Opinion

Sorry haters, Lauren London’s baby weight is what real women look like

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Donald Trump played president last night, but don’t be fooled

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‘Giants’ web series is mirrored art for the spectator

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Trump’s viral HBCU photo is more than meets the eye

It doesn’t take much these days for a photo to go viral. One such photo became an instant meme on
/ February 28, 2017

How ‘Hidden Figures’ awakened my love for STEM

I moved to the U.S. from Trinidad when I was two years old. Once we were settled in Brooklyn, my
/ February 24, 2017

Letting Chris Brown go will be the best thing for all of us

Chris Brown’s self-titled debut album was released in late 2005, almost twelve years ago. My little sister was infatuated with
/ February 24, 2017

Meet the black women seeking to change the face of the DNC

Black women voters have been the building blocks of winning coalitions for Democrats, a consistent and loyal constituency...
/ February 24, 2017

Bullying Leslie Jones wasn’t enough to take down Milo Yiannopoulos

Former Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos, once the darling of the conservative movement, met his downfall this week, but it wasn’t
/ February 23, 2017

‘Blacks For Trump 2020’ the latest con in Trump’s permanent campaign for acceptance

President Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign got under way with a bang and a few familiar black faces this past weekend…
/ February 22, 2017

The erasure of Black History in our classrooms is a crime

It was my first time visiting the National Museum of African-American History and Culture, and the name plate read “Araminta
/ February 21, 2017

Stephen Miller is Trump’s white supremacist policy adviser

If there was any question as to whether Donald Trump is running a white supremacist, authoritarian White House, Stephen Miller
/ February 15, 2017

On Valentine’s Day, being single is an option

Whether love from another comes for me at 31, 51, or never, the love for self can’t be matched, and…
/ February 14, 2017

Let’s celebrate black fashion with purpose and passion

As a fashion stylist, with over 15 years of experience in the fashion and entertainment industries, I’ve had an opportunity…
/ February 13, 2017

Warren rebuke proves when you talk back to a white man, you pay the price

The GOP’s silencing of Elizabeth Warren for quoting Coretta Scott King — during Black History Month of all times —
/ February 9, 2017

Chicago just lost its largest black bank and no one noticed

A week before the start of Black History Month, Seaway Bank, Chicago’s largest black-owned bank, was sold to the State Bank of
/ February 8, 2017