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Earlier this summer, in a viral TikTok ‘Scholarship Prank,‘ students tricked their mothers and grandmothers into thinking they were recording a touching video tribute for a scholarship. But those warm and fuzzy feelings quickly turned to outrage as the students falsely shared that their loved ones had once engaged in …

A little girl who lost a special teddy bear she’d had since being adopted from an Ethiopian orphanage thought it was gone forever when she forgot it along a trail in Glacier National Park last year. Her parents and family friends still held onto a glimmer of hope. Hope won …

It was the winter of 1997. Henry Rivers vividly remembers the ski trip to Vail, Colorado. The cool crisp air, the freshly fallen snow, and thousands of skiers and snowboarders who looked just like him. “There were 5,000 Black people in there, all smiling, all with the best looking gear you …

Food Bank For New York City distributes food and other items to Bronx residents during the Food Bank For New York City Veterans food distribution at James J. Peters Medical Center in the Bronx on November 03, 2021 in the Bronx, New York. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for Food …

Rachel Rodgers embodies the spirit of Madame C.J. Walker and the audacity of Jay-Z. The author of the bestselling book We Should All Be Millionaires  is unapologetic about the advancement of Black wealth and she’s selling the blueprint to help us get to seven figures and beyond.  Rodgers is a …

You may have heard of Erase Spa. The hot spot located on 7th Avenue in New York City is known for its laser hair removal and esthetician services to big names like Serena Williams, La La Anthony, and Angela Simmons. But why is Erase so well known you may think? …

Recently, I returned to the world of online dating. Or rather, I have attempted to date recently. In the early stages of the pandemic, amidst acclimating to a new job, the protests, and managing my anxiety around catching COVID-19—the loss of the sole person in my pandemic bubble hit me …

When hiker Natalie Smart reflects on her childhood in Las Vegas, she doesn’t see bright lights and celebrity dinner shows. It’s the Red Rock Valley beaming in the background that lives at the forefront of her mind.  “So a lot of people misinterpret what Vegas has to offer,” the non-profit …

Video from Elton Anderson Holi is pretty much the festival of colors. It’s when the winter is over, and the people of India celebrate spring. They symbolize it by lighting fires, throwing paint, and expressing a release of what was in the past, like a rebirth. It lasts two or …

(Photo: Adobe Stock) As a self-identified intersectional hood feminist, I love the freedom that Halloween offers to express oneself in the campiest and sluttiest of outfits.  This phenomenon has always intrigued me, and as a sexologist, I am perfectly pro-Halloween and all its campy, cleavage-wielding scantily clad costumes. I often …