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A “racial reckoning.” It’s a term we’ve used repeatedly in the past year, and will no doubt continue to use until…
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Maiysha Kai
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Maiysha Kai is former managing editor of The Glow Up and host of The Root Presents: It's Lit!, and your average Grammy-nominated goddess next door. May I borrow some sugar?
Black creativity is not and never has been a trend—though we have certainly launched more trends than we could…
How’s your money these days? It’s a loaded question ask, but given the impact of the ongoing global pandemic upon…
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The category is: Influence. Who got the juice? When it comes to this year’s TGU 50 Influence honorees, their impact…
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The category is: Image. We hear it over and over again: “Representation matters.” But an ongoing racial reckoning…
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The category is: Beauty. Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but the influence of Black aesthetics upon the…
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If you’re in the market, no doubt you dipped on over to Telfar Global’s site today to cop one of the designer’s…
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Black women matter—because when we win, we typically bring everyone to the finish line. The Ford Foundation clearly…