Erin E. Evans

Natelegé Whaley is out this week, so I’m subbing in for her in this week’s edition of Movement Must-Reads. In preparation for Tuesday’s midterms, this newsletter is full of content and resources that will come in handy before you arrive at the…

Actress Javicia Leslie is a newcomer to network television, and perhaps it’s safe to say that it’s her faith that led her to a role in the CBS network comedy-drama God Friended Me. “My belief is — if you follow your passion, you’ll find your…

On Monday night, Last Week Tonight With John Oliver won the Emmy for outstanding variety talk series, marking the third consecutive win for the series in this category. “All the shows, every year, we fly our staff here and we put them in the worst…

RuPaul’s Drag Race took home the Emmy for outstanding reality competition series Monday night, marking the first win for the series in this category. While accepting the award, RuPaul preached self-acceptance. “If you can’t love yourself, how the…

The Emmy for outstanding drama writing went to Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg for The Americans on Monday night, marking the first win for The Americans in this category. The FX show’s final series concluded May 30. Game of Thrones, which was…

Wednesday marks the 25th anniversary of hit Fox sitcom Living Single. Yes, Khadijah, Regine, Maxine and Synclaire were living in a “‘90s kinda world,” but the funny moments and messages — black women flourishing and failing at love and life — are so…

(Editor’s note: Spoilers for BlacKkKlansman ahead.) The Ku Klux Klan members aren’t the worst characters in Spike Lee’s critically acclaimed new film, BlacKkKlansman. And neither is David Duke, the hate group’s former grand wizard. Connie…

There are so many things to appreciate about Issa Rae’s Insecure. The stars! The storytelling! The cinematography! The clothes! The jokes! The HBO series, which kicked off its third season Sunday night, is also known for its celebration of good…

“How ’bout those biscuits?” chef Brother Luck yelled across the dining room of the illustrious James Beard House. He’d come up from the kitchen after cooking dinner Monday night with three other black chefs from season 15 of Bravo’s Top Chef.…

In case that headline wasn’t enough of a tip-off, I’ll just come right out with it: I didn’t like Spike Lee’s TV reboot of She’s Gotta Have It. The 10-episode series, which premieres Thursday on Netflix, is basically a longer, technicolor version of…

Some of the funniest moments on HBO’s Insecure feature actress and writer Natasha Rothwell, who plays Kelli, the hilarious, frisky, unapologetic friend in Issa Dee’s girl squad. In the second season’s penultimate episode, Kelli calls out Lawrence…

The second season of Insecure was hella messy. I reviewed the season positively back in July, after watching the first four episodes, and I still stand by those words. The show — co-created by writer and star Issa Rae and Larry Wilmore — is…

Yvonne Orji wasn’t supposed to become famous. At six years old, she moved to the United States from Nigeria with her parents so she could live out the American dream. Translation: Like so many other immigrant children, Orji was told by her parents…

Issa Rae is hella casual about being one of television’s rising stars. The Golden Globe-nominated actress and executive producer of HBO’s Insecure demurs in interviews when media personalities mention she’s made it “to the top.” Perhaps that’s why…

At Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial in Norristown, Pennsylvania, the legendary comedian made sure to remind everyone that he is a television icon. On Tuesday, as the jury finished its second day of deliberations, Cosby yelled his famous Fat Albert…

In a series of tweets on Sunday, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo condemned a black feminist festival planned for July. The three-day festival, she said, is discriminatory because it is "forbidden to white people," the Associated Press reported. Mwasi…

Jordan Edwards should be alive. The 15-year-old honor roll student was leaving a house party in Balch Springs, Texas, when he was shot and killed by an officer responding to a call about "drunk teens." His two brothers were arrested while Jordan lay…

Underground, the television drama about runaway slaves on a quest for freedom in 1857, wasted no time in showing audiences that their preconceived notions about Harriet Tubman were all wrong. For years, on-screen portrayals of the civil rights hero…

From 19th century author Anna Julia Cooper, who saw the agency of black women as central to gaining equality in America, to actress and singer Zendaya, who urges all women to let their voices be heard, take a look at how a handful of black women…