Fear and Loathing

US: After ‘Empire’ actor’s alleged assault, his upset fans are coming to the aid of NC college

The campaign to save North Carolina’s Bennett College has drawn some high-profile supporters, including Jussie Smollett, the “Empire” actor who this week reported he was attacked in Chicago by two masked men who uttered racial and homophobic slurs.

US: The Jussie Smollett attack is so personal for black LGBT people because we know it could have been any of us

The "Empire" actor's work matters particularly to people who seek inspiration while enduring multiple, concurrent forms of prejudice.

US: Star of ‘Empire,’ Attacked in What Police Call a Possible Hate Crime

Jussie Smollett, one of the stars of the Fox television show “Empire,” was attacked in Chicago early Tuesday morning by two people who yelled racial and homophobic slurs and wrapped a rope around his neck, according to the police, who said they were investigating the incident as “a possible hate crime.”