On the weekend Candyman opened at No. 1 in the United States, Nia DaCosta became the first Black woman to direct a film debuting at the top of the domestic box office. The milestone drew attention. Yet Marvel had chosen…
In 2019, Tinashe left RCA Records after years of frustration over the direction of her career. She had spent seven years with the label, released three studio albums and watched Joyride arrive later than she had intended. Rather than continue…
Doechii raps in a swamp. Then the breastplate on her metallic outfit turns into a turret and fires sparklers. The strange, comic moment comes from “BOMBS,” a self-directed video released on October 12, 2026, as part of her Swamp Sessions…
At Asitey Health Centre in Ghana’s Eastern Region, the lights went out before dawn one September morning in 2024. Midwife Amponsah Abigail was attending a woman in labor; her phone torch and a relative’s light illuminated the room, UNICEF Ghana…
In 2016, a dispute over two acres on Georgia’s Sapelo Island reached the state’s Supreme Court. Ronister Johnson, the oldest of 16 siblings, received a deed to the land in 1957. Years later, heirs of several of his siblings challenged…
In a March 2026 interview with The Cut, Devin McGhee Kirkland, co-founder of beauty brand Deon Libra, called the founders’ unpaid salaries the company’s “biggest debt.” They had gone two years without pay and were entering a third. The interview…
