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Karwai Tang/Getty Images By Greg Emmanuel ·Updated October 29, 2021
There are those who dress to impress only on certain occasions and then there are those who live and breathe fashion every day—as if a Manolo Blahnik pump is their lifeline or a new Telfar bag is what pulls them out of bed each morning. Prime example for the latter is the beloved Girlfriends actress, Tracee Ellis Ross. These days some may say
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By Keyaira Boone ·Updated October 28, 2021
Breast cancer impacts Black women in ways that are different and more compression paddles that can try to make you more comfortable and to try to diminish the discomfort that you may feel during that process.”
You Should Dress Comfortably And Allot Enough Time
“Though the mammogram itself usually takes around 10 to 15 minutes to complete, plan on spending at least an hour at your appointment
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By Pamela Edwards Chrisitiani ·Updated October 28, 2021
I hesitated to present a holiday post, before Halloween, but with the current national shipping challenges, I thought, just go ahead and lean into it.
Black-owned brands, from every category, will always be covered in this space, but since home is where the heart is, décor felt like a solid place to start. These selects are visually stimulating, pieces that’ll make you, or someone you
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By Brande Victorian ·Updated October 28, 2021
The upcoming Netflix film, The Harder They Fall, centers on a longstanding quest for vengeance among Nat Love and his group of outlaws and their rivals, the Rufus Buck gang. Within each camp, there’s no shortage of characters, from a trash-talking quickdraw by the name of Jim Beckworth to Gertrude “Treacherous” Trudy Smith, who’s quick to tell anyone in her group’s path: “We ain’t no nincompoop.”
Smith, played by
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By Essence ·Updated October 14, 2021
Kyrie Irving has broken his silence on the Brooklyn Nets refusing to include him in team activities until he is fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The professional basketball player spoke out about their decision and made some general statements regarding vaccine mandates during an Instagram Live session.
On Oct. 12, the Nets issued a statement announcing that they would be preventing Kyrie Irving from playing or practicing with his team due
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By Greg Emmanuel ·Updated October 13, 2021
Sarah Burton says there is beauty in the skies, even when it’s gloomy and the clouds are grey. Alexander McQueen’s Spring 2022 collection was inspired by the London skies, specifically the forms and colors of clouds from daybreak to nightfall. Show attendees met in the East End of London on a rooftop and were seated in a clear dome that provided a perfect display of the hovering cloudy,
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By Jasmine Browley ·Updated October 13, 2021
Black Friday hit a new record last year with shoppers spending $9.0 billion, an increase of 21.6% year over year (online sales hit $7.4 billion on Black Friday in 2019), according to Adobe Analytics data. This year, Facebook wants to make sure Black businesses get a big piece of the pie.
The social media platform is showing its support to businesses that need it most, starting with the return
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By Kevin L. Clark ·Updated October 13, 2021
The shooting of Jacob Blake left him paralyzed from the waist down, but the officer who fired the bullet will not have any charges filed against him.
State prosecutors decided not to file charges against Officer Rusten Sheskey earlier this year after the video showed that Blake, who was wanted on a felony warrant, was armed with a knife. The action sparked several protests in Kenosha, WI, and
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Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for iHeartMedia By Victoria Uwumarogie ·Updated October 13, 2021
Megan Thee Stallion is in love and she has the smile to prove it.
The Grammy-winning “Savage” rapper was a guest on the Season 2 premiere of Taraji P. Henson’s Facebook Watch series Peace of Mind With Taraji and talked about the things that have impacted her mental health, good and bad. That includes the loss of her parents, social media