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Raven-Symoné has spent most of her life as a public figure, but for most of it, she was hiding a pretty big secret. The actress and talk show host dodged speculation about her sexuality for years, before finally coming out as gay in 2013. Now, in a social media conversation with …

Photo: Getty Images In the midst of all the bad news that this year insists on bringing, black women have been bringing us spots of joy by being amazing and groundbreaking as usual. Last weekend, Erykah Badu and Jill Scott reminded us the power of music and sisterhood in their …

Cushing: One of the things you and I discussed when we were first talking about this project was the limitations of speculative fiction, which can sometimes be a bit keening, a bit solemn, a bit overliteral. Were there certain tropes you were consciously trying to avoid with this story? Sloan: …

High school and college graduation has been bittersweet this year, with commencement ceremonies being cancelled across the country to due to the coronavirus pandemuc. Facebook, however, is trying to make the occasion as special as possible for the graduates. On Friday (May 15) at 2 p.m. EST, the social media …

As an entrepreneur, Dionna Dorsey is more than a little familiar with riding out a rough patch of slower sales. “I have been a full-time entrepreneur now for a little over 10 years. Entrepreneurship is a calling. As a creative entrepreneur you learn how to ride the waves—the highs and …

Screenshot: HBCU Connect (Facebook) Barack Obama called on young black people to be “warriors for justice” and commented on the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery during a special speech he gave to 2020 HBCU graduates over the weekend. The former president was the guest speaker in a virtual commencement ceremony …

In a month largely spent not eating, we end up thinking a lot about food, so that’s where I started. I’m not as gifted in the kitchen as my mother is, but I know that the beauty of this month comes from making an extra effort. My husband and I …

Raven-Symoné was one of the most popular child actors on The Cosby Show, and was securing a bag before most of us knew what a bag was. Turns out, she did something remarkable with her earnings from the long-running hit series. The 34-year-old was just four years old when she …

James Beard award-winning chef Kwame Onwuachi is spending his time in quarantine cooking up some of his go-to comfort foods and helping us all create a perfect food and cocktail pairing while we’re home. Onwuachi’s restaurant, Washington D.C. hotspot Kith/Kin, which has been closed since March due to the pandemic, …

Comedian Kevin Hart gave a deserving frontline medical worker probably the biggest surprise of his life Thursday when he told him he will have a role in his next movie. Hart conference called Henry Law to tell him he’d won Kev’s All In Challenge sweepstakes and will get to go …