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‘Good Times’ Showrunner Ranada Shepard Explains the New Series Racy Themes and How It’s Still Steeped in Tradition 

Showrunner Ranada Shepard had one goal when shaping Netflix’s new animation series, Good Times. As one of the only Afro-Latina showrunners in the adult animation space, she wanted to bring an authentic voice to the project. “It was an honor to be trusted with the reimagining of Good Times,” Shepard tells EBONY.   Executive producers Norman Lear, […]

How Leseliey Welch is Putting Black Maternal Health in the Spotlight and Her Push for More Black Birthing Centers

Detroit native Leseliey Welch has experienced the highs and lows associated with childbirth, and all the emotions in between. She successfully delivered her pre-term daughter, but soon after experienced the grief of her premature nephew passing away the day he was delivered. She’s also suffered her own pregnancy losses, a feeling many women around the […]