Leslie D. Rose

2021-2022 interview reel.

The Queen of Christmas joined Leslie D. Rose (Blavity) to discuss her McDonald's Partnership, "All I Want For Christmas Is You," and ways to maintain the holiday spirit after a rough couple of years.

For Latines from the Zapotec of Oaxaca, Mexico to Afro-Latine residents of Loiza, Puerto Rico, braids have deep cultural significance—and special meaning.

Rap and hip hop music became major tools for advertising, marketing, and branding in the mid-1980s. It is likely the perception of cool that works well for advertisers, coupled with the ever-growing popularity of the genre among younger audiences. Over the years rap has been used as a means of drawing in consumers not familiar with it but fascinated with its elements, as well as rap fans seeking to emulate popular artists. Since the mid-1980s, rap has been used to sell everything from clothing to cars, cell phone providers, computers, beverages, food, lint rollers, and dolls.

THE INAUGURAL MAGAZINE OF XAVIER’S RESEARCH, INNOVATION, AND ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVES | 2024

The Magazine for Alumni & Friends of Xavier University of Louisiana. Fall 2024

For the past couple of years, my great nieces, Myla, age 7, and Menzi, age 6, have been the faces of their own family YouTube channel. As they’ve grown more interested in kids’ content creation and doing things for their internet friends to watch, it’s become apparent that crafting materials for their channel is something they love. And as people I love, I want to do all I can to support their dreams, even if their dreams don’t become lifelong aspira...

I woke up surrounded by the darkness of an early morning sky on a brisk November autumn morning in Delaware. I had driven the short ride from Prince George’s County, Maryland, to my neighboring state to participate in the annual Hike Across Delaware, presented by the Wilmington Trail Club.

The history of Hawai’i is rarely discussed beyond the understanding that it became the 50th state of the union on Aug. 21, 1959, following 61 years as a territory of the U.S. But even though Statehood Day is a legal holiday in Hawai’i, the way the islands became a part of this country is not a celebrated story.

Black women experience fibroids at a slightly higher rate than women of other races, with eight of every ten Black women being diagnosed with these generally-noncancerous uterine growths. More often than not, when experiencing severe symptoms of the gynecological issue, the aforementioned group of women faces healthcare disparities and poor recommendations for treatment options, even botched surgical procedures that leave them with unsightly and unnecessary scars.

Known as “the last doll,” the muñeca fulfills a tradition is some Latin cultures that give girls a new doll as their last toy. Other cultures allow girls to give an old one to a younger relative. Each country has a different tradition associated with its quinceañera, but the doll is a prevalent historical aspect across cultures.

Erika Alexander is not only an iconic veteran actress; she’s also an entrepreneur, creator, producer, director and activist who utilizes her work to benefit the well-being of Black women and other marginalized groups.

Last year, I stood under the Maryland moonlight on the evening of a once-every-19-year eclipse in my zodiac. I was 19 years old the last time it had occurred. Unbeknownst to me at the time, I would remain in a complicated relationship with that grown teenager for the next two decades. It would take a full year to develop the gratitude and grace for my former self that would propel me to honor and appreciate the strong and successful woman I have become since then...

Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) has been hard at work utilizing the tools at her disposal to hold credit bureau Equifax accountable for its recent infraction of inaccurately reporting scores for millions of customers from March 17 to April 6, which resulted in credit and loan denials and higher interest rates. Initial phases of her plan included sending letters to Equifax and the CEOs of the nation’s largest commercial banks in which she demanded a timely response to several questions mean...