In "The Level Up," changemakers in the fitness and wellness industries tell us how they're making an impact in their communities, from pushing for inclusivity to promoting body acceptance and so much ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Professional dancer Akira Armstrong had a pretty big idea in 2008 after enduring multiple unsuccessful casting calls. The ...

Gladys Johnson entered the dance world via a Black Eyed Peas music video in 2009. After appearing in the “Hey Mama” hit, she went on to star in K-Swiss and AT&T commercials and become a backup dancer ...

When Ruth “Anna Marshae” Williams, the coach and assistant director of the Honey Beez dance team, first received an email from Nike about producing a mini-documentary on her group of plus-size dancers ...

On the latest edition of Mic Dispatch, Mic co-founder Jake Horowitz interviews Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a 28-year-old Bronx native who recently won the Democratic nomination for Congress from New ...

Claim to Fame: DaQuendra won the Torrid model search. She also appeared on America’s Got Talent with her dance troupe the Honeybeez. On a balmy July afternoon most members of the Alabama State ...

Since middle school, Quiana Reliford had wanted to attend a historically black college or university. But when the Kansas City, Kan., native found out that Alabama State University had a plus-size ...