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A Wedding to Behold Credit: @adunni_photos Look who’s getting married! Ashia Montgomery from Alabaster, Alabama, is finally marrying her Nigerian prince fiancé, Maxwell Okeke, in Lagos, Nigeria, and EBONY got a sneak peek at their traditional African wedding attire. Their highly anticipated ceremony will air on 90 Day Fiancé, Sunday, August 30 TLC/next day on HBO […]
August is packing its bags, and for once, no one is fighting to make it stay. After months of dressing for temperatures that made putting on anything more substantial than a tank top feel like a personal attack, the first hints of cooler air are finally creeping into the forecast. Fall is not quite here […]
Everton Blair Makes History as South’s First Black, Openly Gay Member of Congress Democrat Everton Blair made history Tuesday after winning a special election runoff in Georgia’s 13th Congressional District. Blair defeated Marcye Scott, daughter of the late U.S. Rep. David Scott, 53% to 47%, according to unofficial results. His victory makes him the first […]
Blake Griffin is taking what he learned on the basketball court to primetime television in a surprise career move since retiring from the NBA in 2024. The former NBA star is launching a weekly late-night show on Prime Video in collaboration with YouTube and Amazon’s podcast studio, Wondery. Titled The Stepback with Blake Griffin, the […]
August may be winding down, but the beauty world clearly has no plans to clock out early. This week’s best launches are giving us plenty to play with as we make the inevitable transition from summer beauty to fall, from soft-focus complexions and the return of a much more comfortable matte lip to glossy hair, […]
When Black women decide to start a business, it is inspired by one of two things: passion or frustration. Nicole Mason’s journey of creating Elegant Boutique Beauty Supply, Oregon’s first and only mobile beauty supply was founded with equal parts. Ownership within the beauty supply industry is almost exclusively non-Black. After one too many encounters […]
How do staff at the U.S. Embassy in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic,deal with art they feel is too woke? They drape an American flag tarp over it, carry it out of the building, and post a video of the removal on Instagram set to Twisted Sister’s “We’re Not Gonna Take It.” That’s what happened to […]
Before Jayda Cheaves had a portfolio of successful brands, a multi-million-dollar audience or secured representation by a major talent agency, WME, she had a compelling instinct. She understood that consumers weren’t simply buying a product; they were buying into the overall brand persona and perspective behind it. “I understood that people buy from people they […]
What does it take to still be competing at the top of your game as you prep for the 2026 US Open, kicking off its singles main draw on August 30? For Frances Tiafoe, a DMV (Washington D.C., Maryland, Virginia) native and quite arguably one of the best to ever pick up a tennis racket, […]
An appeal requesting the overturning of a ruling by a lower federal court was filed on Wednesday, August 26, in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit by University of Alabama (UA) student plaintiffs involving the upholding of the permanent discontinuance of Nineteen Fifty-Six and Alice, two student-led publications. According to the Alabama Political Reporter, the fight has only just begun. In December of 2025, the university notified both publications to cease operations immediately due to anti-DEI […]