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Celebrity mom and fashion designer Tina Knowles-Lawson is opening up on the origin of her superstar daughter Beyoncé’s name. Speaking on the first podcast episode of In My Head with Heather Thomson on Tuesday (Sept. 15), the Knowles-Lawson shared that “Beyoncé” is actually her maiden name, after the news broke …

Joshua Rashaad McFadden is pictured in a self-portrait. (Credit: Joshua Rashaad McFadden/ @joshua_rashaad) Joshua Rashad McFadden has been on the frontlines since the 2015 protests in Selma, Alabama but not in the traditional sense. With his photographic lens and empathetic artwork capturing the stories of Black America and hardships with …

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Read: David Byrne’s joyful and uncomfortable reinvention of the rock concert This tension is at the heart of American Utopia, as is Byrne’s distress over our disconnected modern world. Throughout the show, he champions the joys of collaboration and communality. At one point, he notes that most of the performers …

Vanessa Bryant is weighing in on Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva calling on NBA superstar LeBron James to double the reward money to arrest the gunman in the Sept. 12 shooting of two deputies.  Villanueva spoke with KABC radio suggesting that the Lakers player “step up” and match the …

Fans are exccited that Black-ish is finally returning on Sunday, October 4 on ABC at 10 p.m. EST, but before the season seven premiere, the award-winning series will feature two special episodes tackling voting and “Election Special Pt. 2” is actually animated. According to a press release, Junior is excited …

Put up for sale by photographer Barron Clairborne, who took the iconic image, styled the rapper as the “King of New York” in a photoshoot for Rap Pages magazine.   “The image transformed Biggie Smalls into an aristocratic or saint like figure, forever immortalized as not only the King of New …

0 (Unsplash.com/Christina Morillo) It may seem like a bad time to start investing now that job security is more elusive than ever, but investing is one of the only foolproof ways to generate more revenue and secure financial freedom. But when it comes to playing the market, even the pros …

Tia Mowry-Hardict recently opened up about experiencing racism as a teen while on the hit show Sister, Sister. She is now offering insight on how parents should talk to their kids about race in America.  On the September 14 premiere episode of the Dear Media podcast Being Bümo, Mowry-Hardict, 42, …

Illustration: David Senior (Consumer Reports Editor’s Note: This story was produced by Consumer Reports, an independent, nonprofit member organization that works to create a fair and just marketplace. Sign up for CR’s free newsletters. When Vanessa Grubbs first met Eli about a decade ago, he was a muscular man in …