Fit and Fab: Celebrity Trainer Jade Alexis Works Out with Adrienne Bailon
Celeb trainer Jade Alexis shows how you can stay fit and fab during the holidays.
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My Comeback from a Setback
Personal Finance Editor Tanisha A. Sykes shares the moment she realized money can buy peace of mind-if you learn how to manage it.
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Attention Men: Take a Survey on Black Women Now!
Calling all men! We need you to take this survey about Black women!
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Black Women Redefined
On the outside Sophia A. Nelson had it going on. As a high-powered Washington, D.C., attorney, she traveled in the fast lane. But four years ago, shortly after she turned 40, she had an epiphany...
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Partnering for Profit
In the heart of Brooklyn's beautiful Prospect-Lefferts Gardens neighborhood, Janai Nelson, 39, and Crystal Granderson-Reid, 38, became fast friends. Married to men who were also buddies, the two had children of similar ages...
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You Deserve a Break
It's summer, and you can barely concentrate on the towers of files on your desk. From your office window, you catch glimpses of couples picnicking on the grass—but the closest you've been to the great outdoors is nature-inspired screen savers.…
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Balancing Act: I Was the Other Woman
When most women look at me that don’t think whore, slut or trifling heifer. Despite outward appearances, I have been called each derogatory term more than once. Sadly, most people – myself included – would agree that I earned the…
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Adventures of a Singlista: A Girl's Girl, I Get It
There is so much well-deserved hoopla surrounding the Queen of Daytime's retirement from the "Oprah Winfrey Show." Everyone and everything that Oprah touched, endorsed or otherwise had a relationship with has come back into the spotlight. And that…
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Sound-Off: Attacking Black Beauty, Again
The war on Black women continues! Yesterday, Psychology Today magazine hosted a blog post entitled "Why Are Black Women Less Physically Attractive Than Other Women?" from Satioshi Kanazawa, a self-described "Scientific Fundamentalist"...
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Sound-Off: Ellen Pompeo Is No Race Expert
Did you know that giving birth to a Black child gives a White woman street cred to expound on race relations? Me neither. Apparently actress Ellen Pompeo, aka Meredith from "Grey's Anatomy," thinks so. She's married to Chris Ivery, a Black record…
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