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Candace Parker on wellness, family and what comes next

Candace Parker has won three WNBA championships, played 16 seasons, and recently became the first openly LGBTQ analyst to call a Men's March Madness game. On March 31, she was announced as a Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame inductee. In a recent episode of the interview series Chill Chat, she talked about what a regular…

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Friendship

Is ChatGPT ruining the authenticity of your friendships

Artificial intelligence has worked its way into nearly every corner of daily life productivity, health, entertainment, and now, increasingly, personal relationships. As tools like ChatGPT become more embedded in how people process emotions and communicate, a quieter question is beginning to surface: what happens to a friendship when one person stops reaching for the phone…

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Beauty

K-beauty products worth adding to your routine right now

K-beauty has quietly become the most influential force in global skincare, not because of clever marketing, but because the products tend to work. The emphasis on hydration, barrier repair, and layerable formulas has reshaped how people think about their routines, and the brands driving that shift are more accessible than ever. Here is a closer…

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How-To

16 habits of women who never have a messy home

Walking into someone's home when every surface gleams and every item sits perfectly in its place can feel like stepping into a magazine spread. For many people, the assumption is that those homeowners either spend hours scrubbing or pay someone else to do it. The reality, however, is far less dramatic and far more achievable.…

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Sports

Dawn Staley towers above women’s basketball, 30 years on

Thirty years ago this month, a 67-foot-by-100-foot mural of Dawn Staley went up on the side of a building in Philadelphia, around the corner from where she grew up, across the street from her elementary school and directly facing the recreation center where she first developed her game. She was 26 years old, fresh off…

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Culture

How Easter is celebrated the African diaspora

Easter arrives each spring draped in pastel colors, chocolate eggs and the familiar image of a cartoon bunny. That version of the holiday is real, but it is far from complete. Across the African diaspora, Easter is observed through a set of traditions that run deeper than the mainstream version, shaped by history, faith, migration…

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Music

What migraine sufferers actually need at a music festival

Music festival season arrives each summer with the promise of late nights, loud sets and days spent under the open sky. For most people, that sounds like a good time. For the roughly 40 million Americans who live with migraines, it sounds like a checklist of triggers. Migraines are a neurological disorder, not simply a…

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Music

Mary J. Blige, Thundercat and more drop music to start April right

The first Friday of April 2026 is not wasting any time with good music. Across R&B, hip-hop, funk, alternative soul, and beyond, this week's music release slate is one of the more substantial single-day drops of the year so far. Here is what landed. Mary J. Blige, 'Want Love' Mary J. Blige continues building momentum…

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Beauty

Black-owned beauty picks for spring 2026 that belong in your routine

Supporting Black-owned beauty brands has moved well past being a seasonal conversation. These brands have been building, formulating, testing, and refining year-round, solving problems the industry ignored for decades. Spring is simply a good excuse to take stock of what has landed recently and what is worth adding to a routine that actually works. Here…

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Celebs

Kylie Jenner reveals the real reason she ditched Halloween

Kylie Jenner has officially closed the chapter on her annual Halloween spectacles and she has a very practical reason for doing so. The Kylie Cosmetics founder, 28, opened up about the future of her much-anticipated Halloween looks during an appearance on Kid Cudi's podcast, Big Bro with Kid Cudi, which dropped on April 1. Speaking…

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