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If you’re on social media for any considerable amount of time, at some point you’ll come across someone still questioning if we, as a...

There is a quote from the 1985 movie, The Color Purple, that says: “Folks don’t like anybody being too proud or too free.” Celie comes to...

Oprah says many people are held back from becoming who they were meant to be by shadow beliefs and feelings of unworthiness. Microsoft’s...

In the 1937 book, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston said that like mules, Black women carry the w wishes on their backs....

In 2008, I was working as an investment accountant navigating my way through corporate America. At that time, I knew there was something...

My Dad is the smartest person I know. He forever has practical advice on any situation, and has the receipts to back it up. From the time...

And just like that. In 10.64 seconds, 21-year-old Sha’Carri Richardson let the world know that she is a force to be reckoned with....

When I think of colorism, I think of light-skinned versus dark-skinned Black women. I think of how perceived attractiveness,...

As the verdict was being read early Tuesday evening in the murder trial of George Floyd, 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant was being shot and...

One of the Louisville police officers responsible for the death of Breonna Taylor is writing a book. It will be published by Post Hill...

This time last year, we were desperately trying to find toilet paper and Clorox wipes. I remember seeing the empty aisles at the grocery...

I’m thankful that I have never had to be someone else, in order to have my writing voice heard. As a society, we still have a way to go...

In the midst of a divorce many years ago, I found myself weighed down with anxiety and depression. I reached out to family and friends...

We’ve all had some time to process Oprah’s interview with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, as they dropped bombs of racism and just...

As a writer, you never know when or if you’ll get that big break. You write and write and pray that someone out there will take notice of...

Last year during award season, celebrated author Stephen King tweeted “...I would never consider diversity in matters of art. Only...

February is the time when the accomplishments of prominent black people are highlighted and celebrated. It’s a time to reflect and honor...

There are Black women who speak truth to power every day, and Michele Ghee is one of them. She is the new CEO of Ebony and Jet magazines,...

Art and literature have always played a role in shaping the history of our civilization and culture. So, it’s interesting that the...

As we look back over this year, it can be safely said that it’s been rough. We had to endure the loss of basketball legend Kobe Bryant,...