Archive for November, 2018
The Hate U Give
The rapper Tupac Shakur once broke down the acronym for his mantra “T.H.U.G. L.I.F.E.”: “The hate you gave little infants [expletive] everybody,” he said of systematic injustices. “What you feed us as seeds, grows and...
IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK
Director Barry Jenkins, whose last film, Moonlight, won a Best Picture Oscar is back with his sophomore effort, If Beale Street Could Talk, based on author James Baldwin’s 1974 novel of the same name. Jenkins is working with ...
The Business of The Congressional Black Caucus
Each year in September in the nation’s capital, the Congressional Black Caucus’ annual legislative Conference convenes. This year was unlike any year past. The Annual Legislative Conference(ALC) is the leading policy confer...
Dr. Yolanda’s 7 Ways to Protect Yourself from Breast Cancer
KNOW THE FACTS & FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT! As many of you already know, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and here are a few facts that you should be aware of… About 1 in 8 U.S. women (about 12%) will develop invasive ...
The return of Fusha Designs
“Fusha Designs CEO Marie Claudinette Jean, makes a successful return to New York Fashion Week. She launched her company in 2000 on 7th Avenue and showed her collection at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in the tents at ...
I, Witness!
As someone who has been a fitness professional for over 25 years, I’ve witnessed the good and the bad within the fitness industry. I am fortunate to be a member of a gym where I am incognito. No one knows who I am or what I d...
NYFW 18’ Vivienne Tam Collection
In February of 2018, Tam presented her Fall/Winter 2018 collection, inspired by a “spiritual journey” through the Himalayas to Tibet, in Gallery I of Spring Studios. This fall her collection was shown during N.Y. Fa...
East Side Su-She
For centuries, in seemingly, ever country, male dominance has been at the forefront of every society. Many cultures to this day, hold steadfast to the past treatment of women as inferior, and less than. In our more modernistic ...
Running For His Life
I happened upon a documentary, “Running for His Life” while flipping through the movie section of our streaming network, about former NFL player and college phenom Lawrence Phillips. What garnered my attention was how the p...
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