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Understanding financial abuse as a hidden weapon used against Black women

At a Martha's Vineyard town hall, advocates and survivors broke down how money gets weaponized in abusive relationships and what communities can do about it. Domestic violence leaves marks that courts and hospitals can document. Financial abuse rarely does. No visible injury results from a partner who drains a bank account, tanks a credit score…

ByGesi LloydMay 3, 20260Comments

Community News

Celebrating Black joy this week with five stories that held up

Nia Long and Keke Palmer got candid, a Ugandan dance crew went viral again, and a North Carolina church fed hundreds more families than it planned. Some weeks produce moments that move quickly across timelines and stick. A conversation between two actresses that wandered into skincare and stayed there longer than expected. A student headed…

ByGesi LloydMay 3, 20260Comments

Lifestyle

Affordable products that feel like a steal at under $25

Ten affordable picks under $25 that tackle everyday friction points, from hair care to dental hygiene, without padding your credit card bill. Shopping on a budget rarely feels inspiring. Most budget-product roundups traffic in the obvious: cable organizers, reusable bags, the same silicone spatula everyone already owns. But every so often, a short list of…

ByGesi LloydMay 3, 20260Comments

Wellness

7 subtle behaviors that reveal deep unhappiness

Unhappiness rarely announces itself. It doesn't always come with tears or a clear breaking point. More often, it arrives in patterns small, quiet shifts in behavior that are easy to rationalize and even easier to miss, both for the people around you and for yourself. Researchers studying mood disorders have long noted that behavioral changes…

ByDorcas OnasaMay 2, 20260Comments

Lifestyle

This brilliant decluttering method helps you let go fast

Letting go is hard whether it's a relationship or a box of things shoved in the back of a closet. But one decluttering approach, borrowed loosely in name from the post-breakup playbook, is flipping that difficulty on its head. Rather than forcing a decision in the moment, the no contact method gives people space and…

ByDorcas OnasaMay 2, 20260Comments

Business

Black wealth stories that prove ownership is growing

One of the most closely followed Black owned beauty brands is shutting down. Adwoa Beauty, founded by Julian Addo in 2017 with an initial $80,000 investment, is now moving through Chapter 7 liquidation proceedings following a legal dispute with lender Aurous Financial. The brand had built an impressive retail presence, earning shelf space at Sephora…

ByDorcas OnasaMay 2, 20260Comments

TV & Movies

Debbie Allen’s promise to Grey’s Anatomy’s Shonda Rhimes

Debbie Allen is not slowing down and she wants Grey's Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes to know it. The multitalented star opened up about directing Broadway's Joe Turner's Come and Gone and how the experience is fueling her return to Grey's Anatomy season 22. The Emmy winning actress, director and choreographer, 76, was in a celebratory…

ByDorcas OnasaMay 2, 20260Comments

Parenthood

Huffing among teens is common than vaping but dangerous

When parents sit down to worry about teenage substance use and most do the usual suspects tend to dominate the conversation: vaping, alcohol, marijuana. But a new study is drawing attention to a category of misuse that rarely makes it into those discussions, and that is the deliberate inhalation of chemical vapors, commonly known as…

ByDorcas OnasaMay 2, 20260Comments

Celebs

Tracie Thoms returns to Devil Wears Prada 20 years later

Nearly 20 years after The Devil Wears Prada cemented itself as a cultural touchstone, Tracie Thoms is stepping back into the Elias Clarke universe for the long awaited sequel. She reprises her role as Lily alongside Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci and she says slipping back into that world felt surprisingly…

ByDorcas OnasaMay 2, 20260Comments

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Understanding financial abuse as a hidden weapon used against Black women

Celebrating Black joy this week with five stories that held up

Affordable products that feel like a steal at under $25

7 subtle behaviors that reveal deep unhappiness

This brilliant decluttering method helps you let go fast

Black wealth stories that prove ownership is growing

Debbie Allen’s promise to Grey’s Anatomy’s Shonda Rhimes

Huffing among teens is common than vaping but dangerous

Tracie Thoms returns to Devil Wears Prada 20 years later

Rihanna’s Baby Rocki makes a stunning second cover appearance

How to get glowing skin without looking oily

Claressa Shields opens wild casting call — But who qualifies?