I’ma Let You Finish, but Simone Biles is the Greatest Gymnast of All Time
By Ava Marshall It is indeed a “Hot Girl Summer,” as five-time Olympic medalist (four of them gold) Simone Biles continues to be on fire, lighting up the [...]
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How My Natural Hair Journey Taught me to Embrace My Full Self
By Ava Marshall A significant portion of my childhood was spent sitting on a pillow in between my mother’s legs, as she pulled and tugged at my hair. “Ava, hold [...]
Miss Teen USA Kaliegh Garris on Changing Beauty Standards and Her Journey to the Crown
We’ve always known how special #BlackGirlMagic is, but now the world is finally starting to see how bomb we really are. In May, for the first time ever in history, three [...]
Taylor Mosby on Acting, Activism, and Representation that Matters
Do not let the word “no” stop you and do not be intimidated by the majority … If you do not see anyone that looks like you, sounds like you, or thinks like you in [...]
Eris Baker Posts up on our Spring 2k19 Cover
By Andréa Butler Eris Baker (aka “Tess” from This Is Us) reps all day, every day with purpose, faith, and love. Pick up our spring issue, to read all about her [...]
Cyntoia Brown Set to be Released From Prison in August
By Andréa Butler In 2006, when Cyntoia Brown was just 16 years old, she was convicted of the first-degree murder of real estate agent Johnny Allen in Nashville, Tennessee [...]
“Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” star Tati Gabrielle on Prudence, Spirituality, and Her Own Personal Superpower
By Andréa Butler She may not have supernatural powers like her alter ego on Netflix’s new thriller the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, but our latest cover girl Tati [...]
Black Girls and the Shootings That Don’t Make Major Mainstream News
By Andréa Butler With each horrific mass shooting — like the one at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida; the one in Thousand Oaks, California; [...]
#OnMyBlock’s Sierra Capri is Our Fall 2018 Cover Girl!
By Andréa Butler I know how it felt when I didn’t have much representation to see on TV … So, the fact that I get to partake in something like this is mind-blowing. [...]
Here’s Where to Spend Your Coins this National Black Business Month
By Brianna Moné 2.6 million That’s the number of Black-owned businesses in this country, according to the latest stats compiled by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2012 [...]
