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Four Business Ideas Couples Can Do Together

Although there are some interesting dynamics to gender roles that are worth consideration, Americans have a long history of spouses working together...
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Sound Off! Are You Feeling Shea Moisture’s #...

Shea Moisture, widely popular around these parts for their excellent hair care and beauty options for women of color, has recently launched the #Break...
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Marry Down Costs Educated Women $25K a Year. But E...

Black Enterprise recently reported on a study that suggested that black women who marry down–unequally educationally and financially–are ...
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We Rock! Check Out These Black Women You Should Kn...

Black girls rock! Read on for stories of black women doing amazing things in industries like tech, fashion and entertainment. Mickey Guyton is a count...
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Successful ‘Mompreneur’: The Mastermin...

Today is wash day for me. I have my staples, the things that are tried and true blue. Several Camille Rose Naturals products have joined the rotation ...
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People Magazine Shows Racial Shade During Shonda R...

by Tracy Renee Jones   Okay folks, there needs to be a racial insensitivity line drawn in the sand! People magazine threw shade during the festiv...
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Are You Vulnerable to Job Discrimination?

By Tammy Ghalden From all of the research I have read, my answer to the above question would be “yes.” However, there might be some explanations I...
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How Much, If Anything, Do the Beneficiaries of Pro...

Turns out Benedict Cumberbatch’s fine arse is the descendant of plantation owners who got super from owning sugar-cane producing plantation in t...
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A Vocation that Gives You the Ticket to Travel Is&...

We talk a lot about how travel can change your outlook and how you see yourself and how others see you. But most jobs won’t allow you to jump up...
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Ever Feel Like an Imposter in the Board Room? Seve...

Feeling like an imposter is common when you’ve scratched yourself out of the trenches of the hood to achieve education and professional success....
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Blogalicious 5 Gives Influencers of Color a Leg Up

Meet Stacey Ferguson, (aka Justice Fergie), the founder of Blogalicious, a boutique convention aimed at bringing a little color and flavor to the most...
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(Loan) Shark Tales: Are Store Credit Cards Worth I...

Credit How many of us have some? Credit Cards we can depend Credit How many of us have some? Credit Before we go any further, lets gets some Credit Ho...
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Black Girls Code is Bridging the Digital Divide

I had the pleasure of taking my daughter to a recent Black Girls Code event…and she LOVED it! For those of you who haven’t heard of the or...
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“So Good They Can’t Ignore You,”...

"Follow your passion" is not good advice, according to author/academic Cal Newport, yet this simple phrase has become the go-to career advice given to...
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