BEAUTY
31 About Face Best skin care tips
40 Strands Easing back to natural
46 Ask Your Glam Squad Get fit and avoid messing up your tresses
FASHION
49 Looks We Love Layers of sizzle
52 News High-end fashion at low-budget prices
54 Cheap & Chic Retro turns modern
56 Show Off Your Shape Get cozy with versatile style
58 Street Style Hot looks captured across the country
FEATURES
136 The Root of the Issue Good, bad, political, decorative, natural,
relaxed, Mikki Taylor asks Nia Long, Ledisi, Solange and others about
good hair, skin color and self-esteem issues
146 Sophisticated Lady Amerie revisits the roaring twenties
156 We Dream a World With an African-American president in the White
House, Spike Lee, Retired Gen. Colin Powell, Steve Harvey, and other
brothers examine how the image of Black manhood is evolving
164 Lost Girl Caught in the clutches of prostitution at age 12, a
young woman battles her way out By Jeannine Amber
CULTURE
63 Drama Queen Actress Regina King returns to prime-time TV’s throne
66 Gazette Who’s hotter–men in blue or men in scrubs; artists support
charities through music; and a new documentary looks at Obama before
the presidency
68 Screen Gems Our preview of upcoming cinematic treats includes
British thespian Chiwetel Ejiofor saving the world
72 Books Our next book club selection tackles a hidden shame; three
hardcovers that live up to the hype. Plus, this month’s new best
sellers
WORK & WEALTH
79 The New Money Rules With our changing economic climate, these top
money minds say it’s time to change our financial strategy
88 Your Money Finance whiz Suze Orman gives advice on doing more with
the money you’ve got
90 Money Makeover Student mom seeks help making ends meet
92 Woman on Top This global president enjoys sweet success in the
corporate arena
RELATIONSHIPS
107 Single Man of the Month
108 Dating Guide Social entanglements outside the Black and White box
110 What Men Think Detroiters recount their worst sexual experiences
114 On His Mind A runaway groom
116 Oh, Brother Finesse assures us that patience with men will be rewarded
OUR NEWS
123 Ten Things We’re Talking About
126 Gazette Hair battle royal on some college campuses
134 Anger Management Pulitzer Prize winner Cynthia Tucker wonders
where the postracial love went
HEALTHY LIVING
171 Secrets to Beating Diabetes Curb your risk of acquiring this
life-changing disease and its serious complications
174 Be the Woman You Want to Be Learn the secrets to personal success
178 Flu Watch Make it through this winter without so much as a sniffle
180 Sexual Health Amp up the loving sensations with a potion or two
182 How She Does It A designing woman makes motherhood stylish and manageable
184 Take 5 Trade eating for more action during stressful times
188 The $100 Meal Plan The Neelys show us how they get down in the
kitchen for Thanksgiving
IN EVERY ISSUE
20 Between Us
22 Contributors
24 Your Letters
198 Where to Buy
202 Horoscope
204 Get Lifted God’s Perfect Unions by T.D. Jakes