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During these challenging times, Lynda Monroe is inspiring over 2 million people monthly with her story of resilience and life coaching for success. When she was born, her doctor said she would not live past 10 years of age due to her congenital heart defect. She successfully defied the odds …

Wichita Mayor Brandon WhipplePhoto: Wichita.gov That’s it: America officially produces the weirdest terrorists. On Friday, police in Wichita, Ks., arrested a man for threatening to kidnap and kill Wichita Mayor Brandon Whipple. In case you’re wondering to yourself, “What egregious acts of oppression are leadership in Wichita imposing on their …

Fox’s footage ranges from the momentous to the mundane: their six children’s playdates, family gatherings, speaking engagements, birthday celebrations, car rides, school activities, and confessionals. Alongside these black-and-white images of events and rituals, Bradley’s contemporary footage—shot in a complementary gray scale—similarly captures the quotidian activities of Fox and her family …

Fetty Wap is sharing some very devastating news about a member of his family. Taking to Instagram the New Jersey rapper and singer confirmed that his younger brother, whom he calls his “twin brother,” recently passed away in a caption under a picture of the two of them together. “I …

Meet Electra Davis, the 36-year old founder and CEO of Mysteek Naturals – a popular Black-owned line of chemical-free hair color products. She launched her successful company just two years after becoming a divorced single mother with two children. A victim of child abuse Electra grew up as an only child living …

Photo: Brad Barket (Getty Images) Theater, film and television actor Anthony Chisholm has died at age 77, The Katz Company, his talent management, announced Friday. Chisholm was born on April 9, 1943, in Cleveland, Ohio and before he was a beloved actor he was a platoon leader for the U.S. …

Photo illustrations by Pelle Cass To make the images that appear in this story, the photographer Pelle Cass locked his camera onto a tripod for the duration of an event, capturing up to 1,000 photographs from one spot. The images were then layered and compiled into a single digital file …

Chrissy Teigen is providing her fans with an update after she and husband John Legend lost their third child, a baby boy named Jack. Via her Instagram account on Friday (October 16), the model and entrepreneur wrote that her and Legend “are quiet but we are okay,” while sharing a …

Jamie Foxx is producing and starring in a Mike Tyson biopic. But you will not see his former wife, actress Robin Givens, portrayed in the movie. The actress says she was mortified when she learned of the upcoming film about the boxer. Givens told PEOPLE, “I felt this drop in …

A new study from Indiana University (IU) shows Black police officers are disciplined more for misconduct allegations than their White co-workers. The study, titled “The Race Discipline Gap: A Cautionary Note on Archival Measures of Behavioral Misconduct,” was conducted by six IU professors: Sheri Walter, Eric Gonzalez-Mulé, Cristiano Guarana, Ernest …