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Almost everywhere we turn, someone is preaching the gospel of self-love—but what does that look like in practice, and how do we achieve it for ourselves? I’ve been writing and thinking publicly about loving ourselves better for a long time. I even wrote a book about what self-love looks like …

The Daily Show host Trevor Noah has thrown his hat into the ring in calling out Joe Rogan after old footage of him making racially insensitive comments and using the N-word recently resurfaced on the Internet. On Noah’s Monday episode, the late-night host played a clip from India Arie’s recent …

Ladies, gents and other kinfolk, it’s once again time to put love on top. That’s right, Valentine’s Day is swiftly approaching, and even if you don’t celebrate, we know at least one person who will be feeling the love this weekend…  Screenshot: Ivy Park (YouTube) Having already dominated the world …

Zendaya attends the Los Angeles premiere of Sony Pictures’ ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ on December 13, 2021 in Los Angeles, California.Photo: Emma McIntyre (Getty Images) Last month, we told you about the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program (D.A.R.E.) and their critique of the highly popular HBO series, Euphoria. In a …

Band of Vices is a Black-owned art gallery which has quickly become an anchor in the West Adams district, serving as a bridge to honor art and culture both past and present in Los Angeles. (l-r) Melvin Marshall, Melva Benoit, Darryl Wash, and Terrell Tilford Photo: Band of Vices “We …

In a moment when happiness has felt elusive for many, The Atlantic is giving readers the framework to orient themselves toward joy and build a more meaningful life with its March issue, themed “How to Find Happiness,” and the launch of an immersive, two-and-a-half-day event to be held this spring. …

“I feel the world’s changed,” said Virgil Abloh during an interview with Vogue in the summer of 2021 while debuting his Fall 2021 collection for Off-White among the Paris haute couture presentations. Upon news of Abloh’s unexpected death that November, the fashion world would indeed change in the fall of …

Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced Monday that she has joined CNN as a political commentator. Bottoms took her excitement to Twitter, calling her new role a dream. As a Florida A&M University alumna with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and graphic communication, she recalled applying to the journalism …

Denzel Washington, left; Ariana DeBose, Will Smith, Aunjanue Ellis.Photo: Kevin Winter/Charley Gallay for FIJI Water/ Kevin Winter/Cindy Ord for SCAD (Getty Images) Nominations for the 94th annual Academy Awards were revealed on Tuesday. Tracee Ellis Ross and Leslie Jordan announced the nominees and projects via live stream across the Oscar’s …

America’s slow-burning crisis of economic and political inequality poses a profound challenge to our constitutional system. Today, as in the 1930s, an immediate crisis—then the Depression, now the economic devastation wrought by a pandemic—has laid bare the depth of the challenge. Too much economic and political power is concentrated in …