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Brooke Obie is the author of the award-winning Black revolution novel BOOK OF ADDIS: CRADLED EMBERS, on sale now.

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Here’s a List of Books on Slavery That Kanye Should Read<em></em>

Here’s a List of Books on Slavery That Kanye Should Read

Kanye West doesn’t care about books.

The Retroactive Healing Power of <i>A Wrinkle in Time</i>

The Retroactive Healing Power of A Wrinkle in Time

I was expecting director Ava DuVernay’s new sci-fi/fantasy film A Wrinkle in Time to be magic. I’d seen her achieve…

BNYFW: Welcome to Wakanda!<em></em>

BNYFW: Welcome to Wakanda!

Ever since Marvel slayed us with the first trailer for Black Panther, folks have been feening to dress up like the…

Paint It Black: New Orleans Artist ‘Bmike’ Odums on Being Featured in <i>Queen Sugar</i> and Celebrating the Glorious Beauty of Blackness

Paint It Black: New Orleans Artist ‘Bmike’ Odums on Being Featured in Queen Sugar and Celebrating the Glorious Beauty of Blackness

In the Bywater neighborhood of New Orleans, across the tracks from where Homer A. Plessy was removed from a train,…

After Making History, New Orleans’ 1st Female Mayor, LaToya Cantrell, Is Ready to Shape the City’s Future

After Making History, New Orleans’ 1st Female Mayor, LaToya Cantrell, Is Ready to Shape the City’s Future

New Orleans Mayor-elect LaToya Cantrell didn’t set out to make history. But as the city celebrates its 300th…

Time’s Up on Men Telling Single Women How to Be Worthy of Marriage

Time’s Up on Men Telling Single Women How to Be Worthy of Marriage

The straights are at it again.

Glow Up Goddess

Glow Up Goddess

New Orleans Icon Leah Chase Is 95—and Fabulous

Glow Up Goddess

New Orleans Icon Leah Chase Is 95—and Fabulous

It’s dinnertime in the dining hall of the famous New Orleans soul food haven Dooky Chase’s Restaurant. Executive…

The Opposite of ‘Monkey’ Isn’t ‘Royalty’; It’s ‘Human’

The Opposite of ‘Monkey’ Isn’t ‘Royalty’; It’s ‘Human’

Fashion brand H&M raised the ire of many when it released a racist ad of a young black boy in a green hoodie with…

Woman in Viral Photo From Women’s March to White Female Allies: ‘Listen to a Black Woman’

Woman in Viral Photo From Women’s March to White Female Allies: ‘Listen to a Black Woman’

Angela Peoples did not come to the Women’s March on Washington to play. The 30-year-old co-director of the LGBTQ…