Lifestyle

Speaking at Fortune’s annual Most Powerful Women’s Summit Tuesday in Washington D.C., the president and chief executive officer of TIAA proclaimed that “work-life balance is a lie.”  Thasunda Brown Duckett added that when she tried to achieve a more balanced lifestyle, “it never reconciled.” In this photo from the 2018 …

In an exclusive interview, Elaine Welteroth sat down with theGrio and opened up about her new course on MasterClass, what impact she wants it to have and other topics. Thursday night, Oct. 14, Welteroth returns as a judge on the 19th season of Bravo’s hit competition show Project Runway, serving …

The landscape of the great outdoors is changing, thanks to a team of nine skilled Black and Brown mountaineers from across the United States. In the spring of 2022, the group known as the Full Circle Everest Expedition will make history as the first all-Black team of climbers to trek …

Southwest Airlines canceled hundreds of flights over the weekend, blaming the woes on air traffic control issues and weather. The airline canceled more than 1,000 flights in total, or 29% of its schedule, as of 7 p.m. ET Sunday, according to flight tracker FlightAware. That was the highest rate by …

Come visit the Maldives, its president entreated the world at this year’s United Nations General Assembly, moments before switching to an impassioned plea for help combatting climate change. The adjacent appeals illustrated a central dilemma for many small island developing states: their livelihoods, or their lives? The United Nations recognizes …

At least three people were killed Saturday afternoon when an Amtrak train that runs between Seattle and Chicago derailed in north-central Montana, toppling several cars onto their sides, authorities said. The westbound Empire Builder train derailed about 4 p.m. near Joplin, a town of about 200, Amtrak spokesman Jason Abrams said in …

When I was a second semester freshman at the University of Pittsburgh, I was your typical “broke” college student. I had less than $100 in my bank account and a majority of my undergraduate college education was funded with student loans. I managed my daily expenses through my paid work …

Dr. Sian Proctor is making history as the first Black woman to serve as a pilot of a spacecraft when SpaceX’s Inspiration4 Mission launches Wednesday. Proctor, who is a geoscientist and professor, will be one of four people in the first-ever all-civilian spaceflight, serving as a Mission Pilot on SpaceX’s …

DALLAS (AP) — Ask anyone old enough to remember travel before Sept. 11, 2001, and you’re likely to get a gauzy recollection of what flying was like.  There was security screening, but it wasn’t anywhere near as intrusive. There were no long checkpoint lines. Passengers and their families could walk …

Television icons Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King are on the road again, 15 years after their cross-country trek was broadcast as part of the 21st season of Winfrey’s eponymous daytime show.  The two best friends left Santa Barbara, California in the summer of 2006 in a Chevy Impala to drive …