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Somewhere between overpacking for a weekend getaway and realizing your designer shoulder bag has absolutely no business sitting next to sunscreen and a dripping swimsuit, you remember why straw bags return every summer. They aren’t trendy in the traditional sense. They’re dependable. Like oversized sunglasses, linen button-downs and SPF you’ll swear you remembered to reapply. […]
It’s not too late to take a summer vacation, but is it too expensive to take one? Despite rising fuel costs exacerbated by geopolitical tensions abroad, 66% of Americans plan on taking a vacation this summer. The plans, however, may have shifted from international to domestic, as more trips within the United States are on […]
One thing became clear during the exclusive Children of Blood and Bone trailer launch event in Brooklyn, New York last night: Gina Prince-Bythewood knew the music had to be as powerful as the story. The acclaimed writer and director revealed that she listened fervently to Tems and Burna Boy during her creative process. “They were […]
Comic-Con attendees witnessed the kind of surprise Marvel fans dream about. During the studio’s Hall H presentation at San Diego Comic-Con on July 26, Ryan Coogler, director of the Black Panther franchise, revealed that actor David Jonsson has been cast as the new Black Panther. He’ll portray the adult Prince T’Challa—the son of King T’Challa, […]
For a few hours on a warm Saturday afternoon, East Harlem became the center of New York’s creative community. The borough rivalries that usually define the city disappeared behind dugouts filled with laughter, music drifted across the diamond and the sound of families cheering from the sidelines. It wasn’t just a softball game. It was […]
Hundreds of Howard University freshmen, alongside their parents, are in an uproar after being recently unenrolled from the school. Incoming freshman Isabella Williams rang the alarm about the issue in an Instagram video that quickly gained traction as Black media outlets and university alumni poured in to offer support. The unenrollment happened on the evening of Wednesday, […]
Few things sow discord within the Black populace quite like bonnets and du-rags in public discourse. It’s a polarizing respectability paragon that has made its way to one of the most trusted spaces in Black academia: HBCUs. Ahead of the 2026-2027 school year, Tuskegee University announced it will ban bonnets and du-rags in classrooms and […]
If there’s one word I would use when it comes to Kiki Rice, it would be legacy. And no, not because her grandfather was a Tuskegee airman and Federal Reserve board member. And no, not because her grandmother is known as the mother of the Pell Grant. And no, not because her cousin is Knicks […]
When Donicia Hodge lost her mother to gallbladder cancer in 2025, she wasn’t sure how to move forward after a heartbreaking loss. But like many people navigating grief, she soon discovered that the phrase “life keeps going” became an unavoidable reality, even in the midst of heartbreak. “I have my moments where I’m sad when […]
There is a moment, near the end of every great career, when the story stops being about what a man can still do and starts being about what he chooses to do with the little that’s left. LeBron James has arrived at that moment. He calls it his “last decision,” and of all the ones […]