Meet Symera Jackson: Actress, Student, Game-Changer
By Ava Marshall /Main photo by Ryan West Whether you’ve seen her in the Netflix series Team Kaylie or on ABC’s Alex, Inc, Symera Jackson is another dope Black [...]
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I’m 16 and I have Crohn’s Disease. Here’s Why I Finally Decided to Share My Story.
“Although Crohn’s is a rare disease, people all around the world have it, and I know what it feels like to feel like you can’t tell people because they just [...]
Here’s Why the National School Walkout is Important + How You Can Get Involved
By Brianna Moné It’s time to stand up for what you believe in. And on Wednesday, March 14, 2018 — one month to the day that 17 students were murdered during a school [...]
This Teen’s Classmates Threw Things in Her Natural Hair and Nobody Did Anything to Stop It
Don’t touch my hair When it’s the feelings I wear -Solange By Andréa Butler For three days during the week of September 17, 14-year-old Genesee Taylor, then a [...]
Sayeed Shahidi Asked Storm Reid to HoCo in the Sweetest Way
By Brianna Moné In the movies, every leading lady has her leading man, right? Sanaa Lathan had Omar Epps (Love & Basketball). Christina Milian had Nick Cannon (Love [...]
8 Apps To Let You Be Great This School Year
Whether you’re wanting to score a new look for the first day back, searching for Black-owned companies ’round your way, hunting for some good reads to add to your [...]
18 Gifts for the Woke Grad in Your Life
Graduation season is in full effect and everywhere you look, there’s an amazing Black girl sprinkling her magic all up in the place. Come through with a gift from this [...]
A Massachusetts High School is Punishing Black Girls for Wearing Braids
Having your hair examined while on public display. Being detained just for the way you look. Experiencing separation from others because you refuse to deny your culture. This [...]
4 Instagram-Worthy Promposals That Will Have You All in Your Feelings
By Ayanna Thompson Prom season is in full effect. In fact, National Promposal Day (yes, it’s a real thing) was March 11th — and baes everywhere came through with [...]
Police Officer Slays “Formation” Dance Routine at the Most Lit Pep Rally Ever
Deuntay Diggs, a second lieutenant with the Stafford County sherrif’s department in Stafford, Virginia, knows how to get a homecoming pep rally turnt. And last Friday [...]
