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By Bridgette Bartlett Royall ·Updated March 24, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
Patti LaBelle is a living legend. Her receipts are undeniable. The multi-hyphenate has won dozens of prestigious awards including two Grammys, a BET Lifetime Achievement Award and seven NAACP Image Awards. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She’s earned inductions into the Grammy Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. She
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By Bridgette Bartlett Royall ·Updated March 23, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
As the largest school district in the country, more than 900,000 students attend public school in NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced that Kamar Samuels would begin serving as the city’s school chancellor on January 1, 2026.
Samuels manages an adopted annual operating budget of an astounding $42.8 billion for the 2026 fiscal year. Mr. Chancellor has a lot
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Bryce Harris #34 of the Howard Bison celebrates his three-point basket against the Michigan Wolverines. / (Photo by Ishika Samant/Getty Images) By Bridgette Bartlett Royall ·Updated March 21, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
These days, it is easy to feel like the world is on fire: all of our bills are too high, we’re at war with Iran,the government is…Well, you know how stressful politics is right now.
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Many frequent fliers are done with Southwest over their ‘Customer of Size’ policies. / (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images) By Bridgette Bartlett Royall ·Updated March 20, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
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Salute Her: Keri Daniels Went From Army Captain to Spa Owner! / PHOTOS COURTESY OF KERI DANIEL By Bridgette Bartlett-Royall ·Updated March 18, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
Most of us haphazardly learned about the recent United States invasion of Iran on our phones. We collectively sighed, perhaps shared the news with a loved one nearby and then preceded to continue scrolling and ingesting trending content from a
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By Bridgette Bartlett Royall ·Updated March 17, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
Nearly three decades after the release of their smash hit song, The Boy is Mine was released, Brandy and Monica are still in demand. Last fall, The Boy Is Mine Tour which they headlined was a major commercial success, featuring multiple sold-out shows across the United States. Concert tour stops included high-profile, capacity crowds at venues like the
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By Bridgette Bartlett Royall ·Updated March 12, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
“She’s pretty for a dark-skinned girl.”
These seven words strung together carry an indescribable weight. So heavy that multiple generations have not just carried them but been encumbered by their heaviness. These seven words, and the ugly colorism they are anchored in, crushed the spirits of too many of our mothers, aunties, grandmas and other matriarchs both known
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By Bridgette Bartlett Royall ·Updated March 10, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
H-U! You know!Howard University, often referred to as The Real H-U (We don’t want any smoke, Hampton.), has become the topic of a heated debate across social media. A White content creator who goes by Your Buddy Gus on Instagram, recently posted a reel of content shot on the popular HBCU campus in the NorthWest section of
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By Bridgette Bartlett Royall ·Updated March 3, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
What about your friends? Solid friendships have the ability to fortify, inspire and keep us grounded when the world around us gets unpredictable and even scary. Without them, we can lose our way and with them? A trusted friendship is simply priceless.
Lauded investor, philanthropist and speaker Demond Martin has tapped into this philosophy with his new book,