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Ilhan Omar Compels Democrats to Amend Ban on Head Coverings in the House of Representatives
For 181 years, the U.S. House of Representatives has imposed a ban on its members wearing head coverings. With Ilhan Omar, one of the first Muslim women to be elected to Congress, set to take her oath of office in January, that rule—which would have prohibited her wearing her customary headscarves or the hijab—is slated…
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Love, Peace and Soul (and a Little Faith): The 2018 Soul Train Awards Was a Night of '90s Nostalgia
All eyes and (marketing strategies) may be on millennials and Gen Z, but despite artists from those generations leading the pack in nominations, by all appearances, it was “grown folks music” that dominated the 2018 Soul Train Awards. For those of us of a certain age, Saturday night’s annual awards ceremony in Las Vegas was…
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Surreal Life: Zoë Kravitz Teams Up with Tiffany to Make this Holiday a Wonderland
Zoë Kravitz has been on a roll lately. She was the face of Saint Laurent’s fall campaign, paid homage to her famous mama on the cover of Rolling Stone, and has a major role in brand new box office hit, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. Oh, and did we mention that she quietly got…
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At 93, Cicely Tyson Gets Her 1st Oscar—and Danai Gurira Gets Mistaken for Viola Davis?
It was an honor more than 45 years in the making, but Cicely Tyson finally took home an Oscar on Sunday night at the 10th annual Governors Awards in Hollywood, Ca. Voted on by the board of governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Governors Awards were created to grant honorary…
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Eyelash Extensions Are a Gorgeous, Frivolous, Expensive Habit That I Can't Keep Up
The Lord blessed me with a lot of thick, curly hair that can go from Teenie Weenie Afro short, to all the way to the middle of my back long. But what I did not get blessed with was much in the ways of eyelashes. Sure, they’re “there” and they’re thick, but they’re very short…
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Is the #MeToo Movement Ignoring Poor Black Women and Girls? Founder Tarana Burke Seems to Think So
While the emergence of the #MeToo movement has lead to a rash of indictments and criminal complaints, its founder Tarana Burke is concerned that women of color have become an afterthought. According to USA Today, Burke had plenty to get off her chest during her keynote address at the Facing Race conference in Detroit. “The…
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Songstress Teamarrr Enlists James Bland, LaLa Milan, and HBO Insecure's Jean Elie to Deliver 'One Job'
Previously, superstar-in-the-making TeaMarrr blessed us with “One Job”—her empowering ode to the breaking point that far too many women are acquainted with. But in capitalizing off its buzz since its debut, she returns with a new video. Helmed by James Bland—the Emmy-nominated mastermind behind the smash hit Giants—she’s accompanied by gorgeous visuals as she sneers:…
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March of Dimes Reports Premature Births Remain on the Rise—Especially Among Women of Color
The 2018 Premature Birth Report Card from March of Dimes revealed some frightening information ahead of World Prematurity Day, which is Saturday, Nov. 17. In 2017, the U.S. preterm birth rate increased for the third consecutive year, despite progress made in several areas. If those findings don’t rattle you, consider that this means: Within the…
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Viola Davis Only Lasting 2 Days of a 28-Day Cleanse Is All of Us
We are now firmly in the holiday season—or, as I like to call it, “food-pocalypse,” because it is the suspension of all rationale. Specifically, each Halloween to New Year’s Eve is the time of year that I, like most, give up trying to be virtuous and succumb to the lure of holiday parties, happy hours…
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5 Outfit Choices for CNN's Jim Acosta on His First Day Back at the White House
We have it through good sources that when the news broke that a judge granted CNN’s Jim Acosta his press pass back, he was riding around in a Chevy Tahoe blasting: Which he only swapped out for this: That’s righttttttttt! Acosta’s back like he never left. He’s back like Jordan wearing the 45. He’s back…