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Afrotech’s Rich Little Brokegirls Live Podcast At Microsoft House of Black Techxcellence

Afrotech’s Rich Little Brokegirls Live Podcast At Microsoft...

For the second year in a row, Afrotech returned to Houston, TX and Microsoft was...

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A Beauty Expert’s Guide To Maintaining Her Signature Bob

A Beauty Expert’s Guide To Maintaining Her Signature Bob

About two years ago, I decided I was over it. And if you’re wondering what “it”...

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Meet The Black Founder Turning Cannabis Accessories Into Luxury Home Décor

Meet The Black Founder Turning Cannabis Accessories Into...

Victoria Gray is an accidental entrepreneur. It all began when she was searching...

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Inside ESSENCE 55 Lagos: How The Design Table Merged Fashion, Culture, And Community

Inside ESSENCE 55 Lagos: How The Design Table Merged Fashion,...

The room at the Art Hotel in Victoria Island was dressed with intention—well-lit...

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Lionsgate Releases First Trailer For ‘Michael’ Biopic

Lionsgate Releases First Trailer For ‘Michael’ Biopic

Lionsgate has officially unveiled the first trailer for Michael, the highly anticipated...

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Teyana Taylor Isn’t Ready To Call Aaron Pierre Her Boyfriend Just Yet 

Teyana Taylor Isn’t Ready To Call Aaron Pierre Her Boyfriend...

Actor Aaron Pierre is Teyana Taylor’s “apple pie,” her honey bunches of oats, and...

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The Retail Roadmap: How Black Beauty Founders Are Getting Their Products On Ulta Shelves

The Retail Roadmap: How Black Beauty Founders Are Getting...

You’ve got the product. You’ve got the social media virality. Your direct-to-consumer...

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Terry McMillan’s ‘It Was The Way She Said It’ Is A Must-Read

Terry McMillan’s ‘It Was The Way She Said It’ Is A Must-Read

While it might appear as though everyone and their cousin has published a book,...

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Living Your Best (Love) Life: 4 Budget-Friendly Fall Date Ideas To Test Your Chemistry

Living Your Best (Love) Life: 4 Budget-Friendly Fall Date...

As the prices for everything have increased significantly, people are looking for...

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Vanessa Williams Reveals She’s Been Divorced Since 2021

Vanessa Williams Reveals She’s Been Divorced Since 2021

Actress Vanessa Williams is taking being low-key to new heights. The actress revealed...

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Simone Biles Says You’ll Never Guess Two Of The Plastic Surgeries She’s Had

Simone Biles Says You’ll Never Guess Two Of The Plastic...

Olympian and the gymnastics GOAT Simone Biles is taking a break from her sport to...

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Mary Sheffield Makes History As Detroit’s First Black Woman Mayor

Mary Sheffield Makes History As Detroit’s First Black Woman...

Detroit has a new mayor, and she’s a Black woman, y’all! Mary Sheffield swept to...

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Cristina Martinez’s Journey From Fashion To Fine Art

Cristina Martinez’s Journey From Fashion To Fine Art

Six years ago, Cristina Martinez was designing clothes and sketching runway silhouettes,...

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Cristina Martinez Journey From Fashion To Fine Art

Cristina Martinez Journey From Fashion To Fine Art

Six years ago, Cristina Martinez was designing clothes and sketching runway silhouettes,...

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The Corporate Ladder Is Dead. Here’s Why Gen Z Is Ditching Traditional Jobs For Freedom And Flexibility

The Corporate Ladder Is Dead. Here’s Why Gen Z Is Ditching...

Carissa Ferguson graduated college a year ago, and she’s already juggling five different...

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Who Is Venus Williams’s Fiancé? 5 Things To Know About Andrea Preti

Who Is Venus Williams’s Fiancé? 5 Things To Know About...

Venus Williams has long been admired for her grace, athleticism, and quiet confidence...

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8 Must-Reads This Fall By Black Authors

8 Must-Reads This Fall By Black Authors

Make Do with What You Have(Amistad), by Kardea Brown Following the success of her...

