Women and girls were left behind to face poverty, social stigma and single motherhood in the Western Hemisphere’s poorest country. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] United Nations peacekeepers in Haiti fathered and left behind hundreds of children, researchers found in a newly released academic study, leaving mothers struggling with stigma, poverty and single parenthood after the men departed […]
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Halima Aden Is First Black Woman In Hijab To Grace Cover Of Essence Magazine | HuffPost
The model, who is Muslim, has broken multiple barriers in the fashion industry. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Model Halima Aden shattered yet another barrier in the fashion industry this week, becoming the first Black woman in a hijab to grace the cover of Essence magazine. Halima, who is Muslim, is featured on the front of Essence’s January […]
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After the Eviction Notice | The New York Times
In North Charleston, S.C., a struggling family pulls together for the bitter experience of moving out. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Shanatea Turner’s landlord filed eviction papers against her in mid-November. By early December, the pile of belongings she had no choice but to throw out was starting to grow on the curb. And the family she had […]
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The quiet brilliance of Kenan Thompson | The Washington Post
How SNL’s longest-tenured cast member went from child star to the sketch show’s indispensable steady hand. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] NEW YORK — Kenan Thompson is a sketch-comedy savant. He’s seen how the tiniest diversion — uttering an errant word, glancing in the wrong direction, taking a half-second too long to rip off tearaway clothes — can […]
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At 67 Years Old, JoAni Johnson Is Not Your Typical Model | HYPEBAE
The Harlem native and FENTY model shares her fashion and life wisdom with us. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] JoAni Johnson has been an avid fashion lover since as long as she can remember, but modeling is quite an unexpected career that she only started pursuing in her mid-60s. After appearing in a viral 2016 Allure video dispelling […]
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Remembering Curtis Mayfield Today on the 20th Anniversary of His Passing (December 26, 1999) | Albumism
Please join the Albumism team in celebrating Curtis Mayfield’s musical legacy and revisit audio & video highlights from his career below! [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Biography: Perhaps because he didn’t cross over to the pop audience as heavily as Motown’s stars, it may be that the scope of Curtis Mayfield’s talents and contributions have yet to be […]
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The story of Breffu, a female slave from Ghana who led a massive slave revolt to take over the West Indies in 1733 | Face2Face Africa
Many rebellions took place during the peak of the slave trade. The reasons for the uprising are simple; enslaved Africans were tired of being abused, misused and mistreated. They were also tired of seeing each other die and living in stark poverty all their lives. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Enslaved Africans were not allowed to voice out […]
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Africa makes a scene: Best contemporary art fairs of 2020 | Al Jazeera
From South Africa to Morocco, fairs including new and established creatives are drawing art lovers and buyers alike. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] African art has been having a very long moment. Over the past 10 years, contemporary artists from the continent – from the Ghanaian sculptor El Anatsui to Kenyan artist Wangechi Mutu to South African photographer […]
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Unita Blackwell Risked It All So Black Mississippians Could Vote | The New York Times Magazine
She was arrested dozens of times, and Klan members threw Molotov cocktails into her yard — but that didn’t stop her fight for civil rights. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] On an afternoon thick with Mississippi heat, Unita Blackwell sat on the front porch of her shotgun house with her friend Coreen, drinking homemade beer, waiting for something […]
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He Photographed Ferguson. Now Adrian Walker is in The National Portrait Gallery | Riverfront Times
The exhibition has deep roots for Adrian, yet the idea was first inspired by a series of coincidences. A friend recommended that Adrian shoot product photos for OJI Royale in Los Angeles, which makes designer and luxury durags. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] “That’s what I was set to do, but I try to tell stories within all […]
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