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Stephanie Jester may be just as busy as her Grammy Award-winning rapper and philanthropist son Future. She runs multiple businesses and nonprofits, which include a real estate company for the last 10 years. She is also co-founder of her son’s The FreeWishes Foundation. Her entrepreneurship endeavors and business prowess earned …

A transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) is a minimally invasive procedure that doctors use to treat portal vein hypertension and other complications of advanced liver disease. As well as being less invasive than traditional bypass surgery, the TIPS procedure carries fewer risks. While a TIPS procedure can help reduce the …

During the Golden Globes last night (January 5), host Ricky Gervais, in his opening, claimed that actors and actresses shouldn’t be political in their speeches because they work for companies that “run sweatshops in China.” Due to his comments, #HollywoodHypocrites has been trending on Twitter  Billy Porter, who was last …

An analysis of the $1.5 trillion tax cut that President Trump signed into law last year shows that white Americans benefit significantly more than African Americans and Latinos. Based on an economic model built by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a liberal think tank, and released in a joint …

Beyoncé and JAY-Z pulled boss moves when they attended the 77th Golden Globe Awards on Sunday night (Jan. 5). First off, the power couple straight up skipped the red carpet and arrived to the ceremony at the Beverly Hilton one full hour late. And they literally brought their own …

Photo: Spencer Platt (Getty Images) It’s been frustrating in recent years watching the Democratic party try too hard to appeal to a group that wants nothing to do with it. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) seems to know that frustration first hand. “Democrats can be too big of a tent,” Ocasio-Cortez …

A stye, which a doctor might call a hordeolum, is a bump that develops on the eyelid or at the base of the eyelashes. A bacterial infection is the cause of most styes. The majority of styes will disappear on their own, with or without treatment, within 1 or 2 …

Pixabay A Detroit woman who was once mercilessly ridiculed for her dark complexion, is now serving as a muse for a Black-owned beauty brand. According to the Daily Mail, The Lip Bar, a make-up brand launched in 2012 by Black female entrepreneurs, has chosen Joy Mohammed to be the face of …

Daytime’s worst kept secret was finally shared with the world today (Jan. 6): Amanda Seales is the new co-host of The Real. Adrienne Bailon, Loni Love, Jeannie Mai, and Tamera Mowry kicked off 2020 by welcoming Seales to the table as a permanent co-host. “Please welcome the newest member …

These are the same people insisting that the world is a safer place during the cascade of bad news that has followed Soleimani’s death—even as the State Department told all U.S. citizens in Iraq to leave immediately. Yet the general’s killing only accelerated trends that were already under way. Iran …