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When a fragrance calls itself “therapy,” you expect something cocooning and soft, right? Initio Musk Therapy actually delivers on that promise.
When I got this, I was hoping for a warm, minimalist musk. Something comforting to wear on days when I just wanted to smell clean and effortless (I write this in the middle of Snowmaggeden, which is actually
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NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – JULY 06: Keith Lee attends the 2025 ESSENCE Festival Of Culture presented by Coca-Cola – Day 3 at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on July 06, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana.(Photo by Erika Goldring/Getty Images for ESSENCE) By Kimberly Wilson ·Updated January 29, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
“God is amazing.” A phrase that Keith Lee says all the time, and his life truly
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Khaby Lame has officially entered the upper echelon of content creator wealth.
The 25-year-old Italian content creator sold a stake in his company Step Distinctive Limited for $975 million to Rich Sparkle Holdings, a Hong Kong financial firm listed on Nasdaq. For context, that’s more than most people make in several lifetimes of actually talking.
Lame has 160 million TikTok
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Female financial advisor in discussion with client in office conference room By Chastity Lord and Joy Thomas Moore ·Updated January 26, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
January is National Mentoring Month—a yearly reminder that none of us does life alone. We are each shaped by the people who have poured into us, both our chosen family and our birth family. This month, we raise awareness about the importance
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Afro american young woman wearing colorful sweater sitting at the desk at home and using laptop. Female freelancer working at home. By Andrea Bossi ·Updated January 26, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
Gen Z is a truly unique generation, and that’s showing up at work.
Not only did they grow up digitally native, on the internet and on social media, but they have entered their youth through a series
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A beautiful mature black woman with gray hair working from home. By Andrea Bossi ·Updated January 26, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
In just a few years, AI has completely changed the way we work and the way employers hire. But while job expectations are evolving quickly, many workers have no formal training. This is creating what AI strategist Alicia Lyttle calls an “AI skills crisis.”
“In today’s climate,
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Updated January 27, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
As a girl who’s deep in HYROX training right now (Lord, what was I thinking?) wellness and recovery have become non-negotiable parts of my routine. Especially now that my first race is less than one month out.
So when I heard about ModernHaus SoHo’s Haus of Glow experience, I figured it was worth seeing if this place could actually help me, or if it
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By Kimberly Wilson ·Updated January 26, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
Chef Roshara “Ro” Sanders didn’t know she was Geechee until she was already a trained chef.
She’d been eating her family’s okra stew her whole life, which was a recipe passed down from her World War II veteran grandfather to her mother to her. It was just what they ate. Then she started traveling to Africa as part of
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BURBANK, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 16: Karamo Brown appears on “The Jennifer Hudson Show” airing on January 6, 2025 in Burbank, California. (Photo by Chris Haston/WBTV via Getty Images). Check your local listings for times. By Kara Stevens ·Updated January 26, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
Karamo Brown, one-fifth of the Queer Eye for the Straight Guy cast, didn’t report to work last week and wrote the out-of-office message