MeryAnne Loum-Martin is the only black woman to own and operate a hotel in Morocco. Taking the French bar five years after law school, and having to find a creative way to use her unique experiences to analyze the law, Loum-Martin realized her talents could be used...

Imagine not having your parents tuck you in, and not being able to decorate your room, not because you don’t have parents, but because you don’t have a bedroom. Or a home. Homelessness in America certainly isn't a new concept, but...

Monik Herron has always known she wanted to be a boss. And while selling bundles of hair seems to be the new "flat tummy tea," the hustle behind her Royal Bundles puts the product a step above the rest.Monik is a midwest girl who's from and currently lives in Chicago,...

As a boy, you're taught different things that help you become a man. Taught from those you idolize and can't do wrong in your eyes. As a child, I would happily be willing to share time over my grandmother's house. Lois is pretty much what I became to be: drink, smoke...

My parents told me their other kids needed them more than I did. After all, I was a straight-A student, so I must've been perfectly happy, right? One would think that after losing my virginity at 12, my parents would question my self-esteem. But instead, I was told...