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Our favorite party of three is back for season two! The First Wives Club will be returning to BET+! In an official statement, BET+ confirmed that a followup season was picked up for the hit show. The Tracy Oliver executive-produced dramedy stars Jill Scott, Ryan Michelle Bathe and Michelle Buteau, who …

Lena Waithe is finally addressing an accusation that she stole the idea of her upcoming show from a rising screenwriter. “I have never seen Nina Lee’s work nor would I ever steal another artist’s work,” Waithe stated emphatically in a statement she released on Wednesday (Feb. 26). #GirlsRoom pic.twitter.com/KYmOUH36Bc …

Screenshot: WBRZ2 One day after Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards called for her resignation, District Judge Jessie LeBlanc submitted a letter announcing she’d be stepping down immediately. LeBlanc had been facing mounting pressure to resign after a local news station discovered that not only had she been having an affair …

via instagram: @snoopdogg Black celebrities are venturing into the legal marijuana industry, and cannabis is proving to be very lucrative for them. Though the federal government still deems it illegal, marijuana has been legalized for recreational use in 10 states and the District of Columbia; another 21 states broadly legalized …

Read: The true cause of the opioid epidemic So the researchers set out to try to determine the real causes behind those unspecified drug overdoses. In the process, they uncovered something unsettling about the way deaths are tracked in the U.S.: The way a given county investigates deaths matters, and …

NASCAR driver Armani Williams (Image: Team Armani Racing) Despite being only 19 years old, Armani Williams is already making history. Before he’s even old enough to drink, Williams is already a professional race car driver. Not only that, but he is officially the first NASCAR driver with autism. Williams was …

President Trump’s administration claims to be courting the Black vote. His campaign is reportedly opening “community centers” in swing states. NBC News reports that today it was announced the re-election campaign “is planning to open 15 community centers in critical battleground states next month aimed at boosting African-American support heading into …

Featuring a broad cross-section of women who have distinguished themselves across a rich variety of careers, our Portraits of Power series is a celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Black Enterprise, and of black women. It’s a place for today’s businesswomen to share their own favorite images and their own …

Rihanna turned the beauty industry on its heels with the debut of Fenty Beauty. According to Forbes, the Bajan mogul has racked in over $570 million in revenue since its launch. With an array of 40 shades to complement a range of complexions for women of color who are often …

Screenshot: Paolo Roversi (Condé Nast) One day in July 2017, I was leading a media studies class I teach every summer in Rome on a field trip to the television studios of RAI, Italy’s national broadcasting company. The group was very international, comprised of local and study-abroad students representing six …