Today: June 26, 2026
Charleston's Emanuel Nine Memorial is on track to open this fall — 11 years after the massacre at Mother Emanuel AME Church. The $25M project features a names fountain, curved marble benches, and a Survivors' Garden still in fundraising. Here's what's inside…
Who Is Painted by Esther? Ngozi “Esther” Edeme, known professionally as Painted by Esther, is a UK-based celebrity makeup artist whose client list reads like a cultural almanac: Naomi Campbell, Kelly Rowland, Viola Davis, Tyla, Anok Yai, and breakout reality star Olandria…
On a spring evening at Washington, D.C.’s historic True Reformer Building — the first building in the United States designed, financed, built, and owned by the African American community after Reconstruction — a D.C. crowd gathered for what would prove to be one of…
By Chrishon Lampley, Founder & CEO, Love Cork Screw How the Target Boycott Hurt Black Brands Fighting for Shelf Space When Pastor Jamal Bryant launched the Target Fast (boycott) in the spring of 2025, I understood the assignment. Target had quietly rolled…
Decades after its release, Diane Keaton’s Baby Boom reads less like a comedy and more like a case study in female reinvention. As a media-tech founder and mother, I’m revisiting this classic to launch the Lifestyle Well-Being Blueprint—a strategy for ambitious women…
Bad Bunny did not just headline Super Bowl LX’s halftime show; he turned the biggest stage in U.S. sports into a living mural of Puerto Rican and pan‑American life. From the first shot of him emerging through towering cane fields to his…
When Bad Bunny took the stage at Super Bowl LX, the spectacle was expected, but the closing statement was a deliberate provocation. As he wrapped his set, he turned a football toward the camera to reveal the words “Together, we are America,” while stadium…
Transformation to Triumph is launching a national community for Black women navigating layoffs, burnout, and major life pivots, centering healing, opportunity, and long-term connection. Through the Black Women’s Summit, a three-day hybrid gathering at Howard University and online from Feb. 27 to…
By Dr. Obari Cartman The holiday season ended as a new year began. Holiday celebrations recognize principles that we should not restrict to one time of year but honor across seasons. Kwanzaa, in particular, centers values that can strengthen us individually and…
Parents face an increasingly difficult decision: embrace technology in children’s education or protect their developing brains. New research from cognitive neuroscientists provides a clear answer. The evidence overwhelmingly supports limiting—or eliminating—screen time for children, with striking data showing that kids with minimal…
