Welcome! TO THE URBAN BEAUTY COLLECTIVE

By Mobolaji Olambiwonnu

So here’s my thing…Africa is not the motherland. Don’t go there expecting people to be any more happy you came to visit than any brotha or sista you meet on the street in your city. People have got lives, and yes, that includes Africans. They have no more… Continue

For Valerie Jarrett, President Obama's senior adviser, and Desirée Rogers, the White House social secretary, life revolves around the agendas of the president and the first lady and their commitments to the American people. The way they see it, life doesn't get much better than this… Continue

By Yaminah Ahmad

As a writer I’ve often run into people who want my services but don’t have the money to pay for it. Sometimes a person will offer some sort of trade deal where they give me tickets to something, have a designer create something for me, comp me a dinner… Continue

By Genevia Fulbright

What did rag man Oxy Woxy, ice man Mike, or milk man Joe all have in common?
Besides being service providers from the 1940s operating in various Houston communities, they all lived within their means and knew how to save money.
Why save money?
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By Big Lez

JAYSON WILLIAMS TASERED BY POLICE

Now this is a case we haven’t heard about in quite a while. Former NBA star Jayson Williams was tasered by police in his posh hotel suite Monday after the reportedly suicidal ex-NBA star resisted their attempts to take him to a… Continue