Comedian Tiffany Haddish is back in the dating scene and is alerting prospective love interests of the bare minimum standards they must meet. The actress and comic sat down with Late Night host Seth Meyers on Thursday to discuss her new and upcoming projects, but before Meyers could pose the …
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Thomas Lynch has written six poetry collections, five books of essays, and one volume of short stories; in 1997, he was a finalist for the National Book Award. Writing isn’t even Lynch’s day job. Since 1974, he’s been a funeral director in the town of Milford, Michigan. The life of …
Read More »Elon University Student Granted $20K To Focus On The Self Care of Black Women
Photo: Heath Oldham (Shutterstock) In a world where Black women are constantly perceived to be resilient and strong, is there space for them to be cared for? To care for themselves? One Elon University student is out to prove that there is, indeed. Self care may continue to be a …
Read More »The Puzzle That Will Outlast the World
The package I’ve been impatiently waiting for finally arrives: A cardboard box about as tall as your average Olympic gymnast. It’s covered in yellow packing tape, stamped fragile, and has a return address in a town in the Netherlands. Inside this box is a thing of beauty—and absurdity. It’s a …
Read More »Janelle Monáe Reveals They Identify as Non-Binary on Red Table Talk
Janelle Monáe attends the 2022 Vanity Fair Oscar Party following the 94th Oscars at the The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, California on March 27, 2022. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)Photo: Patrick T. Fallon (Getty …
Read More »Sir Lewis Hamilton, Serena Williams Part of Bid to Buy Chelsea FC
Lewis Hamilton, left; Serena Williams.Photo: Mark Thompson; Daniele Venturelli/WireImage (Getty Images) British racing champion Sir Lewis Hamilton and tennis champion Serena Williams are putting their collective influence and coins together as a part of a bid to potentially buy Chelsea FC, one of the world’s biggest and most premier football …
Read More »'I Am a Governor of People, Not of Tombstones'
Soon after Russia invaded Ukraine, Pavlo Kyrylenko and Serhiy Gaidai received phone calls from men they believed to be Russians, based on their accents. Kyrylenko and Gaidai, the governors of the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, respectively, were being enticed to defect. The pair—the top Ukrainian officials in parts …
Read More »Xavier University Planning to Open Medical School
Photo: Maksim Shmeljov (Shutterstock) When it comes to HBCUs, Xavier University is one of the best places to go if you’re going pre-med. But now, the small Louisiana university is planning to open a medical school and graduate school of health sciences of its own. Reynold Verret, Xavier University president …
Read More »Vice President Kamala Harris To Give Commencement Speech At HBCU
Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks at the William J. Rutter Center about maternal health crisis on Thursday, April 21, 2022, in San Francisco.Photo: Yalonda M. James/San Franncisco Chronicle (AP) Vice President Kamala Harris will give the commencement address at Tennessee State University on May 7, the school announced this …
Read More »All Charges Have Been Dropped Against BLM Activist Pamela Moses for Voting Error
Photo: nampix (Shutterstock) All criminal charges against Pamela Moses have been dropped after she was originally sentenced to six years in prison for attempting to register to vote in the city of Memphis. Moses was told by her probation officer that she had completed her probation from a 2015 felony …
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