Last week while sitting under the hair dryer at the salon, I listened to two older African American women discuss the state of the black community. They discussed everything from parenting to the current budget issues, with the focus of the entire conversation on how young black women and men are not prepared to be […]
Women tend to naturally visit the doctors more frequent than men, especially if they feel something is wrong with their body. But often times, we ignore minor signs that actually can lead to serious health issues. These 5 common cancer symptoms can be easily overlooked: Unexplained Weight Loss For most women, this is a dream […]
Does winter get you down? Sometimes Jack Frost brings more than just cold weather into our lives during the winter months. Many women suffer from seasonal depression because of the decrease in daylight that occurs in the fall and winter along the hormonal changes that come along with it. If you could use a hearty […]
Don’t get me wrong. I have nothing against The Cosby Show. It’s not only one of the best black sitcoms to ever be produced, but one of the best sitcoms, period. But when it comes to ranking black sitcoms, The Cosby Show is the “Thriller” of the medium. It will almost always land at the […]
A master of storytelling, Toni Morrison was the first Black woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. The Pulitzer Prize winning novelist and legendary professor is known for the vivid black characters brought to life in her novels that recreate the Black experience. Morrison’s novels often illuminate themes of slavery, racism, and identity, but […]
The RZA of the Wu-Tang Clan had hit rapper Game with a cease and desist over a song with the looming threat of a lawsuit.
In the next round of assaults between Steve Harvey and his ex-wife Mary, the former Mrs. Harvey tells Power 105.1’s Breakfast Club that the author and comedian was “always a cheater.” Mary was married to Steve for ten years and she recounts the lean days of eating “pinto beans and Jiffy cornbread” and that she […]
Diddy obviously wasn’t affected by the backlash he received when he bought his son, Justin, a $300,000 Maybach for his 16th birthday. The mogul purchased the kid a Maybach limo for his 17th birthday.
When I was in high school, there was this Italian kid that I used to tease all the time because he had just that year in, like, 9th grade discovered that Egypt was in Africa. “You know what that means, don’t you?” I’d say with a leer. “Don’t say it, Byers,” he’d warn. I’d just […]
In November Charlotte’s own Sunshine Anderson dropped her third studio album, “The Sun Shines Again.” The first single from the album is “Lie to Kick It.” Check out the video for the single.
The founders of CARA B Naturally™, premium quality, genuinely all-natural alternative to products that are currently available for ethnically diverse babies, children and their families, took over Healthy Home Market to share their products with shoppers. CARA B is dedicated solely to children’s personal care. The company’s singular focus on all-natural skin and hair care […]
Etta Moten sings for President Roosevelt at a White House Dinner. It is the first time an African American actress performs at the White House in 1934.
