HFR x LeBron 16 sneaker (Photo courtesy of Armand Consulting PR/HFR) By Selena Hill NBA superstar LeBron James debuted his latest Nike collaboration, revealing that they were inspired and designed by African American women. Continue
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Allegra Hill & Kimberly Durdin of Kindred Space By Ta-ning Connai America is a leader, but when it comes to leading maternal death rates in dozens of countries, including some third world nations, it's a label we might not want to claim. For black women it fares worst because we die during birth at a rate of 3-4 times that…
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By Kerika Fields Nalty When I turned forty-eight in March, someone asked me how old I was and I found myself faced with a conundrum: To lie, or not to lie? Continue On a good day, I can get away with saying forty-two. On a great day (in the right lighting with a pink lipstick and if I don’t talk…
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Kenneka Jenkins By Brenda Alexander It’s been a year since the tragic death of Kenneka Jenkins, the Chicago teen whose body was found in a hotel freezer after a night of partying gone wrong. Her case attracted national attention, protests and conspiracy theories, but was ultimately ruled accidental- she got intoxicated at a hotel party, wandered away from her friends…
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By Veronica Wells The lore of Black men feeling unhealthy and irrational attachments to their barbers is not reserved only for them. Black women have our own struggles separating from beauticians and stylists who have been doing our hair for some time. I’ve seen women tolerate bad attitudes, ugly styling, stagnant hair growth and even damage for the sake of…
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