a sandwich, to live

R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison for federal racketeering and sex trafficking. Despite decades of evidence of the abuse of young girls and women, there are still many crying out that R. Kelly is innocent. As we continue to watch people attempt to “separate the artist from the art” in a performance

Ciara is dropping new music and the cover art for her newest single features a bodysuit by Cierra Boyd, a Los Angeles designer and mastermind behind high-fashion streetwear brand Frisk Me Good. I just wanna cry, I cannot believe my bodysuit suit is the cover of Jump. Thank you again @ciara, 10 year old me

I was eight years old when I first saw a gun. A neighborhood knucklehead that we’ll call Payphone had backed down Ray over something that was far beyond my age. This was back in 1984, when drugs were plentiful and Washington, D.C., didn’t have a drug task force, and new money meant urban opulence like

Lewis Hamilton looks on from the grid during day one of F1 Testing at Bahrain International Circuit on March 12, 2021. Joe Portlock via Getty Images PARIS (AP) — Formula One great Lewis Hamilton said “archaic mindsets” have to change after retired champion Nelson Piquet reportedly used a racial slur against him. Hamilton’s comments came

Bruce’s Beach in Manhattan Beach, California, in 2021. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday voted to return the land to descendants of a Black couple who built a resort there during segregation. Dean Musgrove/Orange County Register via Associated Press Nearly 100 years after a Black family’s oceanfront property was seized by the

Nearly two years after “Black Panther” actor Chadwick Boseman died of colon cancer at the age of 43, his family is setting up plans to distribute his multimillion-dollar estate. According to the Shadow and Act entertainment site, Boseman’s widow, Taylor Simone Ledward, requested that the court evenly distribute her late husband’s estate equally between her

Megan Thee Stallion is setting social media ablaze with her new twerking video. The Grammy-winning artist showed off her bodacious moves at a private gathering with some friends, where she twerked in their face and treated them to scintillating lap dancing. The 27-year-old was also kind enough to broadcast her mouthwatering skills on the internet.