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Now former President, Barack Obama, has a chance to out shine all previous presidents by making around $20 million for his presidential memoir. According to The Hollywood Reporter, co-head of ICM Partners’ publishing unit, Esther Newberg predicts, “There’s no doubt Obama’s memoir will go for more than any president’s has ever gone.” Bill Clinton holds the presidential memoir […]

You’re rocking it out at work, but don’t quite feel your pay is up to par. At some point, we’ve all been there. A girl has to get her coin and wants to feel adequately compensated for high-level work output.   Learning the art and science behind how and when to ask for a raise can […]

Don’t let Diane Nash’s small role in the film "Selma" fool you. She was a crucial figure in the Freedom Rides, the lunch counter sit-ins, protests for Blacks’ voting rights and the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1965.

It always feels like we’re making strides as a community and culture, until a study comes out telling us, but wait, there’s more. Not that all the data should be taken at face value, but it’s important to be aware of the messages being put out there. Take, for example, this recent study that says […]

Being busy has, unfortunately, become a way of life. Sometimes, it seems we are constantly rushing from one thing to the next, always trying to fit as much as we can into our day without losing our minds. We have jobs, family, homes and friends to juggle, and 24 hours in the day can go […]

"We're very colorful, we're very haughty, we're very prideful," Smith said on being a Black woman. "And I think for me, that level of expectation is very high."

"Whether people tell you [that] you can do something, you can't, you should, you should not, it's up each one of us to write our own stories."

Here is what you need to know about the case and what it means for students nationwide.

When I was dumb, and in my twenties (no tea, no shade), I remember having a conversation about relationships with some random guys, at a homecoming I was attending with friends. During this conversation, I stated, with a very stank attitude, that I would not mind if my imaginary husband stayed at home with our […]

No matter how much we may excel in our daily lives and career, that one moment of rejection can cause even the most secure person to begin to question every aspect of that particular part of their lives. It almost always takes on a negative connotation in your mind, which may cause embarrassment, sadness, and feelings […]

I come from a long line of superwomen, and I am certain you do as well.

I did not always embrace my status as an entrepreneur. I mean, WHO desires to jump feet first, sight unseen, into a pool of inconsistent pay, trifling clients, and loved ones who just do not understand why you are working for yourself ? To be 100 percent honest, I am still struggling with accepting my […]