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Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, entertainment lawyer Doug Emhoff, have already made history: She as the first Black, female and Asian second-in-command of America; he as the country’s first Second Gentleman and first Jewish spouse in the White House. As her possible bid for the presidency dangles new…

These incredible women are all being honoured with their own Barbie likeness this year, but sadly they won't be available to buy. Luckily we've found six other real-life trailblazers whose Barbie form you can buy instead

How on earth have these biopics not been made yet?

From 1920s Salford to teaching disabled children, my mother Marje gave so many people hope, says Guardian features writer Simon Hattenstone

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As she promoted The Color Purple, Oprah casually dropped an incredible conversation she had with the late Maya Angelou about her career.

From David Sedaris’s comic diaries to Maya Angelou’s poem Amazing Peace, count down to Christmas with our Advent calendar of festive reads

Kevin E G Perry speaks to the rapper’s godfather Jamal Joseph and Staci Robinson, the author of the newly published ‘Tupac Shakur: The Authorized Biography’, about Shakur’s legacy and the guiding influence of his mother