Featuring a broad cross-section of women who have distinguished themselves across a rich variety of careers, our Portraits of Power series is a celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Black Enterprise, and of Black women. It’s a place for today’s businesswomen to share their own favorite images and their own …
Read More »'Those Not Real People': Master P Pushes New Food Brand Aimed at Replacing Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben
Photo: Michael Loccisano (Getty Images) Man, you gotta love Percy Miller. The man who gave us No Limit Records in the mid-late ’90s, kept us entertained with club-bangers and hood-flicks through the early 2000s and has never stopped being a shining example of relentless hustle and God-tier Black entrepreneurship, is …
Read More »Democrats Nail the Coronavirus Convention
But with each passing convention, the program became more predictable, designed more with television in mind. Colors were softened from red, white, and blue to salmon, ivory, and robin’s egg. Scheduling became ever more precise and punctual. Speeches became shorter and more personal. The best seats were reassigned from delegates …
Read More »Michelle Obama Strikes Back At Donald Trump’s Presidency
I will never forget the first time I heard the name Michelle Obama. It was the winter of 2008. She was the wife of then Democratic presidential candidate Barack H. Obama, a man, who was the fairly unknown junior senator from Illinois with the funny name. Michelle was making headlines …
Read More »Karrueche Tran’s Next Chapter: The Actress is Telling Her Story, On Her Terms
Karrueche Tran is writing the next chapter of her life on her own terms. Naysayers may have doubted her ability to rebound from her tumultuous relationship — and break up — with Chris Brown in 2015, but the 32-year-old actress has proven that her story is far from over. Chapter …
Read More »The Safe Negro Guide to Lovecraft Country: 'Sundown'
Screenshot: HBO (YouTube If you clicked this link, you probably watched “Sundown,” the first episode of Misha Green’s Lovecraft Country on HBO last Sunday (if not, go watch). Now, ahead of next Sunday’s episode, you’re interested in becoming more than a casual viewer as you recognize that the series is …
Read More »The Worst Animal in the World
For about a week this past September, I adopted a wellness routine that—at the time—felt like neurotic overkill. I didn’t bother with masks or hand sanitizer; back then, the virus we now know as SARS-CoV-2 was still presumably nestled in the warm body of an unknown animal. Instead, each morning, …
Read More »Barack Obama Takes Velvet Glove To Trump In DNC Speech
The quintessential gentleman, good guy, man of honor that we all know and love as the 44th President of the United States of America, Barack H. Obama finally stood up tonight and said he’s had enough. And he took the gloves off Wednesday night during the 2020 virtual Democratic National …
Read More »Social Justice Organization Until Freedom to Hold Four Day 'BreonnaCon' In Honor of Breonna Taylor
Photo: David Dee Delgado (Getty Images) A four-day event meant to honor Breonna Taylor and amplify calls for justice is set to take place in late August, in Louisville. According to Courier-Journal activist group Until Freedom will hold “BreonnaCon,” from Aug. 22-25. The event is described as a “community convention,” …
Read More »Barack Obama Is Scared
He went on: “Donald Trump hasn’t grown into the job because he can’t. And the consequences of that failure are severe. One hundred and 70,000 Americans dead. Millions of jobs gone while those at the top take in more than ever. Our worst impulses unleashed, our proud reputation around the …
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