Married To Medicine: LA premieres tomorrow night (May 3), and if this preview clip is any indication, this season is going to be crazy. In a promo for the premiere episode released by Bravo, fans of the show finally get to see the full story behind Dr. Heavenly Kimes and …
Read More »Trevor Noah Is Paying Daily Show Crew Furloughed by COVID-19 Out of His Own Pocket
Photo: Mike Coppola (Getty Images) Trevor Noah reminds me of Barack Obama in a lot of ways. He’s written a successful memoir about his upbringing and mixed identity, he’s extremely well-spoken and handsome with slightly protruding ears that somehow manage to make him look just more adorable, and he seems …
Read More »The Books Briefing: Pace Yourself
📚 “Go, Team,” by Samantha Hunt Why everyone should sleep alone “Perrot exhorts readers to take seriously the relevance of sleep to biological and emotional functioning; she discusses the need for new structural norms for marriage; and she frames the bedroom as a haven for respite, a construct with special …
Read More »Domestic Abuse Survivors Can Get Free Hotel Rooms In Chicago
People seeking safety from domestic violence in Chicago can now get free hotel rooms during the coronavirus pandemic. Announced by the city on Tuesday (April 28), the program aims to combat the spike in reports of domestic violence amid the COVID-19 outbreak. Those in need of a room can call …
Read More »After Losing Her Father to Obesity, This Woman Took Her Inheritance and Started a Gym
What happens when a business founded to improve the lives of all who walk through it doors has those doors closed by a global pandemic? For La Niecia Vicknair, founder of the Los Angeles boutique gym Thrive Health Lab, the answer was simple: find a way to keep giving the …
Read More »Kenya Barris embraces criticism of Netflix show ‘#BlackAF’: ‘I take opinions good with the bad’
(Photo: Netflix) Netflix series #BlackAF has struck a chord in the Black community to become one of the most polarizing new titles on the streaming platform. The underlying topics of colorism and Black representation in media triggered much of the backlash and Kenya Barris, the show’s star and creator, recently broke …
Read More »During COVID-19, Black Women Are Still Dying From Not Being Taken Seriously
Photo: Shutterstock About a year ago I made up my mind to never give birth to a child in the United States. The decision came after I stumbled into an urgent care clinic in the Chicago neighborhood I lived in, after hours of lying on the couch in my apartment …
Read More »We Are All Living the Same Moment
Editor’s Note: We asked photographers in 24 locations around the globe to point their cameras up to the sky at precisely the same moment — 1PM GMT, April 25. At a time when the world is so isolated, these photos are a reminder of what we share. Photographs by Yumna …
Read More »Angolan Polygamist Who Fathered 281 Children From 47 Wives Dies of Cancer at 73 Years Old (PHOTOS)
A 73-year-old man in Angola who fathered 281 children from 47 wives has died. Francisco Tchikuteny Sabalo, a popular Angolan polygamist also known as “Big Dad” or “Pai Grande,” reportedly passed away on April 14th from prostate cancer at the age of 73. Reports out of Africa noted that …
Read More »R. Kelly Creates Third Excuse For Release From Jail
R. Kelly’s trying another plea to get a judge to release him from jail, claiming he has proof he’s vulnerable to the coronavirus outbreak. Via legal documents filed by his lawyer and obtained by TMZ, the singer is asking the judge to release his client pending his trial. Kelly also …
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