Jamilah King

Silicon Valley may be home to some of the world’s most innovative technological problem solvers, but there’s at least one issue that’s stumped engineers and investors: how to make the Valley more racially inclusive. In recent months, at least two…

Jay-Z’s new album 4:44 is a grown man’s apology — to his aggrieved wife, to his innocent children and to his adoring fans. On his 13th studio album, the king of hip-hop wears his heart on his sleeve and admits all of his sins. He’s doing what good…

For the past two years, the moniker "Celeste Guap" has become infamous in and around Bay Area police circles. It's the alias used by a woman who says that she was sexually exploited and trafficked by officers. Now, thanks to new reporting by Darwin…

Chance the Rapper took home BET's humanitarian award on Sunday night and gave a speech that was a rallying cry to improve black lives in Chicago. And he did it with a little bit of help from former first lady Michelle Obama, another Chi-town…

June 22 is now officially Laverne Cox Day in New York City. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, made the surprise announcement on Thursday when the actress made an appearance at his official residence, Gracie Mansion. "Can you believe that a black…

Philando Castile is dead. Minnesota police officer Jeronimo Yanez is free. On Tuesday, just days after Yanez was found not guilty of second-degree manslaughter, dashcam video from his patrol car was released publicly for the first time. The…

Bill Cosby's trial on three counts of aggravated indecent assault ended in a mistrial Saturday. His attorneys are happy; his wife, Camille Cosby, is ecstatic; and prosecutors have already vowed to try him again. But the spectacle surrounding Cosby's…

It's only Tuesday, but it's already been a bad week for the Kardashian klan. Two of the sisters, Kylie Jenner and Khloé Kardashian, have been publicly accused of outright stealing the designs of black women entrepreneurs, repackaging them as their…

Two things can be true at once: America can have an awful history of white people falsely accusing black men of rape. And Bill Cosby can still allegedly rape people. That's an important reminder as we sit through the trial of the year as Cosby…