The Q Factor

Kimberly Bailey-Tureaud reflects on how Quincy Jones transformed our culture, defined an era, and set a mark for Black excellence that can never be duplicated or surpassed. If you ever had the opportunity to be in the presence of the legendary Quincy Jones, three words best describe the experience: “I see you.”  His eye for […]

Images From Her Story

Scenes from Kamala Harris’ journey to greatness. Americans will enter their polling places this month to decide the fate of a nation. And in the waning days of the campaign, which is being fought closely on razor-thin margins, there has been intense focus on locking down the votes to be cast by African-Americans — men […]

She’s Talking To Us

Sherri Shepherd fuses star power to relatability, embodying why Black women rule supreme in daytime talk. At any given time on any given weekday, you can turn on the television and join a fascinating conversation with a Black woman at the center of it.  Daytime television is a dizzyingly busy marketplace — and Sherri Shepherd, […]

‘I Realized That I Had To Be Who God Created Me To Be’

Black women are having a moment. Queens are excelling in a wide variety of arenas, and in the most visible and far-reaching ways — reaching extraordinary heights in business, politics, culture, and athletics.  Recognition and reward for those achievements is not restricted to those running for the White House, standing on the Olympic medals stand […]

IT’S HER!

Kamala Harris prepared herself for greatness and is transforming American politics. When Kamala Harris formally accepts the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in Chicago this month, it will be the culmination of a lifetime of service, advocacy, and leadership — bringing this daughter of immigrants to the brink of assuming the most […]

‘Love’ Story

With casting completed on “Terry McMillan Presents: Tempted By Love,” audiences can look ahead to an August premiere date. Lifetime has completed casting on the previously untitled Terry McMillan Presents film, starring and executive produced by Garcelle Beauvais (“Black Girl Missing,” “Spider-Man: Homecoming,” “Coming to America”) as part of her extended relationship with the network.  […]

‘We needed a hero like Joe Louis’

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS: JOYCE BARROW HENDERSON Legendary boxer Joe Louis will be honored May 17 with a proclamation presented by Clark County Commissioner William McCurdy. It is a well-deserved honor: the Brown Bomber’s professional accomplishments and activist commitment to the Black community gave strength to scores of African-Americans, who were looking for socioeconomic advancement while […]

Right This Way

One of the biggest names in pop shows how to Usher in a new era of Las Vegas entertainment Photos by Bellamy Brewster Las Vegas was lit up bright on Super Bowl weekend — as luminaries from all over the world took over the city for the year’s biggest spectacle of sports, entertainment, and celebrity.  […]

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS | LAMONTE MCLEMORE: ‘There’s a soul-to-soul connection’

Virtually every Black American of a certain age can conjure the feeling of opening the mailbox to find the newest edition of Jet. And many of those readers would immediately flip the magazine to “Beauty of The Week”: a full-page spread featuring photographs of gorgeous, bathing suit-clad Black women from all over the country, accompanied […]

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS | DR. KHALILAH ALI CAMACHO 

I try to show … the way to forgiveness’  Whenever someone says “The Greatest,” our minds turn immediately to Muhammad Ali. His impact on American history — inside the ring and out — has been well-documented in countless books, feature films and documentaries over the years. But those accounts aren’t normally given by those closest to […]

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