Travel Trials: I Can’t Afford My Long-Distance Relationship Anymore
Five months ago, my boyfriend of two years moved from Chicago to Houston for an amazing job opportunity with his company. The promotion required him to temporarily relocate for a year to set up a new...
View ArticleWatch The Trailers For “Dear White People” And The Documentary Step
For those of you who saw Dear White People, I don’t have to sell you on the premise of the new Netflix series by the same name. For those who haven’t seen it, it’s about the Black population at a...
View ArticleGuilty: 17-Year-Old Found Criminally Negligent In Death Of Delaware Teen Amy...
Less than a year ago, 16-year-old Amy Joyner-Francis was attacked in the second-floor bathroom of Howard High School of Technology in Delaware. Her attacker, according to reports, struck Joyner-Francis...
View ArticleJanet Jackson’s Estranged Husband Shares Message Following Split About...
Ever since news broke this past weekend that Janet Jackson and husband Wissam Al Mana were calling it quits, the two have been seen (out and about), but not heard. That is until now. On the home page...
View ArticleName Your Top 5 Female Singers Of All Time
We rattled off our top male R&B singers already so of course we have to get into the ladies. Same rules apply when it comes to criteria — we’re talking about vocals here, not album sales, streams,...
View ArticleLaura Fitzpatrick Was 11 Years Old When She Documented The Great Migration...
[Pics] 11-Year-Old Laura Fitzpatrick Kept a Detailed Photo Diary of Her Life in 1938 ... https://t.co/HomEojb0jY pic.twitter.com/bjkdHLGRWJ — Afrofy (@Afrofyhair) April 2, 2017 Gordon Parks, James Van...
View Article10 Health Facts That Will Help You Drink More Water
While we all know we should drink more water, it's easy for many us to forget to actually do it. With all of our responsibilities, we end going through the day without consuming water, and by the end,...
View ArticleGive The Treadmill A Break: 10 Reasons You Need To Get Into Strength Training
Let me start off by saying that any physical activity that you partake in is something to be proud of. Being active requires a lot of time and energy, and while many people don't try to make the time...
View ArticleQueen Latifah And Jill Scott Join Lifetime’s Flint Water Crisis Movie
Early this year, we reported that Cher was going to be starring in a movie about the Flint Water Crisis. And naturally, as weird as that sounds, people expressed their concerns. The Flint Water Crisis...
View ArticleIs This Petty? He Paid Less Than $200 For My Engagement Ring
I recently went to Macy’s to get my engagement ring resized and cleaned. To ensure that I could do so for the low (as in free), I asked my husband if he still had any paperwork confirming the insurance...
View Article6 Trendy Travel Toiletry Bags You Can Take Anywhere
Organizing my toiletries is always the hardest part of packing. Most women these days are product junkies and it can be painful to leave some of the favorite items in our beauty regimens behind just...
View ArticleNo Comparison: Why Dr. Dao And Rosa Parks Are Not The Same
Up until now, we hadn’t reported on the United Airlines debacle. For those of you who have somehow managed to avoid the news, it all happened when Dr. Dao was asked to give up his seat on a flight....
View ArticleSurprising Foods That Mess With Your Gut In A Not So Good Way
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View ArticleExclusive: Iyanla On Evelyn Lozada’s “BBW” Return, Why Neffe Was “Out Of...
Your Saturday-night obsession is back, beloved. A majority of the episodes from this upcoming season of Iyanla: Fix My Life, which premieres on Saturday at 9/8c on OWN (check out the new trailer here),...
View ArticleMichaela Coel Explains Why There Are Only Six Episodes In Each Season Of...
It’s pretty much established that we’re all Chewing Gum stans, correct? Now that we’ve gotten out of the way the obvious agreement that we all love the slightly disturbing but always hilarious British...
View ArticleA Coming To America Sequel Might Be Closer Than You Think
The internet lost their minds when rumors started spreading that there was going to be a Coming to America sequel. Really, it was just a tweet from a fake Eddie Murphy twitter account that seemed to...
View ArticleKelly Rowland’s Book Signing Crashed By Animal Rights Protesters None Too...
Kelly Rowland is one of the sweetest people. Seriously, though. I had the chance to meet her a few years ago at an event and she was just a ray of light in a stunning blunt bob. She even made the time...
View ArticleHow To Become More Positive Today
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View ArticleGet Over It, My Toddler Doesn’t Want to Talk To You
If you’ve ever lived in the same house as a toddler, you know that each day is filled with highs and lows. In the span of a few minutes my daughter can go from hysterically laughing at how the dog...
View ArticleWhy Millennials Are More Successful At Marriage Than Their Parents
Remember that joke that goes, “What’s the best way to lessen your chances of getting a divorce? Never get married.”? Well apparently, millennials took that advice to heart and are all the better...
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