The Rev. Dr. William Barber II, towering over a stage on the National Mall, tells his DJ to spin an O’Jays song. Barber, a black Christian minister with a long record of speaking truth to power, begins a speech about the plight of poor whites in the heartland. Before he …

Taking the first letters of their first names to christen their current trek the LSD Tour might suggest that Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle and Dwight Yoakam have a night of trippy acid rock in store for concertgoers. But this dressing-room footage shared by Yoakam, of the trio rehearsing before taking …

The White House strategy for handling the family separation backlash has mostly been to blame lawmakers. Earlier this week, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen told reporters, falsely, that Congress created the problem and that “only Congress can fix it.” Two days later, the administration titled the executive order …

Hip-hop collective – and self-proclaimed boyband – Brockhampton unveiled a new song, “Tonya,” during their late-night TV debut on The Tonight Show Wednesday. Brockhampton set up on a patch of astroturf to perform “Tonya,” which began as a tender ballad featuring a mix of falsetto and auto-tuned vocals from Bearface. …

Disney and Pixar announced that Frozen director Jennifer Lee and Inside Out director Pete Docter will replace chief creative officer John Lasseter, who was accused of making unwanted advances towards female employees and will leave Pixar at the end of the year, Variety reports. Lee and Docter will split Lasseter’s …

Controversial hip-hop hitmaker XXXTentacion was shot and killed on Monday in Florida, Broward Sheriff’s Office confirmed. He was 20 years old. “Jahseh Onfroy — known worldwide as XXXTentacion — tragically passed away from a gunshot wound in Deerfield, Florida,” his rep said in a statement. “In deference to his family, …

“We’re gonna do a mood shift,” Trent Reznor told the audience at Nine Inch Nails‘ gig Friday night in Las Vegas. “Instead of some happy, upbeat songs,” he said, pausing dramatically for laughter, “we’re gonna switch it up and do something melancholy.” His band then cued up the cascading synths …

Donald Trump has bragged plenty about his charitable giving, but like nearly every aspect of the president’s life, his nonprofit foundation is rife with corruption. Most of the reporting on the Trump Foundation took place during Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, when it was discovered that the money it brought in …

Just days after the massive CMA Music Festival wrapped up in Nashville, country music’s Kacey Musgraves played to a packed house at Music City’s Bridgestone Arena. The crowd watching her skewed much younger than the audience who had just attended the four-day country-music orgy that takes place throughout the city’s …

President Trump wasfleeced by Kim Jong-un. During Tuesday’s summit between the two world leaders, Trump legitimized Kim’s regime while promising to end joint defense testing with South Korea, something the president’s advisers have repeatedly warned him against. In return, Kim offered nothing more than a vague commitment to work toward …