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The existential dread has a strong pull, especially since Trump has made a lot of Americans worse people, but we've had other bad, immoral, and creepy presidents who've sullied the office. Meanwhile, ...

Best-selling author and celebrated motivational speaker Lisa Nichols never dreamed that she would be on Broadway. “I’m fascinated by Broadway and have immense respect for it,” she tells ESSENCE.

NEW ORLEANS, La. (KLFY) — The Louisiana Supreme Court declined a Lafayette man’s request for a rehearing on Thursday after reinstating his conspiracy to commit murder conviction in October ...