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Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ Rises Again as Las Vegas Prepares for a Halloween Invasion of Zombies, Costumes, and Moonwalking
From Oct. 24 through Halloween night, Cirque du Soleil’s Michael Jackson ONE at Mandalay Bay will host its first Thrillerween, an eight-day celebration encouraging audiences to arrive dressed as zombies, ghouls, monsters, or the King of Pop himself.
America rejected Bill Cosby. But Who Is Still Profiting from His Genius?
The television industry discarded the man who helped make NBC a fortune. His conviction was overturned. His career was not restored. And the business of selling his work may be far from finished.
America Convicted Bill Cosby Before the Jury Did—Then Ignored How His Conviction Collapsed
Bill Cosby was never charged with rape in the criminal case that sent him to prison. He was never convicted of rape. Yet millions of Americans came away believing otherwise, fed a steady diet of allegations involving rape, Quaaludes, and drugging that often blurred the criminal charges, the testimony, and the accusations surrounding him
One Woman Offers a Way Out for Abuse Survivors
Crawford, 30, is the founder of the Giselle Cares Foundation, a nonprofit that helps survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault cover expenses that can become immediate obstacles to safety: gas, transportation, hotel rooms, clothing, food, safe phones, security deposits, and other costs of leaving.
At 94, Andrew Young Leads Atlanta Peace Walk With a Message for the World
The Sept. 26 walk coincided with the United Nations’ International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, an observance the U.N. General Assembly established to promote nuclear disarmament.
Seeking Justice for Nolan Xavier Wells: A Family's Fight for Answers
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump and the family’s legal team challenged the decision Tuesday and released the final report from an independent autopsy conducted by forensic pathologist Dr. Roger A. Mitchell Jr. They urged Jackson County District Attorney Angel Myers McIlrath to keep the investigation open and to release the state medical examiner’s complete autopsy report and investigative file.
Bill Gates Is Giving Away $200 Billion. Russell Simmons Wants Black America in the Conversation
Gates has pledged to give away virtually all of his remaining wealth through the Gates Foundation over the next two decades, and during a June 2025 address at the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, he said something remarkable about where much of that money is headed.
MC Lyte Is Taking the Long Way to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
MC Lyte will spend the weeks before her Nov. 14 induction traveling the country on her “Road to the Hall of Fame Tour,” a 12-market celebration that begins Oct. 11 in Brooklyn and is designed to put the music, memories, and stories of her nearly four-decade career in the same room with the people who helped keep them alive.
Lonnie Bunch Leaving Smithsonian After Months of White House Pressure Over How America Tells Its History
Bunch, 73, announced on Tuesday that he was retiring at the end of the year, ending his tenure as the first African American to lead the Smithsonian and closing a remarkable chapter that took him from building a Black history museum with virtually nothing to overseeing the largest museum, education, and research complex in the world.
Bill Cosby Fell. Did Black America Have to Erase Him?
Because long before sexual-assault accusations swallowed his public identity, something had already fractured between Bill Cosby and the Black America that once embraced him. The divorce happened over a piece of pound cake.
When Black America Cringes: Why One Black Person Can Become Everybody’s Problem, but MAGA Gets to Walk Away
It is whispered in living rooms. Thought silently behind steering wheels. Felt in the stomach when a television anchor interrupts programming with breaking news. A shooting. A bombing. A spectacular crime. An act so ugly that within minutes the country will be searching for a face.
Strange Fruit, New Names: Black Hanging Deaths Stir Fear, Anger and Questions
Old, grainy photos show Black men surrounded by smiling crowds. The ropes. The trees. Bodies left on display. Postcards are made from these horrors. Thousands of names, some remembered and many forgotten, from a time when lynching was not just a way to kill Black people but a way to terrorize everyone who survived.
Michael Jackson would have turned 68. In Las Vegas, His Music Is Filling the Room Again
The biographical film Michael, directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Jackson’s nephew Jaafar Jackson, has made over $1 billion worldwide. It is now the highest-grossing biopic and music biopic ever and the biggest film in Lionsgate’s history. The movie opened in late April with $97 million in the U.S. and $217 million worldwide, making it the largest global debut for a musical biopic.
From Minstrel Shows to Memes, America Is Still Drawing Black People the Same Way
And that is why the distance between Howard Stern’s microphone and a Black Medicare patient being steered toward a lower-rated hospital may not be as great as it first appears.
Behind Locked Doors, a Former DA and 11 Inmates Search for Something More Than Poetry
Each Thursday, Williams leads the Prison Poets class, gathering men with different sentences and stories. They meet in a bright gray room with chalk dust and a few empty bookshelves. Across the hall, behind thick glass, the sounds of prison industry continue as men sew uniforms for the same city that once had Williams’ name on its letterhead.
AmeriStarRail Unveils ‘Libertyliner 250’ Proposal to Rebrand Amtrak’s NextGen Acela Fleet
“We have created a magnificent livery for the Libertyliner 250 to celebrate 250 years of American Freedom and the first train in America to operate faster than 250 kilometers per hour,” said Scott R. Spencer, chief operating officer of AmeriStarRail.
Christina Taft Faces Legal Scrutiny After Alleged Harassment of Nashville Artist and Grace Kelly Branding Controversy
According to multiple sources, Taft became fixated on Angela Gayle Meador, a Nashville-based recording artist, after discovering Meador’s tribute song to Johnny Depp during the widely publicized Depp v. Heard trial.
THE PRICE OF SILK & ASHES: Inside a Lavish, Haunted World of a Millionaire Marketer & Court Declared Vexatious Litigant
The Hawaii ruling followed findings of what the court described as “a pattern” of frivolous discovery tactics. Taft’s federal lawsuit was dismissed voluntarily after nearly two years of explosive allegations that ultimately never reached the merits.
Harriet Tubman and the $20 Bill: A Nation’s Memory, A Nation’s Shame
Once, not so long ago, the United States promised to place Harriet Tubman’s face on the $20 bill. It was more than a design change; it was to be an act of national recognition, an admission that greatness in America has never belonged solely to those who wrote its laws or commanded its armies, but to those who broke its chains.
Defense Asks Judge to Step Aside in Karmelo Anthony Case, Seeks New Trial
In filings announced by the Stand With Karmelo Coalition, Anthony’s appellate attorneys submitted a verified motion seeking to recuse Judge John Roach from all remaining post-trial matters. They also filed a motion for a new trial that raises constitutional and legal questions they contend should be considered by a different judge.
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