Sarah Sims says she placed a recording device in her nine-year-old daughter's backpack to catch bullying that had gone unaddressed by teachers or administrators. Sims says no one at Ocean Vi...
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Oprah has given us many things. One of the finest among them is Queen Sugar, OWN's expansive family drama set in rural Louisiana. Season 1, led by Ava DuVernay, hit all the right emotional n...
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Chicago-native Jamila Woods won our affections by centering Black womanhood in her latest album HEAVN. It was a testament to our lives and loves in a world that offers us no space to be joyful. ...
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Tank and Bangas won NPR's Tiny Desk Contest and soon went viral with a quirky rendition of "Quick." This week the New Orleans-based group celebrated their win with a full set at NPR's offices in...
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Rapper/singer Stefflon Don is building her name with remixes and features in Europe. Now Londoner with Jamaican roots is giving fans a taste of her original music with a new mixtape, Real Ting. ...
http://shine.forharriet.com/2017/02/stefflon-dons-16-shots-is-going-to-have.html
After 21 seasons, The Bachelor is iconic in the world of reality television, but Black lovers (male and female) are still underrepresented on the show. Now we know the dynamic of the series w...
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Sha’Condria “iCon” Sibley performs “Working Title” at the 2016 Bayou City Slam at the Alley Theater in Houston, Texas. The poem highlights many of the thoughts and reflections on the r...
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'Moonlight' is by the one of the best reviewed films of the year, and today it scored eight Oscar nominations. The film's editors Joi McMillon and Nat Sanders scored their first nominations. M...
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Today Michelle Obama celebrates her last birthday as First Lady, and we're still not ready to say goodbye. FLOTUS' impact extends far beyond her official duties. She has been a source of inspi...
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SZA's last album, Z , came out in 2014. It seemed like we might not get a follow-up when she tweeted, "I actually quit" last fall during a dispute with the head of her label, Terrence "Punch" He...
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We've got less than two weeks before Melania Trump becomes the First Lady of the United States, so many of us are spending this time loving up on Michelle Obama. The outpouring of gratitude ha...
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Syd, the lead singer of neo-soul band The Internet, unveiled her first solo single with accompanying video. "About Me" is a laid back ode to staying down for those closest to you. With it, she's...
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Gospel artist, television personality and pastor Kim Burrell incited backlash with a sermon denouncing those who possess a "homosexual spirit" she delivered at the church leads in Houston. “...
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BY SARA L. WHITE Let's be honest, there are few things more absurd than sitting and watching a stranger apply their makeup while explaining the process in excruciating detail. Yet we makeup lov...
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In her final interview as First Lady, Michelle Obama sat down with Oprah to discuss her husband's legacy and the state of the nation. She tells the media mogul that she knows the President achie...
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A community is outraged by a billboard questioning the guilt of convicted rapist Daniel Holtzclaw. Commissioned by CRTV, a new conservative tv network, the billboard is just minutes from where...
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Three Black women mathematicians at NASA fight for their place at the table in the new trailer for Hidden Figures. The film stars Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Monae who por...
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Few Black women have chipped away at the glass ceiling of political journalism as Gwen Ifill did in her decades-long career. The veteran journalist succumbed to cancer at 61, PBS Newshour confir...
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Insecure, HBO's new comedy born straight from the mind of Issa Rae, has been renewed for a second season according to The Hollywood Reporter . The half-hour comedy will return in 2017 with ...
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KeKe Palmer is a woman of many talents. The 23-year-old is an actress, singer, dancer and former talk show host . She's currently exploring her musical talent with new releases including "Hands ...
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You might have scoffed when Omarosa Manigault announced that she would become Trump's Director of African American Outreach last summer. But the Apprentice alum says that she's happy to support...
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Many left-leaning people are still trying to process how in the world the United States elected Donald Trump to the highest office in the nation. There's no doubt that racism was a driving force...
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Political correspondent Danielle Moodie-Mills joined the Canadian Broadcast Corporation's election night coverage to tell the world exactly what so many of us are feeling about Trump's win. Mo...
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Last month, Solange scored her very first number one album with her melodic ode to Blackness, "A Seat at the Table." Solange delivered her first televised performances in support of the project...
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Al Jazeera's The Lives of Women tells the stories of Black women in Chicago killed by police and the activism around their deaths. Much of the commentary remarks on the relative lack of coverage...
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