Meghan’s Oprah interview was very painful to watch if you are Black. Her descriptions of racism, and how racism and bias operate, were royal in focus but universal in experience.
Brooke Leigh Howard is a multimedia reporter for The Daily Beast and the voice of the Audio Cheat Sheet.
As Black people, we’re supposed to act as if those things aren’t there, pretend like they don’t bother us. But they’re constant reminders of our place in an Antebellum past.
When I was growing up, Timberland boots were the first fashion item that allowed me to express myself. Kamala Harris wearing them reminds us of their importance in Black culture.
The South Carolina “presidential” rally and late-night tweets show a man in the midst of a crisis—and terrifyingly alone.
“All-white protesters came to my house with fireworks, aiming at my window, calling out: ‘Fuck you and fuck the police. Black lives matter!’” Mayor London Breed recalled.
Protests seemed calmer after the decision to charge three more cops in the death of George Floyd, but the air was still thick with the potential for chaos.
We put on brave faces, and we show up to do the jobs we committed to because, as we know, who better to tell the stories of black lives than those of us who live them?
Yeezus held his infamous “Sunday Service” performance at the Greater Allen A.M.E. Cathedral in Queens, New York, where a number of regular churchgoers walked out mid-performance.
Rihanna’s New York Fashion Week show had famous guests—Anna Wintour, Laverne Cox, Cara Delevingne, Gigi and Bella Hadid, and Paris Hilton—and a sensual power all its own.
At Anthony Rubio's doggy dress-up show, the Boston Terriers, Chihuahuas, and various mutts were dressed to the nines in gilded capes and bedazzled leashes, all modeled with aplomb.