Soraya N. McDonald

2 months ago | vulture.com | Soraya N. McDonald

In the dressing room of a Hell’s Kitchen rehearsal space, LaTanya Richardson Jackson’s voice is warm and her eyes are full of mischief. She’s freshly recovered from gallbladder surgery a few weeks prior, and her husband, Samuel L. Jackson, is in New Orleans, running lines for his surprise cameo in Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show.

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Soraya N. McDonald

1 hour agoGoodbye, Camelot. Hello, MAGAlot. Trump seeks to emulate JFK’s power over American art. But bending culture to his will might not be as easy as he thinks. By anointing himself chairman of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Napoleon-style, Donald Trump revealed a longing to seize one of America’s most romantic and abiding …1 hour agoHamas’s Theater of the MacabreThe terrorist group has dragooned its hostages, Jewish and not, into perverse performance art.

Feb 11, 2025 | capitalbnews.org | Soraya N. McDonald

Prior to the ascension of Donald Trump, rappers and America’s political right wing were not friends. They enjoyed — and often profited from — a mutual enmity. For nearly 30 years, from the perch of his eponymous and often top-rated Fox News show, commentator Bill O’Reilly consistently used hip-hop to gin up white conservative fear of Black people by conflating the genre with two things: violent anti-Americanism and wanton misogyny.

Feb 11, 2025 | yahoo.com | Soraya N. McDonald

Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key TakeawaysPrior to the ascension of Donald Trump, rappers and America’s political right wing were not friends. They enjoyed — and often profited from — a mutual enmity. Kendrick Lamar’s beef with Drake was just one element entertwined into his performance Sunday.

Jan 15, 2025 | lgbtqnation.com | Soraya N. McDonald

The vibes in Washington—insomuch as vibes can measure the state of the union—are … off. This isn’t necessarily a new development, but as the dawn of a second Trump administration approaches, Dr. David J. Johns, executive director of the National Black Justice Coalition, sounds particularly dubious about the future.