Beauty & Fashion, Celebs

The Fiercest Looks From the 2015 BET Awards

Tracee Ellis Ross and Anthony Anderson weren’t the only ones killin’ it at the 15th Annual BET Awards tonight — that opening sequence, tho — your favorite celebs were doin’ their own thing out on the red carpet, too. Peep our favorite looks below:   Justine Skye Justine rips the red carpet like a boss […]

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Black History, Yaaaaas

This Confederate Flag Takedown is Life!

Bree Newsome, filmmaker, singer, songwriter, freedom fighter, and all around symbol of Black girl magic just did the dang thang. Early this morning, decked out in professional climbing gear, Bree scaled the 30-foot flagpole on the South Carolina Statehouse grounds, grabbed the flag, and before descending, held it up triumphantly and called out: “You come […]

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Features

#LoveWins Again: Same-Sex Marriage is Legal Everywhere!

It’s been a pretty amazing week: On Monday, the governor of South Carolina, along with supporters around the country, called for the Confederate flag to (finally) be taken down from the Statehouse grounds and today — June 26, 2015 — the Supreme Court officially made it legal for same-sex couples to get married all over […]

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Features

The One Thing You Need to Do This Juneteenth

Today is the 150th anniversary of Juneteenth. Celebratory barbecues and parades on deck! Besides all that, though, there’s really only one thing you absolutely must do today: Promise to #staywoke every day from here on out. Just two nights ago, nine Black people were murdered while attending a prayer service in their Charleston, South Carolina […]

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