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Tim Lahan This article was published online on June 18, 2021. It’s a negative state. There’s no getting around that. When I’m procrastinating, stalling, temporizing, I am defined at the metabolic level by the thing that I am not doing. The commitment I’m resisting. My whole being is somehow involved …

Written by Quinci LeGardye Will Smith and Kevin Hart are known for being devoted dads both on and off the screen. They have publicly spoken about raising their children, and their Instagram feeds are filled with family photos, including selfies of their kids throughout their childhoods. This Father’s Day, they’re taking over Red Table Talk …

An estimated 2% of Black households, roughly 340,000 families, have a net worth over $1 million, according to the economic state of Black America report. In comparison, more than one in every seven White households have surpassed the million dollar mark. “Wealth flows through us, not to us,” says J.D. …

“Hawaii’s Next Top Mahu”Screenshot: Augie T/Facebook (Fair Use) Another day, another politician gets busted for wearing Blackface in their past. It’s a story we’ve heard before, but a key difference here is that the politician in question–Honolulu City Councilman and comedian Augie Tulba–is the reason we know that he wore …

Two centuries ago, a woman named Esther claimed her freedom. The enslaved woman filed a suit against her enslaver, Bernard H. Buckner, on behalf of herself and her two children in federal court. In 1827, Buckner had intended to move the family to his new home in the District of …

Pulitzer Prize winning author and historian Annette Gordon-Reed has written a new book “On Juneteenth,” a memoir about the history of Texas while weaving in stories from her childhood. Born in Livingston, while growing up in Conroe, Texas, Gordon-Reed reminisces about growing up in the segregated South and her experiences …

Advertising is one of the most effective ways to get your products or services in front of a large audience, and when it comes to reaching millions of potential customers around the world, Amazon is undoubtedly your best bet. Since 89% of shoppers are more likely to buy products from Amazon than …

Photo: Jason Davis (Getty Images) Anybody who knows me knows I have no respect for Black conservatives—which is really to say that I hold them generally in the same regard that I hold white conservatives or right-wingers of any race—but Candace Owens is not like the others. None of the …

When Chinese diplomats arrived in New York in 1971, they might as well have landed on another planet. The United Nations had just transferred China’s seat at the global body from Taipei to Beijing, a momentous step. Yet what first struck many of these new arrivals were the colors. On …

La La Anthony has reportedly filed for divorce from Carmelo Anthony after 11 years of marriage. Entertainment Tonight confirmed the news on Thursday afternoon (June 17). This is the second time the pair has split over the past few years. In 2017, they separated amid rumors of infidelity, but seemed …