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So what exactly is this thing? Astronomers don’t know everything yet—it’s been less than two weeks!—but they’ve identified some traits. The object is about the size of a compact car and traces a rambling loop around Earth about every four months or so. As the object passed by Earth on …

Our favorite party of three is back for season two! The First Wives Club will be returning to BET+! In an official statement, BET+ confirmed that a followup season was picked up for the hit show. The Tracy Oliver executive-produced dramedy stars Jill Scott, Ryan Michelle Bathe and Michelle Buteau, who …

Screenshot: WBRZ2 One day after Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards called for her resignation, District Judge Jessie LeBlanc submitted a letter announcing she’d be stepping down immediately. LeBlanc had been facing mounting pressure to resign after a local news station discovered that not only had she been having an affair …

Read: The true cause of the opioid epidemic So the researchers set out to try to determine the real causes behind those unspecified drug overdoses. In the process, they uncovered something unsettling about the way deaths are tracked in the U.S.: The way a given county investigates deaths matters, and …

President Trump’s administration claims to be courting the Black vote. His campaign is reportedly opening “community centers” in swing states. NBC News reports that today it was announced the re-election campaign “is planning to open 15 community centers in critical battleground states next month aimed at boosting African-American support heading into …

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 …

Screenshot: Paolo Roversi (Condé Nast) One day in July 2017, I was leading a media studies class I teach every summer in Rome on a field trip to the television studios of RAI, Italy’s national broadcasting company. The group was very international, comprised of local and study-abroad students representing six …

Last month, Juan Guaidó appeared in Washington in the role of political totem. Venezuela’s main opposition leader—the man who is recognized by that country’s National Assembly, millions of his fellow citizens, and several dozen foreign countries as the rightful president of Venezuela—was one of the special guests at the State …

NASA engineer Dajae Williams is using Hip Hop to help teach math and science to young people. During an interview with NPR, Williams spoke about how her love for math and how she turned it from something she struggled with into her passion. “One of our assignments was to create …

Attendees at the 2019 Women of Power Summit One would think that making friends and connecting with others would become easier as you grow and mature personally and professionally. Nevertheless, that part of life remains a constant challenge for many professionals as they matriculate through their careers and journeys. As …