Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Faces Blowback After Barring Black Reporters From Protest Coverage

A Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reporter prohibited from covering the city's Black Lives Matter protests because of a tweet sued the paper on Tuesday. Alexis Johnson, who is Black, filed the lawsuit in federal court in Pennsylvania alleging the Post-Gazette was engaging in racial discrimination and illegal retaliation.

A Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reporter prohibited from covering the city's Black Lives Matter protests because of a tweet sued the paper on Tuesday. Alexis Johnson, who is black, filed the lawsuit in federal court in Pennsylvania alleging the Post-Gazette was engaging in racial discrimination and illegal retaliation.

First Kylie Jenner‘s cosmetics and skin care companies admitted that their headquarters only had a 13 percent Black workforce. Now sister Khloe Kardashian, 35, has participated in the same Pull Up For Change challenge and shared the racial diversity of her Good American denim and clothing brand.

Kylie Jenner‘s cosmetics company participated in a an initiative by a number of beauty brands to determine the racial diversity of their employees. While the 22-year-old’s company headquarters is made up of 100 percent women-identifying workers, its number of Black employees is startlingly low.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“The Challenge” is cutting ties with contestant Dee Nguyen.According to screenshots from fellow “The Challenge” cast member Bayleigh Dayton, Nguyen had posted “Idk why some of u think I’m anti BLM. I’ve been saying that since the day I lost my virginity” in a since-deleted tweet.

Ellen Pompeo, 50, reunited with her Grey’s Anatomy co-star Giacomo Gianniotti, 30, for a hike! The duo were spotted stepping out for the casual workout in Los Angeles’ Los Feliz neighborhood on Friday, June 5. Ellen and the cast of Grey‘s have been on a lengthy hiatus since California’s state-wide stay-at-home-order when into effect in mid-March.

massively successful British girl group.In a video she posted to Instagram on Friday, the 28-year-old singer emotionally talked about some of the experiences she's had with the group, which formed in 2011 during the eighth season of the British version of. Aside from Pinnock, members of the group include Jade Thirlwall, Perrie Edwards and Jesy Nelson.Pinnock says in the video that both her parents are mixed race and that she didn't see race as a limitation growing up with her sisters.

Bill Murray's son was reportedly arrested this week for arson and assault and battery against a police officer. The actor's 27-year-old son Caleb Murray was taken into handcuffs after participating in a Black Lives Matter march in Martha's Vineyard, Mass., on Monday.

Mike Pence, 60, is under fire after extending an invitation to Black activist Candace Owens, 31, to the White House following her comments about George Floyd. In a recent Facebook Live, Candace described George as a “horrible human being” and a “criminal,” going on to note that he was “high on fentanyl” at the time of his arrest.

A black reporter in Pennsylvania was reportedly removed from covering George Floyd protests over a joke she posted on Twitter about fans of country music star Kenny Chesney. The tweet suggested that the reporter showed “bias,” her employer, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, reportedly determined.

 Kylie Jenner’s  cosmetic brand is suffering an unfortunate future after CEO Christoph Honnefelder exited the company after joining in January. The news comes to no surprise after Forbes announced that Kylie was no longer a billionaire.

Star Wars‘ John Boyega gave an impassioned speech at a Black Lives Matter protest this week in London, England, where he exclaimed, “Look, I don’t know if I’m going to have a career after this, but f*ck that.”

John Boyega delivered an impassioned speech at a Black Lives Matter protest in London on Wednesday, one of many major anti-racism demonstrations that have taken place around the world following the death of George Floyd on May 25. "Black lives have always mattered.

Emma Watson is speaking out.