That’s why partnering with Barbie to release the LeBron James Kenbassadors doll is such an honor. It’s an opportunity to recognize the powerful impact of role models who instill confidence ...

LeBron James is teaming up with Barbie and Ken. But like all deals involving the NBA superstar, it won’t come cheap. On Wednesday, Mattel announced that the Barbie brand will be releasing a ...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is taking heat for another one of her photo ops—this one involving a gun she was inadvertently aiming a law enforcement officer’s head. In a video ...

And, now, the four-time NBA champion can add "Kenbassador" to his resume. Barbie teamed up with the Los Angeles Lakers star and his LeBron James Family Foundation for Mattel's new campaign to ...

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Barbie’s online and her data is in the cloud. Mattel’s partnership with Google Cloud is resulting in data-driven product innovation, insight, and personalized engagement with its fanbase, the ...

Black women are caregivers. (Women comprise 81 percent of caregivers for older people worldwide). I know them. They’re paid and unpaid. They’re in their 30s through their 70s. They have full ...

Noem is America’s reigning queen of cosplay. Whether it’s rocking a cowboy hat while sitting astride a horse in Del Rio, Texas, (Border Barbie) or posing in front of Venezuelan inmates in an ...

At the Institute for AfroUrbanism, Detroit native Lauren Hood focuses not on what Black communities lack, but on what makes them thrive. For decades, Black Americans have been looked at through a ...

This March, the board of directors of the Berkeley Student Cooperative, or BSC, passed a proposal for a one-year pilot retheme of the African American Theme House, otherwise known as Afro House.