Election candidates rarely, if ever, discuss U.S. citizens voting from abroad. Yet many of them, including Black women, are watching this election closely and are invested in casting their ballots while living miles away.

J'ai été décrit comme « agressif » par un directeur d'hôtel blanc devant plusieurs clients blancs lors d'un récent voyage à Paris.

Je vais vous raconter l'histoire dans un instant. Mais d'abord, un peu de contexte (historique).

I was called “aggressive” by a white hotel manager in front of several white hotel guests during a recent trip to Paris. 

It felt like being an egg in a Hulk grip. Despite how strong I thought I was or how right I knew I was in this situation, I still broke down and cried.

I'm going to share the story in a moment. But first,

Dear Black Women: Netflix lied to us.

Shows like “From Scratch” and reality TV series like “To Rome for Love” told us Italian men provide the love, protection, and self-worth we’re missing everywhere else. Yet during my month in Italy, traveling north to south, I didn’t find one Lino, Enzo, or Riccardo with a romantic bone in their body.

Instead, I was propositioned as if I were a prostitute in Bologna. In Venice, I asked an Italian guy who approached me what his hobbies were, and he boldly replied “Sex” while laughing. Not once did I feel men saw me and thought this is love at first sight…

Is moving abroad the fastest way for Black women to escape poverty, or improve their standard of living?

Comparing how successful Black women are in socialist economies (like Spain) versus developed yet capitalistic economies (like America) may answer these questions.

A surge of remote workers and typically smaller European apartments means competition is high for finding places to work remotely. Below is a list ranking the most ideal coffee shops where you could comfortably set up shop, be productive, and enjoy a meal or two.

For International Women’s Day, we’re exploring what it means to live as a Black feminine woman, and what (and how) to write about that experience.

Kenya is one of my top best countries to live in and best places to travel as a Black American expat. Here are some tips I’d give to prepare for moving abroad.

We’ve taken for granted the way doors represent our values, opinions, and status. Today, most of us probably don’t think twice about why we even use doors or what and why people try to hide behind them. 

After barely getting out alive, there was no way I was continuing medical treatment in the United States.

I know too well why Black women feel unsafe in America. The most insignificant parts of any other woman’s week become nexus events forcing Black women into a corner, where we…

Remote work can be a win-win situation for you and your future employer. If finding legitimate work-from-home jobs is still your goal, you need to know and do these three things.

Includes an interview with Shar Wynter, founder of XpatChats and the Xpat App.