Lizzo just secured another victory in her sea of legal challenges that have mounted over the last several years. A federal judge in California ruled in favor of her touring company, Big Grrrl Big Touring, in a lawsuit filed by former tour employee Asha Daniels, dismissing the final bits of the case. This follows the […]
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The Best Fall Boots to Shop in 2026, From Shearling to Animal Print
Fall may technically be about crisp morning air, getting your favorite warm latte for the first time, rewatching Girlfriends for the twentieth time and flipping your decor to cozy browns and earthy shades, but for fashion lovers, the season really begins when it’s finally cool enough to pull the boots back out. And this year, […]
Raven-Symoné’s Color Perspective Can’t Deny Culture
During an episode of Raven-Symoné’s podcast Tea Time w/ Raven and Miranda, co-hosted with her wife Miranda, she challenged their guest, Kalen Allen, to take away the color from Raven Baxter, the main protagonist of the Disney Channel classic, That’s So Raven. She prompted him to make the Baxter family green and asked: is she still Black? This exchange has kept the timeline busy. Many reactions are skewing toward […]
A Review: ‘Queenie Is Working On It’ Stays True to the Source Material
For fans of Queenie, there is reason to rejoice with her follow-up novel, Queenie Is Working On It. She is still a Jamaican-British woman from South London pursuing a career as a writer and journalist. She is still looking for love in all the wrong places and mourning the family she could have had. And […]
Black Wellness Edit: It’s Time to Unpack Wellness Perfectionism
When we think of wellness, it’s supposed to be an act that makes us feel better internally and externally. Still, there can be moments when it sometimes feels like another thing we’re failing at. Missing a morning workout can feel like you’ve “fallen off,” or ordering takeout instead of meal prepping can bring guilt. That […]
For Gloria Steinem, Some of Her Biggest Lessons Came From Black Women
The world is mourning again, this time for the loss of feminist Gloria Steinem, who died on September 2 at age 92. In the seventies, she was an emblem of the movement, standing up for women’s rights and serving as a founding mother of Ms. magazine, where Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker was one of […]
Lauryn Hill and The Fugees Brought ‘The Score’ Back to Life In Paris
This summer, Paris witnessed a solar eclipse, France’s first since the 1990s. The arrival of Ms. Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean performing a sold-out show as The Fugees in the romantic City of Light marks just as rare an occasion. Over 20,000 Parisians of all ages loved them down last night as they performed at […]
Designer-Approved Upgrades to Create a Restorative Sanctuary
Wellness doesn’t have to begin at a spa or luxury retreat. It can start the moment you walk through your front door. As our homes increasingly serve as offices, gyms, entertainment spaces, and places to unwind, creating a restorative environment has become less about following a particular design aesthetic and more about designing around how […]
‘Idiots’ Stars O’Shea Jackson Jr. And Dave Franco Talk Real-Life Friendship and a Love of Comedy
O’Shea Jackson Jr. and Dave Franco are eager and affable when we chat over Zoom to discuss their new screwball road-trip comedy Idiots. They portray two hapless people who are hired to transfer a rich teen — played by a punchable Mason Thames — to rehab, but their straightforward gig quickly spirals into dangerous mayhem. […]
Broccoli City’s New R&B Experience Means You Don’t Have To Choose Between KWN and Your Bills
Everybody wants to see their favorite R&B artist live. But in this economy, with these prices, with artists dropping new tours left and right!? Unfortunately, not everybody can afford to. Broccoli City founder Brandon McEachern created Holding Hands: An R&B Experience to solve that very problem. The new event debuts September 19 at Jiffy Lube […]









