Dec 6, 2023 | Entertainment
By Virginia Isaad “You are a resilient soul” — that’s how Boricua therapist Natalie Gutierrez begins her book on the trauma and healing Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) face in The Pain We Carry: Healing from Complex PTSD for People of Color. The...
May 31, 2023 | Entertainment
By Micah Obiang On June 4 in 1967, a ground-breaking event took place in Cleveland, Ohio. . The Cleveland Summit, organised by NFL Hall of Famer Jim Brown, brought together a group of the most influential athletes, including Muhammed Ali, Bill Russell, and Lew...
Jul 6, 2022 | Entertainment
By Jevon Phillips When a number of young, aspiring comic book writers and artists of color crowded a conference room at the Burbank offices of DC Entertainment for a chat with Milestone Media executives Reginald Hudlin and Denys Cowan, some general and generational...
Jan 19, 2022 | Entertainment
By Tim Diovanni Juggling work and family life has never been more difficult for countless mothers in the time of COVID-19. Take, for example, Jeri Lynne Johnson, an orchestra conductor based in Philadelphia. During the pandemic, she and her 5-year-old daughter,...
Aug 2, 2021 | Entertainment
By Aaliyah Harry ‘They do not owe us the win, they do not owe us a show, they do not owe us anything.’ Simone Biles. Naomi Osaka. Two young black women who are at the top of their games in their respective sports have made a stand about mental health. As a...
Nov 23, 2020 | Entertainment
By Monica Sisavat After adapting Ta-Nehisi Coates’s 2015 bestseller Between the World and Me for the Apollo, Kamilah Forbes is making her television directorial debut by turning the play into a special for HBO Max, set to air on Nov. 21. Between the World...