by Inda Lauryn

Admittedly, I don't regularly keep up with Awesomely Luvvie's blog although I am well aware of who she is and the popularity of her blog. So I was a little baffled when she called out Black beauty, fashion and lifestyle bloggers she felt did not address major social issues, explaining that they were more concerned with profits and brands than with Black lives. My confusion comes with the fact that she not only specifically targeted this faction of bloggers but also did not focus on anyone specific. Perhaps this was a subtweet or just an attempt to not focus on any potential Twitter beef that could arise with a specific name although she later stated she intended to call out the entire group.

by Evan Seymour

No excuses.

These two words from President Obama’s 30-minute commencement address at Morehouse College have gotten so much attention.

Many have praised the president’s speech, but there are critics on both sides of the ideological aisle who are up in arms about Obama’s message to the graduating class of Morehouse. The Atlanta school is one of America’s premier institutions of higher learning, and the only college in the country geared specifically towards the education of men of the African Diaspora.