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Celebrity Profiles/Interviews

Erika Alexander Is Always the Maverick — Harper’s Bazaar

India.Arie Talks Returning to Spotify: ‘I Deserve My Checks’ -- Billboard

How Ms. Pat Gets It Done — The Cut

Yara Shahidi On The Black-ish Legacy, Playing Tinker Bell In Peter Pan & Wendy, And Being Called An Activist -- Net -- a -- Porter 

The 1619 Project Isn’t Going Anywhere — Harper’s Bazaar

Kenya Barris Defends His Brand of Comedy: ‘Have You Ever Looked at the Mona Lisa?’ — Rolling Stone

Terence Nance is Back With Season 2 of ‘Random Acts of Flyness’ — All Arts

Keke Palmer On Disrupting The Status Quo, Prejudice In The Industry — Net-a-Porter

The Internet’s Syd on New Solo Album “Broken Hearts Club” and Figuring Out Who She Is — Teen Vogue

Simone Biles On The Tokyo Games & Being A Voice For The Voiceless — Net - a - Porter

Passing Director Rebecca Hall On Uncovering Her Family Heritage — Net - a - Porter

Centre Stage with MJ Rodriguez — Soho House

Cast ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’s’ Dominique Fishback in Everything — ZORA

Other Profiles/Interviews

How a Poet Made One of the Most Anticipated Films of the Year — Haper’s Bazaar

Why Ami Colé Founder Diarrha N'Diaye-Mbaye Never Quit -- xoNecole

When His Cancer Came Back, They Planned Their Viral Wedding Of A Lifetime In A Week -- xoNecole

What Is A ‘Black’ Film? Maya Cade’s Black Film Archive Has An Answer -- xoNecole

'P-Valley's Katori Hall On What We Can Expect in Season 2 -- xoNecole

Culture Criticism

Remember when Will Smith’s ‘Fresh Prince’ wardrobe broke boundaries? — CNN 

Michael B. Jordan Is a Tribute to the Leading Black Actors of Yesteryear — Okayplayer

Why Do So Many Black Women Keep Working With Chris Brown? -- Refinery 29

We Need To Talk About 2000s Video Vixens' Influence On Pop Culture — xoNecole

Movie Celebrates Emmett Till as Beloved Black Boy Before Lynching — National Catholic Reporter

We Don’t Have To Mourn Our Oppressors — xoNecole

The Legacy Of Brandy & Whitney's Black 'Cinderella' — xoNecole

Wendy Williams Deserves her Flowers — Even If You Don’t Like Her — Andscape

Fiona Apple, Online — Gawker

Kanye West’s Harassment of Kim Kardashian Is Not a Joke — Elle

How Gabrielle Union's ‘Bring It On’ Character Represented Black Girlhood — NYLON

Men, It’s Time to Free Those Thighs — Harper’s Bazaar

Personal Essays

Why Did Joyce Carol Vincent Die Alone? — Hazlitt

The Destructive Power Of 'Purity' Culture — xoNecole

I’ve Always Wanted Kids, But Now I’m Not Sure It's Safe — xoNecole

Author Profiles

Nikki Giovanni’s Extraterrestrial Adventures — Oxford American

'I Have This Thing About Water': An Interview with Zalika Reid-Benta — Hazlitt

KevOnStage And His Wife Melissa Don’t Want To Be “Relationship Goals” — xoNecole

'Honey & Spice' Author Bolu Babalola’s Hopeful Romance — xoNecole

Fariha Róisín Discusses 'Who Is Wellness For?' - NYLON

Seen and Unseen; An interview With The Authors of a New Book on Police Abuse Footage — New Inquiry

Candice Marie Benbow talks Black womanhood and her relationship with God — National Catholic Reporter

For Angela Davis and Gina Dent, Abolition Is the Only Way — Harper’s Bazaar

‘Black Girl, Call Home’ Helped Jasmine Mans Show Up for the Women in Her Life — ZORA

Music Reviews

The legacy of “Fast Car”: How Tracy Chapman gave voice to a generation of Black lesbians — Reckon News

Megan Thee Stallion’s Traumazine Is For Hot Girls With “Anxiety” — xoNecole

We Are Still Under SZA's CTRL — xoNecole

For Millennial Black Women, Jazmine Sullivan's Heaux Tales Is a Layered Portrait of Sex and Intimacy — Harper’s Bazaar

Politics

Wendy Davis on Her 2013 Texas Abortion Filibuster, The Dobbs Decision, and More — Teen Vogue

The DSA Is at a Crossroads Over Palestine — The Nation

I Signed the New York Times Open Letter. I Have More to Say. — The Nation

EXCLUSIVE: Stacey Abrams On What’s At Stake For Black Women Voters — xoNecole

The Violence Against Women Act Isn’t Enough to Protect Women — Refinery29

For Black Women In Peril When Representation Isn't Enough — xoNecole

The Empty Accolade of Surviving State Violence — Refinery29

Oral History

She Was Everything: The Oral History of Aaliyah’s ‘Miss You’ Music Video -- Rolling Stones