travel
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Travels With Panama: The Trying to Get to Miami for NABJ's Conference Edition
I’m not saying that somebody has it out for me when it comes to air travel, but I’m not saying somebody doesn’t either. I’ve made several trips in the past two months and they’ve all come with their fair share of shenanigans. I wrote about the one that ended my on-again, off-again relationship with American…
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Dear American Airlines, I Hate You With My Whole Heart
Once upon a time, not long ago, when people wore pajamas and lived life slow, my wife and I were invited to a wedding in Dallas; ya know, deep in the heart of Texas. Because I believe that there’s nothing you should do today that you can put off until tomorrow—I don’t actually believe this,…
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'Jasmine Can Just Go by Herself': 4-Year-Old Calls Out Disney's Aladdin for Sticking to Tired Tropes
Disney’s Aladdin remake flew away with $113 million on its magic carpet this Memorial Day weekend, according to the Hollywood Reporter. But despite a new, more progressive Princess Jasmine—she even has a new power anthem, titled “Speechless”(h/t Refinery29), for one 4-year-old, the plot still has a major sticking point. “She has to go by herself…Jasmine…
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Big Beauty Tuesday: A Tale of 2—No, 3!—Cities
It will have been twenty days spent in three cities, two very different climates, juggling business, pleasure and one vicious sunburn until I see my bed again this weekend, and whew! Since mid-April, I’ve hit the Florida beaches for my birthday, revisited my days as a New York City girl at the Tribeca Film Festival…
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Paradise, Privilege and the Mysterious Death of Kenny Mitchell
“He tried to say something but the white man squeeze his neck. And then … he was dead.” — Eyewitness to the death of Kenny Mitchell text Those words reflect one of the few things we know about the death of 27-year-old Kenny Richie Marty Mitchell, who was known as “Mylez” to his friends and…
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About that Trip to Cuba … Trump Delivers Another Blow to Obama Policy, Announces Limits on Travel to the Island
In what can only be considered a continuous effort by the Donald Trump administration to undo former president (and best president to ever do it) Barack Obama’s legacy, National Security Adviser John Bolton has declared that Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua are the three wheels on the tricycle of socialism while announcing new sanctions against the…
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Fat Tuesday in Mobile: Like Regular Mardi Gras … But Blacker
The citizens of Mobile, Ala., know it’s the birthplace of Mardi Gras in America. If the subject of New Orleans comes up, they might mention the Big Easy’s Fat Tuesday party. Anyone who has attended the twin bacchanalian Fat Tuesday celebrations in New Orleans and Mobile, Ala., will testify that the real Mardi Gras takes…
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Travel Goals: Jessica Nabongo Wants to Be the 1st Black Woman to Visit Every Country
World traveler Jessica Nabongo is not just traveling the globe for fun. She wants to be the first black woman to visit all 195 countries, and is blazing a trail for black travelers. Check out the video to find out more!
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For Those Considering Blaxit, I Present to You: New Zealand
Imagine, if you will, a land that measures 40 leagues from the Far Downs in the west to Brandywine Bridge in the east. And from the northern moors to the marshes in the deep south, ripe fruit is in abundance, pockets of forest and snowcapped mountains dot the periphery to the edge of the horizon,…
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For Those Considering Blaxit, I Present to You: Jakarta, Indonesia
Well, it finally happened. I jumped out of a moving car in rush hour traffic to chase a black dude—Dr. Umar Johnson would be proud. But it wasn’t Idris Elba, who is destined to help me breed superhot, superblack superchildren … sorry, Umar. I risked life and limb (and my producer, who chased after me)…