May 3 2018245/3/18Here’s a List of Books on Slavery That Kanye Should ReadBrooke Obie59Kanye West doesn’t care about books.
Mar 8 201893/8/18The Retroactive Healing Power of A Wrinkle in TimeBrooke Obie35I was expecting director Ava DuVernay’s new sci-fi/fantasy film A Wrinkle in Time to be magic. I’d seen her achieve…
Feb 13 201882/13/18BNYFW: Welcome to Wakanda!Brooke Obie1Ever since Marvel slayed us with the first trailer for Black Panther, folks have been feening to dress up like the…
Feb 7 201842/7/18Paint It Black: New Orleans Artist ‘Bmike’ Odums on Being Featured in Queen Sugar and Celebrating the Glorious Beauty of BlacknessBrooke ObieIn the Bywater neighborhood of New Orleans, across the tracks from where Homer A. Plessy was removed from a train,…
Feb 6 201862/6/18After Making History, New Orleans’ 1st Female Mayor, LaToya Cantrell, Is Ready to Shape the City’s FutureBrooke Obie11New Orleans Mayor-elect LaToya Cantrell didn’t set out to make history. But as the city celebrates its 300th…
Jan 22 2018631/22/18Time’s Up on Men Telling Single Women How to Be Worthy of MarriageBrooke Obie302The straights are at it again.
Glow Up Goddess1/12/18Jan 12 20181Glow Up Goddess1/12/18Glow Up GoddessNew Orleans Icon Leah Chase Is 95—and FabulousBrooke ObieIt’s dinnertime in the dining hall of the famous New Orleans soul food haven Dooky Chase’s Restaurant. Executive…
Jan 10 2018221/10/18The Opposite of ‘Monkey’ Isn’t ‘Royalty’; It’s ‘Human’Brooke Obie61Fashion brand H&M raised the ire of many when it released a racist ad of a young black boy in a green hoodie with…
Jan 23 20172061/23/17Woman in Viral Photo From Women’s March to White Female Allies: ‘Listen to a Black Woman’Brooke Obie1.4KAngela Peoples did not come to the Women’s March on Washington to play. The 30-year-old co-director of the LGBTQ…