NeNe Leakes says she believes she brings the realness to Real Housewives of Atlanta and wants the bag she receives for her presence on the show doubled. During an interview with Entertainment Tonight, the RHOA OG laid out why she needs a bigger payday. “All they had was to focus …

Former President Barack Obama delivered his commencement speech to millions of high school and college seniors on Saturday (May 16) at “Graduate Together: High School Class of 2020 Commencement.”  During his speech, Obama suggested that seniors take on the world and that the tough times brought on by the coronavirus …

Janet Jackson doesn’t usually let the public into her personal life, however, she’s giving her fans a glimpse into how she’s spending her days in quarantine with her young one. Via Twitter, the superstar singer posted a photo of an indoor playhouse she and her 3-year-old son Eissa, who she …

Students have worked hard all year and leaders are making sure that their hard work doesn’t go unnoticed just because people can’t physically walk across the stage during the pandemic. One of those leaders is The Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America-College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA). As a part …

Raven-Symoné has spent most of her life as a public figure, but for most of it, she was hiding a pretty big secret. The actress and talk show host dodged speculation about her sexuality for years, before finally coming out as gay in 2013. Now, in a social media conversation with …

Photo: Getty Images In the midst of all the bad news that this year insists on bringing, black women have been bringing us spots of joy by being amazing and groundbreaking as usual. Last weekend, Erykah Badu and Jill Scott reminded us the power of music and sisterhood in their …

Cushing: One of the things you and I discussed when we were first talking about this project was the limitations of speculative fiction, which can sometimes be a bit keening, a bit solemn, a bit overliteral. Were there certain tropes you were consciously trying to avoid with this story? Sloan: …

High school and college graduation has been bittersweet this year, with commencement ceremonies being cancelled across the country to due to the coronavirus pandemuc. Facebook, however, is trying to make the occasion as special as possible for the graduates. On Friday (May 15) at 2 p.m. EST, the social media …

As an entrepreneur, Dionna Dorsey is more than a little familiar with riding out a rough patch of slower sales. “I have been a full-time entrepreneur now for a little over 10 years. Entrepreneurship is a calling. As a creative entrepreneur you learn how to ride the waves—the highs and …

Screenshot: HBCU Connect (Facebook) Barack Obama called on young black people to be “warriors for justice” and commented on the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery during a special speech he gave to 2020 HBCU graduates over the weekend. The former president was the guest speaker in a virtual commencement ceremony …