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📚 The Living Mountain, by Nan Shepherd How music made Bruce Springsteen “The journey from obscurity to rock-and-roll fantasy is not as important in this book as the internal journey from anxious urgency to some sort of self-forgiving peace.” 📚 Born to Run, by Bruce Springsteen When a writer’s great …

Most Americans are crossing the one month mark in quarantine, and for many, the combination of boredom, sweatpants and constant access to junk food is starting to show on our waistlines.  Masika Kalysha wants her followers to know she can relate. The former Love & Hip Hop star posted a …

Jennifer Williams is pleading with her fans for help in tracking down a con man who stole her Range Rover after revealing she was the victim of an alleged scam. On Friday (April 24), the Basketball Wives star posted a side-by-side photo of herself on top of her Range and …

Ashley Peterson is used to doing it all. The former model and mother of two is married to NFL star Adrian Peterson. And since November 2018, she’s also the CEO of her own company, Elizabella Cosmetics. Black Enterprise caught up with Peterson to talk about how she turned her longtime …

Scarface is updating fans on his health one month after he revealed that he tested positive for coronavirus. While speaking with his Geto Boys group mate Willie D, the Houston rap legend said that the same day he revealed his COVID-19 diagnosis, he was hit with even more health …

Photo: Paras Griffin (Getty Images) It doesn’t take much for black people to prompt attacks by racists. All Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms wants is to keep her citizens safe during an ongoing global pandemic. That’s it. She decided it was better that the people of Atlanta stay as healthy …

After President Donald Trump suggested injecting COVID-19 patients with bleach as a possible cure for the coronavirus, New York’s Poison Control Center says they received a high volume of calls from NY residents who had ingested bleach and other household cleaners. According to the New York Daily News, the …

A lot of what was considered proper before the war, in other words, seemed downright rude after the war began—and the same has happened to certain social rituals in the coronavirus era. Offering a hug or a handshake is no longer a polite way to greet someone. Keeping your distance …

With the ongoing coronavirus pandemic changing how we celebrate and observe holidays, fashion icon Iman is celebrating Ramadan from her home in an effortlessly chic way.  The legendary supermodel announced the start of the Islamic holy month after she uploaded a stylish Instagram post on Thursday (April 23). “May the …

Jeannie Mai is using her voice to speak out against rising racism directed at Asian Americans during the coronavirus pandemic. In a heartfelt essay for PEOPLE, The Real co-host, who is Chinese and Vietnamese, wrote about “fearful ignorance” that’s driving hate speech and, in some cases, physical violence against Asians. …