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Downtown Miami | Photo: Dany Lehman/Getty Images By Cori Murray ·

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By Emil Wilbekin ·Updated April 29, 2022

“For me, beauty isn’t just this idea of a beautiful woman with blue eyes and blonde hair,” explains visual artist Deborah Roberts, speaking from her home in Austin, Texas. “It is the iconic girl, the grandma, like Ida B. Wells, strong women who probably are not considered beautiful by Western standards, but who are beautiful in their own way, in the way they protect

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Mandy Gonzalez, Aubin Wise and Krystal Joy Brown—HAMILTON | Photo credit: Joan Marcus By Jasmine Browley ·Updated April 29, 2022

Being a mom is like having superpowers; It’s only right to drape that cape across moms’ shoulders when performing heroic feats for their loved ones every day. But, picture this;  imagine being a superhero and a superstar at the same time. That’s what the mom-actresses of the megahit play

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By Tyrus Townsend ·

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By Cori Murray ·Updated April 27, 2022

The first thing Janet Rollé will tell you about herself sums up the very attitude that has propelled her into executive positions at CNN, BET and, until last year, Beyoncé’s Parkwood Entertainment. “I have a saying, ‘I like to be about it before I talk about it,’” she says with a laugh.

For Rollé, the daughter of a Caribbean immigrant (her mother is Jamaican)

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Getty By Pamela Edwards Christiani ·Updated April 26, 2022

Yes, April happens to be Financial Literacy Month, but for most of us, every month should be Financial Literacy month––that is, if we want to achieve financial freedom and accumulate wealth. The good news is that it’s never too early or too late to make a positive difference regarding our relationship to money. And there’s no one more qualified to

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Burna Boy performs at The O2 Arena on December 01, 2021 in London, England. | Photo by Joseph Okpako/WireImage By Cori Murray ·Updated April 26, 2022

Heads up New Yorkers: An African giant will be orbiting the city for one night only.

Afrofusion megastar Burna Boy brings his massive talent to New York City’s Madison Square Garden, an historic first as he’s the first Nigerian artist to headline the famous

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By Malaika Jabali ·Updated April 22, 2022

For years, fossil fuel companies have been donating money to organizations that advocate for people of color. But their philanthropy isn’t based on any deep commitment to racial justice. Instead, coal, oil and gas companies are trying to buy the support of these groups to help defeat clean-energy initiatives, despite the fact that they would protect those very communities of color that bear the

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By Lee Anna A. Jackson ·Updated April 20, 2022

The societal stigma that once was attached to cannabis is slowly going up in smoke:

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