Commentary

By Neesha     Do you remember when Nanny told her granddaughter Janie that black women were the mules of...

A lot of men and women shiver at the f-word. Its four syllables drawn out often get suspended in thought,...

By Shanette D. Buford-Brazzell In today’s society all women deal with trying to look great as far as their physical...

In today’s society all women deal with trying to look great as far as their physical appearance. The media is...

By Valerie-Jean Charles I've been in an emotional rut for a while now. Some would call this a quarter life...

I attend a non-denominational Christian church, which teaches Bible lessons but focuses on developing individual relationships with God. The congregation...

Last semester, a fellow student of mine produced a mini-doc that focused on the misconceptions and similarities between Kim Kardashian...

I had never read a Hunger Games book when I went to watch the movie a few weeks ago. I...

Here’s the truth: I am not a Nicki Minaj fan. Whatsoever. In fact, I am one of Roman Zolanski’s harshest...

The year-long revelations of government injustice, police brutality and racial profiling made me meditate on what it means to be...

By Valerie Jean-Charles About two weeks ago, I saw a tweet that said (and I'm paraphrasing here) -- A woman...

Last week, Professor Lani Guinier of Harvard Law School came to my college to speak about race and class in America. Her...

If I were living in the 16th or 17th centuries, these wide hips and flabtastic arms would have been semi-precious...

By Evette Dionne Initially designed in the 1980s to reflect the condition of the urban African-American communities, the musical genre...

The initial excitement was beginning to calm. Though the thrill of attending Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York still jolted...