The list of HBO Max additions for July 2025 is out, and there’s a lot of movement on the service this month. Lets see how the service is taking us through the first days of its return to the ...

Portland's Pride season is loooooong. And this new list of parties, art shows, bike rides, history exhibits—and more—is ...

A study conducted by toy manufacturer Mattel revealed that 95% of American girls ages 3 to 11 owned multiple Barbie dolls. Amirah Kambe was one of them. A 2025 Cal State Fullerton graduate with a ...

Black Boy Art Show brings a powerful celebration of expression to Chicago Thousands made their way to the Zhou B Art Center in Chicago’s Bridgeport community to witness a powerful cultural ...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., February 19, 2025--Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAT) announced today that Barbie is celebrating Black History Month and multiple generations of Black female designers, past, present ...

Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAT) announced today that Barbie is celebrating Black History Month and multiple generations of Black female designers, past, pr ...

The Code Noir, or the Black Code, was a set of 59 articles decreed by Louis XVI in 1685 which regulated ownership of slaves in all French colonies. In her debut fiction work, Canisia Lubrin ...

Barbie was a a firefighter, a teacher, an actor, a lifeguard, a doctor. But it wasn’t until 1976, when Kitty Black Perkins joined the brand as Chief Designer of Fashion Doll concepts, that ...

In “Nickel Boys,” we witness Elwood’s close but complicated friendship with Turner (Brandon Wilson), a disillusioned teenager well aware of Nickel Academy’s savage breaking of Black bodies ...

Lagueria Davis, a Fort Worth native, wrote and directed “Black Barbie: A Documentary,” a story about the creation of the first Black Barbie. Lagueria Davis, ...

The first Barbie with Down syndrome was created last year, but for the new addition, Mattel got input from a focus group of black individuals, including a woman with Down syndrome.

NDSS connected Barbie with a focus group of Black individuals from the Down syndrome community, including a young Black woman with Down syndrome, to review the doll’s sculpt, hair, fashion and ...