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Black Excellence

Do It Like It’s Your B-Day: Obama Planning Big 60th in Martha’s Vineyard

Do It Like It’s Your B-Day: Obama Planning Big 60th in Martha’s Vineyard

Black Excellence: Donata Katai Is 1st Black Swimmer to Represent Zimbabwe in Olympic Games

Black Excellence: Donata Katai Is 1st Black Swimmer to Represent Zimbabwe in Olympic Games

Double-Talk: Two Black Girl Debaters Make History at Harvard University's Summer Competition

Double-Talk: Two Black Girl Debaters Make History at Harvard University's Summer Competition

Gender Studies

A Woman of Color Is the Least Likely to Receive Mentorship. How Can We Unlock Her Potential?

A Woman of Color Is the Least Likely to Receive Mentorship. How Can We Unlock Her Potential?

Olivia Dope Breaks Silence on <i>See, The Thing Is</i> Exit, Accuses Joe Budden of Sexual Harassment [Updated]

Olivia Dope Breaks Silence on See, The Thing Is Exit, Accuses Joe Budden of Sexual Harassment [Updated]

Laverne Cox's <i>Promising Young Woman</i> Role Was Voiced by a Male Actor for Its Italian Release. Here's Why That's 'a Straight-Up Act of Violence'

Laverne Cox's Promising Young Woman Role Was Voiced by a Male Actor for Its Italian Release. Here's Why That's 'a Straight-Up Act ...

Business

Jay-Z and Will Smith Invest in Company to Help Low-Income Folks Go From Renters to Homeowners

Jay-Z and Will Smith Invest in Company to Help Low-Income Folks Go From Renters to Homeowners

Businessman Notoriously Criticized for Exploiting Black Music Artists Calls Out Corporations for Exploiting Black Community

Businessman Notoriously Criticized for Exploiting Black Music Artists Calls Out Corporations for Exploiting Black Community

Triller Network Acquires Verzuz, Swizz Beatz and Timbaland to Join Management Team

Triller Network Acquires Verzuz, Swizz Beatz and Timbaland to Join Management Team

Black Joy

This 94-Year-Old Was Denied Her Wedding Fantasy by Jim Crow. Nearly 70 Years Later, She Got to Say Yes to the Dress

This 94-Year-Old Was Denied Her Wedding Fantasy by Jim Crow. Nearly 70 Years Later, She Got to Say Yes to the Dress

'Running in High Heels Is a Nightmare': Prince's Basketball Prowess Confirmed by Motown Heir Kerry Gordy

'Running in High Heels Is a Nightmare': Prince's Basketball Prowess Confirmed by Motown Heir Kerry Gordy

28 Days of Black Joy: Cannabis Is the Blackest Thing Ever

28 Days of Black Joy: Cannabis Is the Blackest Thing Ever

Family Matters

Royal Tea: Meghan and Harry's Book Deal Is Reportedly 'Way North' of $25M; Daughter Lilibet Added to Line of Succession

Royal Tea: Meghan and Harry's Book Deal Is Reportedly 'Way North' of $25M; Daughter Lilibet Added to Line of Succession

Thomas Markle Makes Another Bid for Relevance, Says He'll Petition for Rights to See Royal Grandkids

Thomas Markle Makes Another Bid for Relevance, Says He'll Petition for Rights to See Royal Grandkids

A Year After Her Death, Naya Rivera's Family Reflects on the Tragedy and Her Legacy

A Year After Her Death, Naya Rivera's Family Reflects on the Tragedy and Her Legacy

Black Love

Hella Married: Issa Rae Posts Wedding Pics—in the Most Issa Rae Manner Ever

Hella Married: Issa Rae Posts Wedding Pics—in the Most Issa Rae Manner Ever

How We Do: Haki and Safisha's Legacy of Black Love

How We Do: Haki and Safisha's Legacy of Black Love

How We Do: Scott & Tara's Work-Life-Love Balance

How We Do: Scott & Tara's Work-Life-Love Balance

News

North Carolina Car Dealership Calls Black Woman 'Bon Quisha' in Now-Deleted Facebook Post. That's Not Her Name.

