Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger was indicted on murder charges, nearly three months after she fatally shot an unarmed black neighbor whose apartment she said she entered by mistake, believing it to be her own. It’s unclear when Guyger first talked to investigators about the Sept. 2018 shooting, but …

Meagan Good is hoping to stem the rising rates of endometrial cancer in our communities. The actress and director is also an advocate, having recently added her star power to the two-year-old Spot Her campaign in an effort to raise awareness about endometrial cancer, the most common type of uterine cancer. Meagan …

“They keep coming. The numbers are climbing with no end in sight,” claims an ominous voice over images of migrants crowded at the southwestern U.S. border. The implication of the 30-second spot sponsored by the Federation for American Immigration Reform, which lobbies for lower immigration, is that the mass migration …

Lizzo wants to help every body feel “good as hell.” The entertainer has announced the launch of Yitty, a size-inclusive inclusive shapewear and “innerwear” brand. And, as she explained on Instagram, she’s hoping to help shift the paradigm on how we relate to our bodies. “[Yitty will] give everyone the …

Trans athlete Lia Thomas has been crushing her female competitors and shattering swimming records just two years after competing as a biological male. Amid the ongoing debates on whether or not trans women should be allowed to compete in female sports, one op-ed writer at NBC News believes Thomas should …

Actor Jussie Smollett after his court appearance at Leighton Courthouse on March 26, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. This morning in court it was announced that all charges were dropped against the actor. (Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images)Photo: Nuccio DiNuzzo (Getty Images) Just when you think you’re out, they pull you …

Warning: Some of the photos may contain graphic or objectionable content. “Words,” the journalist Sebastian Junger once wrote, “are often the primary instrument of liars, and photographic images are the primary instrument of those who insist on the truth.” The photographs that have emerged from the war in Ukraine over …

Dr. Valarie Richardson, Earl Richardson, Jr., and Alex Richardson, the owners of Richard Funeral Home are working with Dr. Antoinette Harrell, a respected historian and genealogist, to help preserve Black history by means of their collection of funeral programs and obituaries. Based in Amite, La., the funeral home contacted Dr. Antoinette Harrell …

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“How to Build a Life” is a weekly column by Arthur Brooks, tackling questions of meaning and happiness. Click here to listen to his podcast series on all things happiness, How to Build a Happy Life. In 2007, a group of researchers began testing a concept that seems, at first …