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Chipotle found itself the victim of racist hackers Sunday, the Daily Dot reports. SEE ALSO: Cops Caught On Facebook Showing Their Racial Biases Users screen-grabbed the offensive Tweets shortly before the burrito chain deleted them. You can see the company’s explanation and apology in the image above. The earlier, hacked version featured a swastika replacing the […]

Predictably, after the swift and cutting backlash from the blinding whiteness of this year’s Oscar nominations – from the front lines of Twitter (see: #OscarsSoWhite) to the Rev. Al Sharpton — the Academy itself responded, in the form of one Cheryl Boone Isaacs (pictured), the African American woman who heads the organization. Boone Isaacs, the first […]

It’s 2015 and we’ve started a New Year after enduring a very, very rough one for black people. We’ve had to hit the streets in a way that we haven’t since the Civil Rights years and somehow America is surprised that this isn’t the “post-racial” society that she thought it was. Like, wha…? So that […]

Updated: Thursday, Jan. 8, 1:45 p.m. ET: The White House has reportedly launched an investigation into how an image, purported to feature oldest first daughter Malia Obama, showed up on the Instagram page of a New York City rap group, according to Fox News, which cites a report at the Associated Press. The photo’s authenticity […]

A group of Black state lawmakers is stepping up pressure on Google, Facebook, Twitter and others to diversify their workforces in 2015 through more robust outreach, training and hiring in minority communities. RELATED: Where Are The Black Internet Workers? Civil Rights Bigs Weigh In The National Black Caucus of State Legislators (NBCSL) recently ratified a resolution, “Supporting […]

“You knocked it out of the park for girls everywhere,” Michelle Obama said Monday in a tweet to Mo’ne Davis (pictured) after Sports Illustrated Kids named the Little League pitching sensation its Sports Kid of the Year, ESPN reports. RELATED: Little League Pitching Phenom Mo’ne Davis Lands Book Deal She sure did! The 13-year-old Philadelphia honor roll student attracted widespread […]

                    Four White high school students were suspended recently on charges of posting racist social media comments about their newly elected senior class president, according to the Raw Story, citing a report at the Times Union. Kori Dobbs, who is Black, was taunted with racial slurs—including […]

Most people agreed it was a good call for CBS to cancel Rihanna’s performance of “Run This Town” at the season opening game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens. It seemed a little tone deaf for a league under scrutiny for downplaying domestic violence to open the season with a performance by a high-profile domestic […]

In light of what’s been going on this summer with Black men’s survival being threatened in this country and our need for a voice in cyberspace, I think it’s time for another edition of our popular “Tweets from the Brothersphere.” RELATED: When Black People Dare To Behave Like Citizens All Hell Breaks Loose Let’s start with […]

If you use Twitter and Instagram, you’ve probably seen Martin Baker’s image used in a number of popular memes. Well, it turns out Baker — whose identity was previously unknown — was one of 125 people who attended a rally weeks ago in support of the police officer who killed unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown earlier this month, according […]

In the aftermath of the Mike Brown shooting Twitter users posted photos of themselves to show the disparity of their lives and accomplishments verses public perception. This lead to the question, if they gunned me down what picture would they use to identify me? Guest host Jeff Johnson and the “NewsOne Now” panel discussed the […]

In the aftermath of the Mike Brown shooting Twitter users posted photos of themselves to show the disparity of their lives and accomplishments verses public perception. This lead to the question, if they gunned me down what picture would they use to identify me? Guest host Jeff Johnson and the “NewsOne Now” panel discussed the viral social media campaign […]