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'There Is a Human Cost': The Sussexes File Suit Against the Daily Mail; Harry Issues a Statement on the 'Ruthless Campaign' Against Meghan
Enough is enough; that’s the stance being taken by Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex against British tabloid the Daily Mail, after the newspaper published a private letter from the duchess to her estranged father, Thomas Markle, that the couple alleges was edited in an “intentionally destructive manner.” Specifically, the paper is accused of…
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New Cameras Cause Major Issues at the World Athletics Championships—but Black Mothers Emerge Victorious
Well, this seems like a foreseeable flaw: In a quest to “provide innovative angles on the competition,” during the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, for the first time, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) installed starting block cameras for the track and field-based competition. Understandably, the new development made several female athletes uncomfortable,…
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Surprise! Oprah Matches $1.15 Million in Donations to UNCF
You get a college education, and you get a college education, and you get a college education! Okay, Oprah didn’t say that when she appeared at the United Negro College Fund’s Maya Angelou Women Who Lead Luncheon in Charlotte, N.C. last Saturday—at least, not to the best of our knowledge. But she did say, “We…
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Homecoming: A Powerful Pair of Revivals Prove Chicago a Mecca for Black Theater
There was palpable energy in the theater on the opening night of Drury Lane Theatre’s revival of The Color Purple—and a hallelujah chorus of shouts and co-signs from the audience, no doubt a rarity in the predominantly white suburb of Chicago known as Oakbrook Terrace. But the black theatrical community was out in force to…
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It Runs in the Family: While Meghan Skypes Malawi, Mom Doria Ragland Runs a 5K for Charity—and Inspires a Romance Novel
Clearly, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, gets her humanitarianism from her mama. It’s a fact the royal pointed out in her now-defunct blog The Tig, where she credited her mom, clinical therapist Doria Ragland, with raising her to be “a global citizen, with eyes open to sometimes harsh realities.” That ethos proved true this weekend as…
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Press-Proof? Cardi B Goes Incognito—But as Conspicuous as Ever—During Paris Fashion Week
“Cardi don’t need more press,” Cardi B rapped in her last solo single, aptly named “Press.” But where Cardi goes, the press inevitably follows; so for an impromptu on-the-street appearance in Paris this past weekend, the fashion-loving rapper once again gave them something to talk about. At least, we think it was Cardi B… The…
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Optical Illusions: At Balmain and Off-White’s Spring/Summer 2020 Shows, Things Aren’t Always What They Seem
As Fashion Week traveled from New York City to London to Milan to Paris, we’ve been waiting patiently to see what the fashion industry’s top two black designers would be offering for Spring/Summer 2020. And while they presented very different aesthetics, Off-White’s Virgil Abloh and Balmain Creative Director Olivier Rousteing are both taking an illusory…
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Flashback Friday: About That Time Serena Williams Took on NYFW
Editor’s note: While we try to stay on top of everything at all times, sometimes a post gets lost on the way to publishing—which is what happened when we wrote the following coverage of the first New York Fashion Week appearance of Serena Williams’ S by Serena line on Sept. 10. So, in honor of…
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Up Where We Belong: Zendaya’s All-Black Glam Squad Named One of the Top 15 in Hollywood
Black-on-black-on-black….that’s the color scheme on one of the two covers of the Hollywood Reporter’s “Glam Squads” issue, featuring its seventh annual list of the Top 15 most influential hairstylists and makeup artists. And black-on-black-on-black is also the composition of Zendaya’s team, which includes tress-whisperer Ursula Stephen and face-maker Sheika Daley (Zendaya’s all-black squad is led…
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Colorism Isn’t Funny: Japanese Comedy Duo Apologizes for Saying Naomi Osaka Should Bleach Her Skin
It be your own people; that’s what Haitian-Japanese-American tennis champion Naomi Osaka—who proudly plays for Japan, her country of birth—found out yet again while winning her first Pan Pacific Open title on Sunday in her hometown, the aptly named Osaka. According to BBC Sport, Japanese female comedy team A Masso ignored the two-time Grand Slam…
