Jhené Aiko confirmed that Westside Whimsy, her fourth studio album, arrives Friday, September 11. She announced the date on Instagram alongside cover art showing her in close up with crystal like tears running down her face, a striking visual for a project that closes out a six year gap since her last full length release.…
A Massachusetts murder trial that ended in a mistrial this week has put new attention on postpartum psychosis, a rare but serious psychiatric emergency that can affect new mothers within weeks of giving birth, and one that mental health experts say is still poorly understood even by doctors who are supposed to screen for it.…
Serena and Venus Williams fell to Maya Joint and Hao-Ching Chan 6-3, 6-7(6), 7-6(10-7) in the first round of the US Open on Friday night, and it will be remembered as one of the tournamenta's defining moments anyway, because for one more night, two of the greatest players the sport has ever produced were back…
Lauryn Hill broke her usual silence on her personal life this week to respond directly to a content creator who argued that Rohan Marley, the father of five of her children, had essentially ruined her. Lauryn Hill left an extended comment under the video pushing back on that narrative, while still acknowledging real pain in…
Moving in together changes a relationship in ways that are easy to underestimate until the boxes are actually unpacked. Some of what makes cohabitation work well is genuinely researched by relationship scientists, and some of it is just ordinary logistics that never come up until two people share one refrigerator. Here are five conversations worth…
Michelle Obama's Girls Opportunity Alliance is putting 500,000 dollars into 10 Chicago area nonprofits that serve girls between the ages of 10 and 19, an investment expected to reach more than 2,200 young people in the former first lady's hometown.
Where the money is going
The funding spans organizations working across mental health care, arts…
Black tax refers to the informal, often unspoken expectation that a working professional will regularly support parents, siblings and extended family financially, a pattern common across African communities and in diaspora communities abroad. It is not a legal obligation, but black tax can function like one once requests become routine, and left unmanaged it can…
Beyoncé released a 31 track deluxe edition of her sophomore album B'Day on September 3, timed one day ahead of both her own birthday and the album's original release date twenty years earlier. The reissue folds in previously unheard recordings, new Spanish language collaborations and a run of remastered visuals, capping off a rollout that…
Cardi B put her 8 year old daughter Kulture front and center in a new ad for her haircare line Grow-Good Beauty this week, and when a critic pushed back online, the rapper made it clear this was never just a cute cameo. According to Cardi B, Kulture is not simply promoting the family business.…
Carla Jeffery, the actress best known for playing cheerleader Bree across Disney's Zombies film franchise, died Tuesday at 33. Her agent, Carla Alexander of Alexanders Talent Management, confirmed the death in a social media statement that did not disclose a cause or say where Carla Jeffery had died. Representatives said additional details would be shared…