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Snoop Dogg Marks Shante Broadus’ 50th With Three Rings Symbolizing Their Lifelong Love

Snoop Dogg Marks Shante Broadus’ 50th With Three Rings...

Not everyone can say that they’ve celebrated decades worth of birthdays with their...

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The Best Fashion Looks At The 2025 CFDA Fashion Awards

The Best Fashion Looks At The 2025 CFDA Fashion Awards

At this year’s CFDA Fashion Awards Black women are proving once again that style...

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Why I Can’t Stop Using This In-Shower Body Oil

Why I Can’t Stop Using This In-Shower Body Oil

In an industry where there is an overwhelming amount of product launches daily,...

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SCAD’s André Leon Talley Exhibit Provides An Intimate Look At The Cultural Force

SCAD’s André Leon Talley Exhibit Provides An Intimate Look...

Before André Leon Talley made his mark as a critic, a prolific journalist, and a...

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Hip Hop On The High Seas: Inside The 2025 Rock The Bells Cruise

Hip Hop On The High Seas: Inside The 2025 Rock The Bells...

The 2025 Rock the Bells Cruise was one for the books. Wrapping up its third year,...

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‘Bel-Air’ Drops Trailer For Final Season

‘Bel-Air’ Drops Trailer For Final Season

Peacock has unveiled the official trailer for the fourth and final season of Bel-Air,...

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Made For More: Tems Is Building A Blueprint For The Next Generation Of African Women In Music

Made For More: Tems Is Building A Blueprint For The Next...

African artists are having a moment on the global stage. And Tems? Baby… she is...

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How To Spend The Holidays Alone — And Love Every Minute Of It

How To Spend The Holidays Alone — And Love Every Minute...

For some of us, the most peaceful place to be this holiday season isn’t a crowded...

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Doja Cat Goes Old Hollywood Blonde At The LACMA Gala 

Doja Cat Goes Old Hollywood Blonde At The LACMA Gala 

Doja Cat is slowly gaining acclaim as one of the leading beauty icons out right...

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Exclusive: RHOP’s Stacey Rusch On ‘Circling The Block’ With Her Ex, Her Cannabis Biz, And Mean-Girl Energy In Potomac

Exclusive: RHOP’s Stacey Rusch On ‘Circling The Block’...

If you watch Real Housewives of Potomac, then you know it’s hard to rattle Stacey...

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Taraji P. Henson As Janet Jackson And More Of Our Favorite Halloween 2025 Beauty Looks

Taraji P. Henson As Janet Jackson And More Of Our Favorite...

Fall is a season full of transformation. And, when is a better time to turn into...

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Ami Colé’s Diarrha N’Diaye-Mbaye Joins SKIMS As EVP Of Beauty

Ami Colé’s Diarrha N’Diaye-Mbaye Joins SKIMS As EVP Of...

Just a couple weeks after Kim Kardashian’s brand, SKIMS, sparked intimate conversations...

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Family, Faith, and Flavor: Karen Clark-Sheard and Kierra Sheard-Kelly Share Their Holiday Recipe for Grace

Family, Faith, and Flavor: Karen Clark-Sheard and Kierra...

The holiday season is more than lights, gifts, and gatherings. It is a time to reconnect...

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Cardi B Serves Major WAG Energy At Stefon Diggs’ Football Game

Cardi B Serves Major WAG Energy At Stefon Diggs’ Football...

Rapper Cardi B is in full WAG mode. The expecting mom pulled up to her boyfriend...

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Lady London Traded Medical School For Rap. Here’s Everything She Did When She Came Home(Coming)

Lady London Traded Medical School For Rap. Here’s Everything...

Lady London hit the ground running.  She’d touched down in DC at 2 p.m. that afternoon,...

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EXCLUSIVE: Marshawn Lynch Brings His Signature Swagger To Dove Men+Care With BEASTMODE Collection

EXCLUSIVE: Marshawn Lynch Brings His Signature Swagger...

When Marshawn Lynch moves, he moves with purpose. The NFL legend recently dropped...

