On Tuesday, the music industry coordinated a “Black Out” to stand in solidarity with the black community in response to protests following the murder of George Floyd. Major record labels and companies like Spotify and Live Nation jumped on board, calling vaguely for days of “action,” while others pledged to push back…

Tuesday afternoon, Keke Palmer was filmed pleading with the National Guard, who’d been sicced on Los Angeles protesters by Mayor Eric Garcetti, to recognize the humanity and justness of the movement happening before them. The National Guard looked obviously cowed as they waffled and refused, handing Palmer mindless…

Lady Gaga’s return to dance music was supposed to be spectacular. For years, since 2013's critically maligned ARTPOP, Gaga, at least on the surface, was shapeshifting into a more restrained, ultra-serious pop star. She recorded a jazz album with Tony Bennett, she threw on a cowboy hat and grabbed an acoustic guitar…

U.S. Representative Steve King, who has long had the honor of being the biggest white supremacist in a party full of them, lost his Congressional seat tonight. Sad!

The streaming service Quibi, which in the lead up to its launch announced a slate of shows helmed by the likes of Zac Efron, Kendall Jenner, Reese Witherspoon, Chrissy Teigen, and Sophie Turner, appears to have blown their budget on stars instead of staff. A source told Page Six that while Witherspoon got a $6 million…

Six years after white police officer Darren Wilson gunned down Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, and left his body uncovered in the middle of the street for hours as if to send a message—Ferguson, Missouri has a black woman mayor. According to the New York Times, Ella Jones, a Ferguson City Council member and…

On Tuesday the Los Angeles Police Commission held an online meeting in the midst of Black Lives Matter protests, featuring a public comment section where hundreds of residents called in to express their anger and frustration with the LAPD. And in addition to calls for police chief Michel Moore to resign, who previously…

Members of an urban trail riding group called the Nonstop Riders showed up to a protest for George Floyd in Houston on Tuesday on horseback.

Just as people still seem intent on taking photos of themselves at disaster sites, so too are some individuals convinced this particular moment is good #influencer content. Consider, for instance, a woman in Santa Monica who asked a man boarding up his storefront if she could hold his drill for a photo, presumably one…

Lea Michele’s reportedly racist and terrible behavior on the set of Glee has already cost her a brand deal. That was fast!

A mediocre show about copulation in New York City once posited the theory that everyone gets two great loves in a lifetime. For Attorney General William Barr, those loves are hurting people and President Donald Trump. And those two passions combined on Monday, when Barr got to personally order police to tear-gas and…

Racism is a pestilence that affects the safety and well-being of people of color. As we continue to witness the injustices that exist as a result of racism, one thing is clear: It isn’t enough for our white allies to just be “not racist”; they must be anti-racist. If you’re wondering what the difference is, we’ll…

After China’s National People’s Congress reopened last week, it established a new civil code that for the first time ever defines sexual harassment to be a legal offense. Reuters reports that Article 1,010 of the new legislation states that a person can be held accountable for “for speech, words, images or bodily…

Fucking is about to get worse. Or better based on your kink, there’s no shame here. A new study released by researchers at Harvard University recommends wearing a mask during sexual intercourse with a sex partner with whom you do not share a home. Sex partners who do live together should be aware of their increased…