Do Unto Others: Cultivating Compassion Together
About a year ago, I was one of several preachers at a platform service. I was not the only woman, but I was certainly the READ MORE→
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Rooted and Grounded: A Conversation with Melvin Rodriguez of Mielle Organics
On August 9, 2013, Melvin Rodriguez experienced a parent’s worst nightmare, he and his wife lost their infant son. The baby was born with severe READ MORE→
Outside Inside: Extroverts and Introverts Both Coping with Anxiety
The coronavirus lockdown has revealed many truths, one of them being that people will always find a way to feel superior over one another—even during READ MORE→
This Day Is For Us: Remembering Juneteenth
June is upon us and summer is finally here. Although the season still finds us tucked away in our homes, celebrations–from birthdays to holidays–are in READ MORE→
Power to the People Playlist
No matter where you are, you can protest — protest the capitalist labor routines that form our lives by resting, or by hopping on the READ MORE→
Run That Back: The Top 5 Dance Scenes We Can Watch Again and Again
5) The Best Man – The wedding The moment Uncle Skeeter says, “I’m gonna get it started ya’ll,” it sets off a rallying cry that READ MORE→
Pretty Hurts: Problems & Potential in Black Women’s Beauty Spaces
I remember my late grandmother – “Gamma” to three-year-old me – coming back glowing after she’d seen April. April was a woman I met only READ MORE→
Andre Harrell: A Toast to the Original Champagne Papi
What is it like to change culture truly? To affect the way people walk, talk, and dress? Andre Harrell was a pioneer long before words READ MORE→
Spring Revival: A Playlist
Spring Revival: A Playlist I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much READ MORE→
Creation in Isolation: Supporting Independent Artists During COVID-19
The other day I snuck into my kitchen for a late-night snack and frightened my roommate who apparently had the same idea. She said she READ MORE→
Run My [Bit]Coin: Cryptocurrency and the Future of Finance
What is the future of money? Today, more than ever, we are moving toward a world order that prioritizes digital means of demand and supply. READ MORE→
Got Till It’s Gone: A Nature Appreciation Post–from Inside
At the time of writing this, I have been in my house for about a month. Save for a few trips to the grocery store READ MORE→
Queen Sono Only So-So: Netflix’s first original scripted series from Africa
My roommates and I squeezed close together on the couch, snacks in hand, and prepared to binge the much-anticipated Queen Sono. As first-generation women of READ MORE→
Myth Busted: Black Women Can and Do Raise Strong Black Men
For my entire life growing up, I heard that a woman couldn’t raise a man. Single black mothers may have given birth to a nation, READ MORE→
Facts on Stacks: LeTonya Moore’s Financial Advice for Creatives and Entrepreneurs
LeTonya F. Moore, JD, has nearly 20 years of experience advocating for small businesses and government agencies. Her client roster includes the US Department of READ MORE→
More Than a Marathon: The Forever Legacy of Nipsey Hussle
On March 31, 2019, rapper/activist/entrepreneur Ermias “Nipsey Hussle” Asghedom was murdered; it was a moment that first paused the Hip Hop community—and later the world. READ MORE→
Why Self-Love and Self-Care Are Radical for Black Women
My phone vibrates with another news alert. Notifications inundate my screen. Competing headlines report the latest onslaught of political strife, environmental despair, and fearmongering surrounding READ MORE→
Lost Ones: Female Hip Hop Producers You Should Know
The casual connoisseur would argue that Dr. Dre , Pharrell, Timbaland, and Swizz Beatz are the Mount Rushmore of the culture. DJ Premier, Kanye West, READ MORE→