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How To Spot Narcissistic Abuse: 15 Behaviors & Warning Signs
If you are in immediate danger, call 9-1-1. For anonymous and confidential help, you can call the National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233 or TTY 1-800-787-3224) and speak with a trained advocate for free as many times as you need. They're available 24 hours...
Melissa Adeyemo: Nollywood and Black Hollywood share a go-getter spirit
Nigerian American film producer Melissa Adeyemo is a rising star in the film industry in the U.S. and on the continent. Her work straddles both the Nigerian film industry and the Black American big screen, with plotlines that bring together compelling and nuanced...
Two Parents, One Salary: How to Make a Single-Income Household Work in 2021
Faced with the rising costs of child care, many parents decide one of them should stay home with the kids to save money. Here's how families who are raising children on a single income make it work. By Nafeesah Allen CREDIT: GETTY IMAGES. Many parents choose...
The Cheapest Days to Buy Gas in Every State
No matter how hard we try, transportation costs seem to be the bane of a budgeter's existence. In cities where weather and terrain are unpredictable, free modes of transportation, such as walking and biking, are seasonal. The rest of the year, public transportation...
8 Signs Of Emotional Manipulation + What To Do About It
Remember that time your friend was dating that person you absolutely hated? You could see from a mile away that this partner was manipulative and conniving, but there was no convincing your bestie. Rather than heed your advice, your pal quickly reminded you of the...
Soweto’s NtoZinhle Boutique: A Modern Take on Traditional South African Design
Soweto began as a symbol of dispossession. In the early days of South Africa’s apartheid period, the segregated township was built to house Black people separately from the whites-only city center and suburbs of Johannesburg. Nearly a century later, however, Soweto,...
These BIPOC Influencers Want You to Retire Before Age 50
These must-follow F.I.R.E folks (Financial Independence Retire Early) are setting the stage to retire the term "retirement"—for good. By Nafeesah Allen When my mother handed me a copy of Suze Orman's Women & Money in college, she thought she was giving me a leg...
Studio:Indigenous Founder Chris Cornelius Is Decolonizing Architecture
We speak to the architect and educator about how Indigenous culture influences his work, and how empathy can dismantle colonialist approaches to design. Text by Nafeesah Allen Studio:Indigenous founder Chris Cornelius Courtesy of studio:indigenous A...
TRAVELING WHILE BLACK
Looking for the Green Book, today. “We have no African American home open for tourism, but it’s coming in 2021. That is the Maynard-Burgess House,” Janice Hayes-Williams boasted. She is a seventh generation Annapolitan and a living encyclopedia of African...
