One Republican congresswoman wants to keep anyone that’s been to West Africa out of our country. Rep. Cynthia Lummis said during a recent debate that she thinks the United States shouldn’t allow people who have spent any time in one of the nations hit by the Ebola outbreak, the Huffington Post reports. “I do believe […]
The rest of the world may have forgotten about the girls kidnapped from a school in Nigeria, but Alicia Keys has not and she’s doing something about it. As of Tuesday, it’s been six months since Boko Haram abducted more than 230 girls in the middle of the night. Some of them have been able […]
Anyone wondering where they can get their next hit of “Awkward Black Girl” can find it at the bookstore! You’ll still have to wait a minute, though. From time to time, Issa Rae will post something on her YouTube channel or her Facebook page, and she will undoubtedly be bombarded with questions about when “ABG” […]
Uzo Aduba got to embrace her glam once again for the pages of Harper’s Bazaar! The “Orange Is The New Black Star” is being featured as part of the magazine’s 2014 Women Who Dare feature. She’s in some great company as actress Jessica Alba, model Christy Turlington and rocker Debbie Harry are all being highlighted […]
One Liberian woman has done the seemingly impossible as she successfully treated her family for Ebola without getting infected herself. Fatu Kekula single-handedly nursed both of her parents, her sister and her cousin through the virus with a 75 percent survival rate! Sadly her 14-year-old cousin passed away due to the deadly virus, but her […]
Lifetime won’t be skirting around the issue of Aaliyah’s relationship with R.Kelly in her upcoming biopic! When news of Lifetime’s Aaliyah movie broke, the R&B singer’s family was not pleased. There was chatter that one of the big reasons they didn’t approve of the project was the possibility that R.Kelly would be featured in the […]
BET will be shedding some light on little known Black history in its upcoming miniseries, “The Book of Negroes,” which is set to debut early next year. The network will very appropriately be airing the miniseries as part of its Black History Month programming in February, Deadline.com reports. The show is a TV adaptation of […]
A new case of Ebola has developed in Dallas among the healthcare workers that treated Thomas Eric Duncan before his passing. Despite the use of protective gear while working with Thomas at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, USA Today reports that an unnamed nurse has tested positive for Ebola. While this is the second diagnosis in […]
Tamar Braxton threw some pitch-black shade when she openly trashed her sister Traci Braxton’s vocal prowess on Twitter. After years of dreaming about a music career and being the underdog on “Braxton Family Values,” Traci finally dropped her debut solo album,” Crash & Burn,” last week! She’s received plenty of praise for the album […]
Sunday night is “Housewives” night, and it might be best if we all left their shenanigans on TV in our off hours. We can’t (and shouldn’t) pull stunts like the pros! Bravo’s housewives live glamorous lives, and it can be really easy to get caught up in their image. Some would even love to model […]
Beyoncé and her family had an amazing, fun afternoon of culture in Paris! For the Carters, a trip to the museum isn’t just a walk around the local art house, they go to the Louvre! And when they go, they take pictures with the most famous portraits and sculptures in the world. That’s just what […]
President Barack Obama is calling on people all over the world to do everything they can to protect, nurture and encourage young women to be their best. With the launch of My Brothers’ Keeper, many in the Black community questioned whether he’d forgotten about the struggles that young women face. President Obama insisted last month […]
