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Virgil Abloh attends the Dior Homme Menswear Spring/Summer 2019 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on June 23, 2018 in Paris, France.Photo: Jacopo Raule for Dior (Getty Images) A new exhibition dedicated to the life and legacy of the late Virgil Abloh is coming to the Brooklyn Museum soon. …
Read More »How to Want Less
I glanced into my teenage daughter’s bedroom one spring afternoon last year, expecting to find her staring absentmindedly at the Zoom screen that passed for high school during the pandemic. Instead, she was laughing uproariously at a video she had found. I asked her what she was looking at. “It’s …
Read More »Virginia, Maryland, and Texas Most Favorable States for Black Businesses: Report
A sizeable Black population and local government and private efforts that inspire Black entrepreneurship make the “Mid-Atlantic pocket” a hot spot for those businesses. Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware were cited as notably advantageous for Black businesses as they respectively landed the No. 1, 2, and 5 spots with the best …
Read More »Ohio Supreme Court Rejects Republican-drawn Legislative Maps For A Second Time
Photo: Kyle Robertson/ Columbus Dispatch If at first you don’t succeed, try and get rejected again. On Jan. 12th, the Ohio Supreme Court rejected legislative maps drawn by Ohio Republican lawmakers, stated they were “unconstitutional,” and set a 10-day deadline “to redraw lines that don’t gerrymander districts.” According to the …
Read More »Eight Books That Explain the South
Sign up for Imani’s newsletter, Unsettled Territory, here. For more than a century, readers have been fascinated by the American South, a place where the dialects remain distinct, raconteurs abound (I’ve never met a southerner who can’t tell at least one good story), and American music is rooted. Their interest …
Read More »Trevor Noah Digs into Joe Rogan For Using the N-Word and Making ‘Racist’ Jokes
The Daily Show host Trevor Noah has thrown his hat into the ring in calling out Joe Rogan after old footage of him making racially insensitive comments and using the N-word recently resurfaced on the Internet. On Noah’s Monday episode, the late-night host played a clip from India Arie’s recent …
Read More »Zendaya Addresses D.A.R.E.'s Criticism That Euphoria Glorifies Teen Drug Use and Abuse
Zendaya attends the Los Angeles premiere of Sony Pictures’ ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ on December 13, 2021 in Los Angeles, California.Photo: Emma McIntyre (Getty Images) Last month, we told you about the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program (D.A.R.E.) and their critique of the highly popular HBO series, Euphoria. In a …
Read More »In Pursuit of Happiness: <em>The Atlantic</em> Releases March Issue and Announces Spring Event on Building a More Meaningful Life
In a moment when happiness has felt elusive for many, The Atlantic is giving readers the framework to orient themselves toward joy and build a more meaningful life with its March issue, themed “How to Find Happiness,” and the launch of an immersive, two-and-a-half-day event to be held this spring. …
Read More »Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Joins CNN as Political Commentator
Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced Monday that she has joined CNN as a political commentator. Bottoms took her excitement to Twitter, calling her new role a dream. As a Florida A&M University alumna with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and graphic communication, she recalled applying to the journalism …
Read More »Oscars 2022: Denzel Washington, Ariana DeBose, Will Smith, Aunjanue Ellis Among Nominees
Denzel Washington, left; Ariana DeBose, Will Smith, Aunjanue Ellis.Photo: Kevin Winter/Charley Gallay for FIJI Water/ Kevin Winter/Cindy Ord for SCAD (Getty Images) Nominations for the 94th annual Academy Awards were revealed on Tuesday. Tracee Ellis Ross and Leslie Jordan announced the nominees and projects via live stream across the Oscar’s …
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