Author: Dave Brooks

Juneteenth is a day to honor the best of the Black community, from civil rights trailblazers to iconic athletes. Black creatives have come together to document the triumphs and highs of African Americans who brought their own seats to the table and changed the nation forever. EBONY has gathered some of the most exciting premieres […]

Rich Auntie loves that new hotel smell! So when I received a VIP invitation to the grand opening of Hotel Indigo Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands—the favorite vacation spot of fellow real-life Rich Auntie, Saturday Night Live star Ego Nwodim—my Akila swimsuit practically jumped into the suitcase on its own.   Hotel Indigo Grand Cayman. […]

Over the weekend, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, who represents the 18th district of Texas, announced that she had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. In her online announcement, the congresswoman revealed that she is undergoing treatment to battle the disease. “I am confident that my doctors have developed the best possible plan to target my specific […]

The phrase “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas” always sets the tone for the city. Known for its weddings and entertainment hotspots like Vegas offers endless excitement. Drai’s Beachclub and Nightclub is part of the spark that sparks the area’s nightlife ablaze. As Drai’s celebrates its ten-year milestone on the iconic Las Vegas Strip, […]

Country artist Atia “INK” Boggs has already marked a special date on her calendar: January 31, 2025. “We can’t wait to see what happens next year at the Grammys,” she declared to EBONY. That’s because the singer-songwriter and producer worked on Cowboy Carter with Beyoncé. She’s credited as one of the producers and co-writers of […]

Next time you want a great bottle of wine, take a trip to Happy Cork, a wine and spirits shop with the largest selection of Black and minority-owned brands for our favorite libations. Sunshine Foss, Happy Cork’s founder and CEO, opened her company in 2019 to provide a platform for amazing, underserved wine and spirits often overlooked […]

Last Friday, the Shenandoah County school board in Virgina voted 5–1 to reinstate two schools’ previous, Confederate names. The board voted 5–1 to ditch the problematic names only four years ago, after the murder of George Floyd and subsequent Black Lives Matter protests across the nation in 2020. According to the Alabama-based Equal Justice Initiative, […]

Let social media tell it, Millennials and Gen-Zers don’t usually find common ground. But, when it comes to calling out and critiquing how unspoken— and verbalized— traditions within the Black community are wielded against youth, they’re on the same page. Many young Black girls have long experienced comments from grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles, older cousins, […]

Marcus Scribner is enjoying a new kind of freedom. The actor has spent the last decade working in the sitcom world: he first originated the role of Andre Anderson Jr.—best known as Junior—on the hit series Black’ish back in 2014. When the show ended in 2022, Scribner followed his elder on-screen sister to college, joining […]

Terrapin Station, a division of Sony Music Entertainment, is launching the fifth North American tour built around the successful Disney Jr. Live On Tour franchise, the company announced Monday (May 13). The new tour, titled Disney Jr. Live On Tour: Let’s Play, is slated to visit more than 60 U.S. cities this fall thanks to […]