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Sep 21

Meet Lauren Simmons, the Only Full-Time Female Stockbroker on Wall St.

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Photo of Lauren Simmons: BBC video screenshot By Adedamola Agboola Lauren Simmons is the only full-time female employee currently working as a stockbroker on the floor of the New York Exchange. She is also one of a few women in history to occupy a trading role, and according to the BBC, she joins a short list of women who have…

Sep 21

Meet the Powerhouse Exec Behind ESSENCE Music Festival’s Empowerment Experience

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Gina Charbonnet via BlackEnterprise By Mwabi Kaira Within the minutes of talking to Gina Charbonnet, her love for New Orleans is apparent. Sure it’s home but her love goes beyond that; Gina is committed to showing the world New Orleans' rich culture, contributing to its economy, encouraging young people to create businesses and continuing the cultural traditions important to the…

Jul 25

Black Women Run the Entire Justice System in this Georgia Town. And it Just Gets Better.

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These women hold the reins of power in the municipal criminal justice system of South Fulton, Georgia. Foreground, from left, LaDawn Jones, Lakesiya Cofield, Viveca Famber Powell, interim Police Chief Sheila Rogers. Background, from left, clerk Kerry Stephens, Chief Judge Tiffany Carter Sellers, clerk Ramona Howard, clerk Tiffany Kinslow By Doug Criss When LaDawn "LBJ" Jones walked into a meeting…

Sep 21

Black Women, Here’s Why We Gotta Do More Yoga!

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Kira getting her yoga on By Kira Sparkles While reading this article about Chewing Gum actress Michaela Coel and her yoga practice, it cited that only two percent of Black Americans do yoga. TWO percent! That's a tragic number! Why shouldn't we be out here doing yoga? We're killing everything in the game and this is just another thing that should…

Dec 18

The Miseducation of Azealia Banks: 5 Takeaways from her The Breakfast Club Interview.

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Azealia Banks on the Breakfast Club By Brenda Alexander Azealia Banks has been hard for me to figure out. One minute, she's professing the most thought-provoking, incense lighting ceremony worthy opinions and the next, what’s uttered from her tongue makes you eager to refer her to the closest clinical psychiatrist for an immediate diagnosis and treatment- or hire a crisis…