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We are in a sleep deprivation crisis, and the effects are especially concerning for children. According to a 2019 study conducted by researchers from the American Academy of Pediatrics, almost 50% of children ages 6 to 17 aren’t getting enough sleep. According to Harvard, grade-school-age children need 9 to 12 hours of sleep, and teens […]
Michelle Alexander’s “The New Jim Crow Era: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness” shook the core of Black culture by introducing a concept that the Black community seemed not to address head-on: mass incarceration. Since the book’s release on January 5, 2010, Alexander, alongside organizations like Students Against Mass Incarceration at multiple universities and The […]
Beyond its historical context, Saint Patrick’s Day is commonly associated with good luck. Aside from wearing green and following time-honored traditions, many take the opportunity to gather en masse and have a merry celebration in their green-and-gold glory. Here are some songs about varying degrees of luck to add to your St. Patrick’s Day playlist. […]
Ryan Coogler just accepted the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for Sinners, a film steeped in 1920s Southern Black culture. Dave Chappelle’s latest comedy special mentioned the land and town Chappelle bought and developed in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Black excellence remains visible, profitable, and global. At the same time, across podcasts, comment sections, genealogy forums, […]
First, let’s tell the truth: most of us do not watch college basketball every Tuesday night in January. We pull up in March and act like we’ve been locked in all season. Then we parade around the office talking about “basketball IQ” as if we invented the concept. That is part of the tradition. March […]
Any given night, I’m doing what a lot of people do now when spending an evening at home: splitting my attention between dinner and my phone, scrolling Instagram while adjusting the settings on my air fryer. This particular night I saw a clip of Oklahoma City Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander stitched right above a video […]
Joe Kay, founder of the global music collective Soulection, celebrates 15 years of shaping culture through sound. “I feel grateful, I mean, to have any idea or business that goes past your mind to a reality, building a team, to being able to attract a crowd at a sold-out show,” Kay told EBONY. “It always […]
There was a time when the internet tried to put beauty creators into neat little boxes. Natural hair girl. Makeup girl. Skincare girl. Pick a lane and stay in it. But if the Creator Era has taught us anything, it’s that the women shaping beauty culture today are not one-note personalities. They are brands, storytellers, […]
In 1961, while most 18-year-olds were still figuring out the world, Judy Pace was already being asked to represent it. She was the youngest model ever selected for the EBONY Fashion Fair’s national tour — Eunice Johnson’s traveling cathedral of Black beauty, which drew thousands of Black women and young Black girls to arenas and […]
There is a moment in conversation with Ms. Jill Scott when I realize Jill Scott has no interest in staying the same. “We’re not stuck,” she says plainly. “You can absolutely change who you are or who you’ve been. There’s no box around you.” For an artist whose career has stretched across decades — from […]