Author: Shelby Stewart

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Alphonso David says the decision protects thousands of businesses after a court blocked controversial HUB program changes. By Shelby Stewart ·Updated April 17, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…

A Texas judge has temporarily blocked sweeping changes to the state’s Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) program, delivering an early legal victory to a coalition of minority-owned businesses and civil rights advocates who argued the move threatened both economic opportunity and

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Courtesy By Sharí Nycole ·Updated April 16, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…

The stage is set, and March Madness is in full swing.   

The final four teams are battling in the Big Ten men’s basketball tournament at the United Center in Chicago.

The fandom is electric, and the tension is tightening.

Looking on at the action from her suite is former Big Ten conference standout and WNBA star, Aerial Powers. 

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Shot by Christian Simmons By Shelby Stewart ·Updated April 16, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…

For TheARTI$t, the outfit has always started from the ground up.

“Footwear has always been the ‘it’ factor for me,” she says, describing it less as a trend and more as a foundation. A shoe has the ability to shift the entire tone of a look, to anchor it, or to push it somewhere

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Updated April 8, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…

Soap operas have long been architects of desire. Since their golden era in the 1960s, the genre has shaped the way audiences imagine love, power, and, perhaps most enduringly, >F&W Style, bringing its fictional “ChelseaKat” bags to life. What began as a narrative—an ambitious, style-forward purse line conceived by cousins Kat and Chelsea (Colby Nixon and RhonniRose Mantilla)—has evolved into a tangible collection,

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ATLANTA, GEORGIA – MARCH 26: Angel Reese and Ryan Clark onstage during the 2026 HBCU AWARE FEST at State Farm Arena on March 26, 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images) By Julienne Louis ·Updated April 7, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…

Celebrities are going viral as they speak openly about their desire to attend Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). This week, Grammy Award winner

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By Tevon Blair ·Updated April 7, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…

After California’s Eaton Fire destroyed neighborhoods across Los Angeles County, fire survivors from the historic African American community of West Altadena spent the last year demanding accountability for the negligence that led to the loss of 19 residents. Now, the state’s attorney general has announced an investigation into the emergency evacuation response. 

“This is going to give us the

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By Tevon Blair ·Updated March 31, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…

After making history as the nation’s first African American woman elected to three consecutive four-year terms as mayor of any major city, Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is deepening the District’s economic future in her final term. 

“There’s no better job if you love politics and policy than being mayor of your hometown.” She followed by saying “I am

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(Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images) By Nathan Lately ·Updated April 1, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…

“Brandy, you really know how to pull out a crowd, it’s amazing. This is one of the biggest crowds we’ve ever had.” 

While Hollywood Chamber of Commerce Board Chair Jerry Neuman has given opening remarks at countless Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremonies over the past year, it was unlike him to be genuinely

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(Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images) By Tevon Blair ·Updated March 31, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…

United States Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester of Delaware stands firm in her decision to not support the passing of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act as new requirements would create barriers for millions of American citizens’ access to register to vote. 

If the SAVE Act becomes federal law, it would enforce a