We love…Haki Madhubuti’s poetry!

You Will Recognize Your Brothers   You will recognize your brothers by the way they act and move throughout the world. there will be a strange force about...

50-plussers get your sexy back!

Just because you’re a certain age does not mean you have to kick your sexy to the curb! You might have shelved your sexy...

Think you might have pneumonia?

Last September, Renisha Hodge, 63, left work early one day feeling as if she had been beaten with a ton of bricks--fever, chills, wheezing,...

6 Holly jolly red lip picks

This holiday season rock a righteous red lip color. Who says just because you're a woman of a certain age, a red should be...

The reluctant fashionista shops bags

What woman does not salivate a little when she spots a bag that would be the crème de la crème of her collection?  Our reluctant fashionista, Judyth...

Dr. Derek Griffith discusses the alarming state of Black men’s health

There are alarming health disparities that still persist between Blacks and whites. It seems Black men are walking time bombs, plagued by such illnesses...

Truthspeak: Powerhouse poet and publisher Haki Madhubuti

He is like a quiet storm on the horizon, powerful, yet wrapped in a cloth of humility, Dr. Haki R. Madhubuti is a scholar,...

Jenifer Lewis of Black-ish talks BOLD with 50BOLD

We all know Jenifer (yes, spelled with one ‘n’) Lewis as the brazen spitfire Grandma Ruby Johnson on the ABC-TV hit comedy "Black-ish.” Lewis,...

The reluctant fashionista celebrates Kangol

Celebs like Samuel L. Jackson, Denzel Washington and even the late Princess Diana loved Kangol hats. It is iconic and one of the most...

Think you’re ready for a pet?

According to scientists, pet ownership can actually enrich people’s lives especially emotionally. Pets can satisfy both the longing for company and the desire for...

Heavy handbags, gel manicures, waist trainers, last night’s PJ’s and more will make you...

There are many older adults who have, over the past decade or so, been drawn to the culture of consumption which can translate into...

A conversation with the eminent Sonia Sanchez

“Sonia Sanchez is a lion in literature’s forest. When she writes she roars, and when she sleeps other creatures walk gingerly,” so said our...