North Carolina Car Dealership Calls Black Woman 'Bon Quisha' in Now-Deleted Facebook Post. That's Not Her Name.

Phylicia Rashad Apologizes to Howard Students and Parents for 'Insensitive' Cosby Tweet

Phylicia Rashad Apologizes to Howard Students and Parents for 'Insensitive' Cosby Tweet

Ida B. Wells-Barnett Becomes First Black Woman to Be Honored in Chicago With a Monument

Ida B. Wells-Barnett Becomes First Black Woman to Be Honored in Chicago With a Monument

Body Politics

Tyra Banks Fully Clothed in a Pool Is Exactly How I Feel This 'Hot Girl Summer'

Tyra Banks Fully Clothed in a Pool Is Exactly How I Feel This 'Hot Girl Summer'

Simone Biles Is Ready to Tell Her Survivor's Story

Simone Biles Is Ready to Tell Her Survivor's Story

Lizzo The Great: TikTok Restores Swimsuit Video of Grammy Winner After She Exposes Them for Possible Bias

Lizzo The Great: TikTok Restores Swimsuit Video of Grammy Winner After She Exposes Them for Possible Bias

Health

Life Expectancy Dropped by 3 Years for African-Americans in 2020, the Largest Drop Since the Great Depression

Life Expectancy Dropped by 3 Years for African-Americans in 2020, the Largest Drop Since the Great Depression

Calm App Rides for Naomi Osaka, Offers to Pay Fines for Players Declining Media Interviews: 'Mental Health Is Health'

Calm App Rides for Naomi Osaka, Offers to Pay Fines for Players Declining Media Interviews: 'Mental Health Is Health'

Joey Bada$$ Opens Up About Mental Health Among Black Men in America: 'It's Such a Taboo Topic'

Joey Bada$$ Opens Up About Mental Health Among Black Men in America: 'It's Such a Taboo Topic'

History

40 Black History Sites in America Receive $3 million in Preservation Grant Money

40 Black History Sites in America Receive $3 million in Preservation Grant Money

Dignity and Pride: The Relevant and Important Backstory of 'The Dap'

Dignity and Pride: The Relevant and Important Backstory of 'The Dap'

The Miseducation of Wypipo: 10 Reasons Why America Needs White History Lessons

The Miseducation of Wypipo: 10 Reasons Why America Needs White History Lessons

Race Matters

Black Fox News Guest Emerges From the Sunken Place to Declare Slavery ‘Was Never a Race Thing’

Black Fox News Guest Emerges From the Sunken Place to Declare Slavery ‘Was Never a Race Thing’

Royal Couple Denounces Soccer Racism—but Will They Be Silent or <i>Silenced</i> About Racism Toward Meghan Markle?

Royal Couple Denounces Soccer Racism—but Will They Be Silent or Silenced About Racism Toward Meghan Markle?

Fragile Republican Pressures Texas Museum to Withdraw From Book Event Examining Slavery's Role in the Battle of Alamo

Fragile Republican Pressures Texas Museum to Withdraw From Book Event Examining Slavery's Role in the Battle of Alamo

LGBTQ

Call Him by His Name, Because the Lil Nas X Agenda Is Clearly Here to Stay

Call Him by His Name, Because the Lil Nas X Agenda Is Clearly Here to Stay

Apparently, There's a Right Way to Be Black and Gay. Thankfully, Lil Nas X Is Having None of It

Apparently, There's a Right Way to Be Black and Gay. Thankfully, Lil Nas X Is Having None of It

Unpack That

Still Black, Still Proud: Unpacking the Untold Story of Harlem's 'Summer of Soul'

