Voices

It’s no secret that the glass ceiling is still holding a lot of women back from achieving everything they need to at work. So it’s time to break it, slowly, surely, individually and together. In other words, let’s get your mind in the right place so that success is attainable. MUST READ: Woops! Should You […]

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (pictured center) may be the most-iconic African-American figure of all time. The clergyman, activist, and Civil Rights Movement leader managed…

We still have to discuss interracial relationships in 2015 and that’s a little bit sad. Perhaps that’s because we think they should be more prevalent than they are. However, social scientists don’t lie and we are simply more likely to spend time around those who look like us, especially in terms of race and class. […]

It’s the time of year for reflection and goal-setting. And while New Year’s resolutions can be perceived with some cynicism, I think it’s important to use this time of year to think about how you want to change your life. For better or for worse, with the new year comes a sense of closure and […]

The protests in Ferguson center around the killing of yet another young innocent Black male, and of course, Black media sources including the thousands of everyday contributions via social media have helped document the evolution of this story and the movement taking root around the country. It stands to reason that all publications with any […]

Monday was hard. I headed down to Union Square anticipating the Darren Wilson verdict. I didn’t have any expectations. I just knew that I had to be there with my people. I walked from Union Square Park to Times Square. I marched in solidarity with people from all races to protest the grand jury decision in […]

This video shows an edited and incomplete version of what transpired. My name is Mir Kannon Harris and while I write this with a heavy heart and healthy fear of what is about to happen in the coming days, I am more overwhelmed with inspiration and invigorated by the spirit of change. I, like many […]

  President Obama issued a matter-of-fact (read: awful) speech after news broke that Darren Wilson would not face charges for the murder of Michael Brown. Progress seemed to be the focus of Obama’s somber speech as he attempted to ease the pain of a nation of Brown supporters who wanted nothing more than to see […]

Race. It’s a fictional concept; a socially constructed idea – it doesn’t actually exist in nature. Yet its social construction does not give it immunity from real consequences – consequences that can be observed and analyzed. History reminds us of that; the presence lives in its awareness. In our socio-political climate, race has never been […]

Three weeks into this Bill Cosby rape scandal and we decided it was time for #TeamBeautiful to have a sit down. Sure we’ve been reporting the story, but we haven’t actually said anything. Of course, we’re rumbling and chatting at our desks in the office, but as a site that is dedicated to uplifting women, […]

“Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.”-Franklin D. Roosevelt Please vote during the midterm elections. This statement is a plea because research is already proving that the voter turnout in the midterms has […]