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Megan Thee Stallion says her relationship with Klay Thompson left her feeling “on edge” and like she was “losing” herself before their breakup earlier this year. Megan and Thompson were first romantically linked in summer 2025 and made their red carpet debut that July. Their relationship ended less than a year later after Megan accused Thompson of cheating in an Instagram Stories post in April 2026, saying that trust, fidelity and respect had been compromised.

The Trump administration has removed historical language from Arlington National Cemetery’s website and signage that criticized a Confederate memorial’s portrayal of slavery and the Confederacy, The Washington Post reported. The bronze monument, which depicts Confederate soldiers alongside enslaved Black people, stood at Arlington for more than a century before it was removed in 2023 under a congressional mandate requiring Confederate symbols to be removed from U.S. military property.

As colleges across the country consolidate or eliminate standalone Black Studies programs and degrees, scholars and students are defending the field and its role in higher education. At the University of Texas at Austin, the Department of African and African Diaspora Studies (AAADS) was recently folded into the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis, ABC News reported. The restructuring came after Texas Gov.

Four Black employees at an IHOP in Florida are suing the restaurant chain and its franchisee, alleging a white former manager subjected them to years of racist harassment and retaliated after they complained. Margaret Bennett, 45; Stephanie Davis, 51; Carline Hunter, 49; and Jeffrey Wright, 51, brought the lawsuit after working at the Pompano Beach restaurant. The workers allege they experienced repeated discriminatory treatment, according to The Independent.

Filmmaker Paul Schrader says he is turning to artificial intelligence to make his next film after Black actors declined to participate because all three of the movie’s Black protagonists were criminals. Schrader told The Playlist that his crime noir, Three Guns At Dawn, originally centered on three Black brothers: a corrupt police officer, a drug dealer and a sexual criminal.

Stephen A. Smith is asking Jemele Hill and Cari Champion to release the full video of his three-hour appearance on their Flagrant & Funny podcast after portions of the conversation were mistakenly left out of the video version. Smith addressed the situation in a roughly 30-minute episode of his Straight Shooter series posted Sunday (September 6).

Lonnie G. Bunch III, the first Black person to lead the Smithsonian Institution, will retire as secretary by the end of 2026 after nearly 38 years with the institution. The Smithsonian announced Bunch’s retirement Tuesday (September 8).

A Black Massachusetts mother who was sentenced to life without parole for killing her two young sons has been granted a new trial after the state’s highest court ruled that jurors were improperly prevented from hearing evidence about her mental health. Latarsha Sanders was convicted in December 2022 of killing her sons, Edson “Marlon” Brito, 8, and La’Son Brito, 5, at their Brockton home in 2018. She received two mandatory life sentences without parole.

The family of Rajon Belt-Stubblefield, a 37-year-old Black father fatally shot by an Aurora, Colorado, police officer last year, has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the officer and the city. The lawsuit comes weeks after Officer Matthew Neely was indicted on second-degree murder and manslaughter charges in Belt-Stubblefield’s death. Neely was indicted on August 3 by the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office, according to CBS Colorado.

EveryStylishGirl’s Sip N’ Slay Summit returned to New York City last weekend, bringing more than 1,000 attendees to The Glasshouse for conversations about business, beauty, leadership and the creator economy. The sold-out event, held Saturday (August 29), featured Karrueche Tran, Danessa Myricks, Achieng Agutu, Chelley Bissainthe, Isan Elba, Rakia Reynolds, Sharifa Murdock and more.