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Pitch Perfect: What Investors Actually Want To See — And What They Don’t

Pitch Perfect: What Investors Actually Want To See — And...

There’s a moment in an investor pitch meeting when you just know you nailed it. ...

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Support For Families Facing Food Insecurity During The SNAP Benefits Pause

Support For Families Facing Food Insecurity During The...

Nearly 42 million Americans are set to lose access to SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition...

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John Conner Lost His Wife And Daughter To Breast Cancer — Now He Fights For Caregivers

John Conner Lost His Wife And Daughter To Breast Cancer...

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time when pink ribbons, charity walks,...

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From Financial Trauma To Financial Freedom: How Childhood Money Lessons Shape Your Earning Potential

From Financial Trauma To Financial Freedom: How Childhood...

Your parents’ money baggage became yours. Sad to say it, but that’s really just...

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ESScent Of The Week: PHLUR Cherry Stem Is The Dark, Sultry Cherry Fragrance Taking Over Fall

ESScent Of The Week: PHLUR Cherry Stem Is The Dark, Sultry...

I have a problem.  I’m a cherry scent collector, and it’s honestly getting a little...

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Once Homeless, Ian L. Haddock Now Is Creating A Home For LGBTQIA+ Youth

Once Homeless, Ian L. Haddock Now Is Creating A Home For...

Ian L. Haddock, GLAAD Award-winning founder of The Normal Anomaly Initiative, a...

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Holiday Flights Are The Cheapest They’ve Been In Years—Here’s Where Black Travelers Should Head Next

Holiday Flights Are The Cheapest They’ve Been In Years—Here’s...

Holiday flights are finally cheap again. FINALLY. And not some of those fake “deals”...

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6 Times Supermodel Eva Marcille Proved She Had An Insane Face Card

6 Times Supermodel Eva Marcille Proved She Had An Insane...

Eva Marcille, the stunning supermodel who first captured our hearts as the winner...

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DK Metcalf Gets Candid About Knowing Normani Was The One

DK Metcalf Gets Candid About Knowing Normani Was The One

You have to respect a celebrity couple that has mastered the art of privacy. Singer...

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Jennifer Hudson’s Son David And His Date Shut Down Homecoming In Style

Jennifer Hudson’s Son David And His Date Shut Down Homecoming...

If you haven’t seen singer Jennifer Hudson’s son, David Otunga Jr., recently, you...

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Inside Zohran Mamdani’s Push To Unite Black Voters Around An Affordable New York

Inside Zohran Mamdani’s Push To Unite Black Voters Around...

With just 12 days before the election for mayor of New York City, the Zohran Mamdani...

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Hurricane Melissa Hits Home—Even for Jamaicans Far Away

Hurricane Melissa Hits Home—Even for Jamaicans Far Away

While I now live in Brooklyn, I will always love Jamaica. I was born there. I grew...

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Kiya Tomlin And Taneka Bowles Prove You Can Be An NFL Coach’s Wife—And A CEO

Kiya Tomlin And Taneka Bowles Prove You Can Be An NFL Coach’s...

Nobody asks NFL coaches’ wives what they’re building.  The assumption is they’re...

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What ‘Annabelle’ Can Teach Us About Race

What ‘Annabelle’ Can Teach Us About Race

On May 15, 2025, Nottoway Plantation, one of the largest antebellum mansions in...

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5 Powerful Ways Black Women Can Protect Their Mental Health After A Breast Cancer Diagnosis

5 Powerful Ways Black Women Can Protect Their Mental Health...

In the Black community, conversations around health have often happened in whispers...

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Ugly For The Empire: Why Our Beauty Won’t Free Us

Ugly For The Empire: Why Our Beauty Won’t Free Us

A few weeks ago, Trump addressed reporters in the Oval Office about the possibility...

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How Chichi Eburu Built Juvia’s Place Into A Global Powerhouse

How Chichi Eburu Built Juvia’s Place Into A Global Powerhouse

When Chichi Eburu launched Juvia’s Place in 2016, she shook up the beauty industry...