Still Black, Still Proud: Unpacking the Untold Story of Harlem's 'Summer of Soul'

Save Black Children: Child Welfare, Foster Care and the Broken American System That Continues to Harm Black Families

Save Black Children: Child Welfare, Foster Care and the Broken American System That Continues to Harm Black Families

When Crack Kills: Media, Misinformation and the Truth About the War on Drugs

When Crack Kills: Media, Misinformation and the Truth About the War on Drugs

The Future 25

The Future 25: A New Name for the Next Generation of Changemakers Who Are Doing Big Things

The Future 25: A New Name for the Next Generation of Changemakers Who Are Doing Big Things

Food

'Bring More Black Farmer Voices Together': How the Black Farmers Collective Is Growing a Black-Led Food System Rooted in Black Liberation

'Bring More Black Farmer Voices Together': How the Black Farmers Collective Is Growing a Black-Led Food System Rooted in Black Lib...

20 More Things I Cooked, Baked and Fried While Surviving the Pandemic, Pt. 2

20 More Things I Cooked, Baked and Fried While Surviving the Pandemic, Pt. 2

Channeling the Spirit of Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, Drew Brees Just Terrorized Us All With Ashy Red Beans and Rice

Channeling the Spirit of Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, Drew Brees Just Terrorized Us All With Ashy Red Beans and Rice

Travel

We Traveled as a Family During COVID

We Traveled as a Family During COVID

We Traveled The South to Rediscover Our Roots

We Traveled The South to Rediscover Our Roots

I Travel the Globe Preaching Sermons—And I Love It

I Travel the Globe Preaching Sermons—And I Love It

Juneteenth

Senator Who Once Voted Against Making Juneteenth a National Holiday Gets Booed at Juneteenth Event

Senator Who Once Voted Against Making Juneteenth a National Holiday Gets Booed at Juneteenth Event

South Dakota Is the Last State That Doesn't Have a Law Officially Recognizing Juneteenth as a Holiday

South Dakota Is the Last State That Doesn't Have a Law Officially Recognizing Juneteenth as a Holiday

'Juneteenth is Soooo Lame': Candace Owens Continues to be the Candace Owensiest of All the Candace Owenses in the Sunken Place

'Juneteenth is Soooo Lame': Candace Owens Continues to be the Candace Owensiest of All the Candace Owenses in the Sunken Place

Media

Exclusive: After Years of Turmoil, Ebony's Newly-Appointed Editor-in-Chief Marielle Bobo Is Ushering in the Brand's Rebirth

Trymaine Lee's <i>Into America </i>Marks the 100th Anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre With 'Blood on Black Wall Street'

Trymaine Lee's Into America Marks the 100th Anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre With 'Blood on Black Wall Street'

At Capital Gazette, Lack of Security Was 'Deliberate'

At Capital Gazette, Lack of Security Was 'Deliberate'

Gift Guides

How We Do: What to Gift Your 'I Do' Crew

How We Do: What to Gift Your 'I Do' Crew

Having Faith: Giving Back in the Spirit of Imani, the Seventh Day of Kwanzaa

Having Faith: Giving Back in the Spirit of Imani, the Seventh Day of Kwanzaa

Creativity and Craftsmanship: Celebrating Kuumba, the Sixth Night of Kwanzaa

Creativity and Craftsmanship: Celebrating Kuumba, the Sixth Night of Kwanzaa

Philanthropy

Pharrell Williams to Open New Network of Private Schools for Low-Income Families in Virginia

Pharrell Williams to Open New Network of Private Schools for Low-Income Families in Virginia

Beyoncé's BeyGOOD Foundation Teams Up With Adidas and Bread of Life to Provide Texas Winter Storm Relief

Beyoncé's BeyGOOD Foundation Teams Up With Adidas and Bread of Life to Provide Texas Winter Storm Relief

Tyler Perry to Receive the Academy’s Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

Tyler Perry to Receive the Academy’s Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

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