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By Melissa Noel ·Updated August 19, 2022

Popular vacation rental company Airbnb is under fire after a TikTok video slamming a Mississippi property described as a “slave cabin” went viral. 

The estate at the center of the controversy is the Panther Burn Cottage, a small cottage in Greenville, Mississippi. The description stated the building once served as a slave quarters. The posting also claimed it was used as a sharecropper

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By Mikelle Street ·Updated August 19, 2022

TS Madison is the queen of hearts. The unfiltered, hilarious thoughts she shares online have gained her a legion of fans and thrust her into virality time and time again. The widely shared moments range from an early Vine of Madison yelling “New weave, 22 inches” to a newer one where she finds out that Selena was, in fact, not Puerto Rican.

The social media

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By Brande Victorian ·Updated August 18, 2022

Tevin Campbell recently opened up about his life and career in a way we haven’t heard the ’90s heartthrob speak before. In a candid conversation on the PEOPLE Every Day podcast, the R&B singer talked about the image he was forced to lean into as a teenager in the music industry and how what was portrayed was far from his reality.

“I don’t think the

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By Melissa Noel ·Updated August 17, 2022

In the opening moments of “African Redemption: The Life and Legacy of Marcus Garvey,” the weighty voice of Keith David is followed by Steel Pulse’s “Worth His Weight In Gold.” The late activist Marcus Garvey, who inspired the song, was born 135 years ago today. The film looks to prove Garvey was indeed a man of value and vision. 

The documentary chronicles the

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Illustration by Mathilde Crétier By Brooklyn White ·Updated August 16, 2022

This story first appeared in the May/June 2022 issue of ESSENCE.

In the last decade, millennials’ digital self-care movement combined with a widespread embrace of social media to create a multifaceted interest in how we appeared to others online. Out of this, wellness gurus emerged, some certified, others winging it as they advocated compassion for our physical selves.

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By Melissa Noel ·Updated August 16, 2022

“There is tragedy in my story, but my story is not a tragedy.” That was the powerful way that CNN anchor Zain E. Asher started our conversation about her debut book, “Where the Children Take Us: How One Family Achieved the Unimaginable.” 

The book tells the story of Asher’s mother, Obiajulu Ejiofor, a Nigerian immigrant living in London. Ejiofor raised Asher and her three siblings

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