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Dakarai Larriett wants Alabama to be safer for all. (Photo: Dakarai Larriett for Alabama, Canva) US Senate hopeful Dakarai Larriett wants Alabama to be safer for all Alabamians, especially where interactions with the police are concerned. And after the Nov. 4 elections, in which Democrats won in overwhelming margins across the country, Larriett feels like…

Guess what? It’s time for a giveaway! Nnedi Okorafor’s Nebula-winning Africanfuturism book series, The Binti Trilogy, is getting an illustrated hardback edition from the Folio Society with artwork by David Palumbo. I’m happy to partner with the Folio Society to give away a copy to a lucky fan! Here’s a look at what’s inside this…

Page Yang as Koko in Southern Fried Rice (Photo credit: KeyTV) Directed by: Shayla Racquel Written by: Nakia Stephens Starring: Page Yang, Kordell Beckham, Choyce Brown, Bianca Bethune, Ashley India, Jada Lewis, Shaun Rose, Andreya Wallang, Erika Norrell, Wangechi Warui, Sencere Brown, Marlena Robinson, Jai’Reeh Demond, DaShawn Simon, Dasani Horton Synopsis (KeyTV): A Korean-American girl,…

Credit: Lifetime Director: Dave Thomas Writer: Lauren Greenwood Starring: Courtney Grace, Malena Cunningham Anderson, Aria Celeste Castillo, Terry Woodberry, LaKeta Booker, Brashaad Mayweather, Riley Hough Synopsis (IMDb): When Shanice learns her friend, June, is missing, she returns home to help in the search. She suspects June’s boyfriend, but when June is found dead and Shanice…

Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl is criticized for showing Swift’s anti-Black bias. (Credits: Republic Records, Getty Images, Google) Taylor Swift has been facing the worst firestorm of criticism in her career thus far. Her latest album, The Life of a Showgirl, has been torn apart, even by a lot of Swifties, because of…

Annie helped me think about how I view myself as a woman who never fit a size 2. (Photo credit: Warner Bros., my photographs) Sinners has changed the game for Hollywood in many ways, and one of the most talked-about is how it elevated plus-sized women to a place of desirability. I recently made a…

Michael B. Jordan and Miles Caton in Sinners. (Photo credit: Warner Bros.) Director: Ryan Coogler Written by: Ryan Coogler Starring: Miles Caton, Michael B. Jordan, Hailee Steinfeld, Wunmi Mosaku, Jayme Lawson, Omar Benson Miller, Delroy Lindo, Saul Williams, Jack O’Connell, Yao, Li Jun Li Synopsis (WB): Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers…

With Love, Meghan. Meghan, Duchess of Sussex in episode 108 of With Love, Meghan. Cr. Jake Rosenberg/Netflix © 2025 When With Love, Meghan first dropped on Netflix, I read a lot of outrage and pearl-clutching comments about Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. Why isn’t she filming the series in her real kitchen? She’s unrelatable! No one’s…

Tabitha Brown speaking at a Target-themed event during Essence Festival of Culture 2024. Target had a huge presence at the festival, including catering to Black social media influencers and collaborators. (Photo credit: Target) Note: I use “Black” as directed by the AP, which now classifies Black as a proper noun. But I am also quoting…