Why Black Women Face Higher Infertility Rates And What Real, Affordable Options Are Within Reach
In This ‘Red Pill Era,’ One Black Man Is Becoming the Positive Role Model Every Young Boy Needs
Expert Tips to Help Black Families Navigate Dementia Care
Why Millions are Risking AI Medical Advice Despite Fading Trust
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Watch: How Black Voters Saved Alabama
After an arduous election, Alabama elected Democrat Doug Jones to the Senate over the embattled equestrian enthusiast and Republican candidate Roy Moore. For the first time in a quarter century, there will be a “D” beside the name of an Alabama senator, and you can thank black voters for that.Black-voter turnout for this special election…
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Sex on the 1st Date: Yes or No?
There was a time when sex on the first date was considered taboo. Is that still a thing? To be clear, most times when this was and is talked about, it’s in reference to women and never men. No one ever looks down on the man who “gets some” on the first date, but the…
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Boston Globe Measures the City’s Racism
Is Boston ‘The Most Racist City’? Black Press, Ebony Missed Booker Death . . . Globe Business Side Faulted on Harassment “Summit’ on Sexual Misconduct in Newsrooms African American Film Critics Pick ‘Get Out’ Salinas Delivers a Classy, Heartfelt Goodbye Dreamers to Guest-Edit the Guardian This Week Short Takes “Google the phrase ‘Most racist city,’…
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5 Things Men Need to Understand About Foreplay
Last week, over chicken wings and tequila, one of my girlfriends relayed a story to me that was hilarious, embarrassing and troubling all at the same time. She had a sexual encounter with a man who knew absolutely nothing about foreplay. He kissed her one or two times, slid into her without even making sure…
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Watch: Meet the Teen Who Created an App to Protect Kids From Police Brutality
Two things inspired then-high school sophomore George Hofstetter to create an app that aims to prevent police brutality: the killing of Trayvon Martin and George’s worries for his younger brother’s future. “I want him to grow up in a world where he doesn’t have to worry about being on the news as an African-American child…
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Is He Playing With Your Emotions and Wasting Your Time?
Sometimes we want someone so badly, we overlook all the warning signs and red flags that should send us running in the opposite direction. Other times, we are already waist-deep in emotions and feelings before we realize that the dude has no intentions toward us, accepts no accountability for his actions and is really just…
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Raise Your Hand if You Smoke Weed!
While on vacation in California recently, I smoked weed in front of my mom for the first time. Scratch that. I didn’t smoke weed in front of her. What I actually did was whip out a joint and tell her I was going to smoke it in her bathroom, where she regularly smokes her cigarettes…
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Simeon Booker, Dean of Black Journalists, Dies at 99
Simeon Booker, who for 50 years was Washington bureau chief for Jet and Ebony magazines and at age 99 the dean of black journalists, died Sunday at an assisted-living community in Solomons, Md. He had recently been hospitalized for pneumonia, said his wife, Carol McCabe Booker, Emily Langer reported for the Washington Post. “Few reporters…
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#ThemToo: Black Women Break Their Silence in Media
Bullying, Structural Racism With Rose, Hockenberry Detroit Anchor Placed on Leave After Accusation Kimberly Godwin Named VP of News at CBS TV One: ‘NewsOne Now’ to Return in New Format Paper Calls Guilty Verdict for Ex-Cop a Milestone Standing Rock Shows Need to Scrutinize Newsfeeds CUNY Hopes to Fill Gap Left by New America Media…