Photos courtesy Toni Braxton With a decorated career and involvement in just about every corner of the entertainment industry, legendary singer Toni Braxton is more than just an R&B icon. Through years of success and dedication to her craft,

Few people possess the natural empathic abilities that Ricki Lake does—which is why she was the youngest syndicated talk show host at the time when Ricki Lake debuted in 1990. It’s also why her wildly successful early career in film—and

Photo credit: Aaron Wynia Chef Matty Matheson is undoubtedly among the most animated personalities you’ll ever witness on-screen. Born and raised on the rough streets of Parkdale, Toronto, the young Canadian bad boy chef grew to international

Photo credit: John Gilhooey Comedian Jo Koy may be the nicest person CULTURE has ever met. The veteran comic greets everyone with an enormous hug, a smile and infectious positivity. Koy attributes a lot of his humor, hustle and success to his

Photo Credit: © Josh Fogel StockPot Images ® There was a time—it may seem like ancient history given the tidal wave of cannabis legalization sweeping the nation—that to be photographed smoking or growing the plant was to risk being arrested. How much has that changed? Just ask Ophelia Chong, founder of StockPot Images, the California-based agency that has become a clearinghouse of

Jake Heimark doesn't come across as your typical seller of cannabis edibles. The 31-year-old holds two degrees from an Ivy League university and until recently, worked in the upper echelons of a little company known as Facebook. He's clean-cut, doesn't smoke cannabis and can talk at length about topics like neuroeconomic modeling. But he just might be the future of the cannabis edibles

Photo credit: Suzanne Sutcliffe Photography Aliza Sherman isn't a typical cannabis consumer or industry professional. She's 53, a mother of three, a pioneering website designer and author of a dozen books. But in a male-dominated industry, it's the fact she is a she, and a woman of experience, that sets her apart just as much as her accomplishments. "There are a lot of complex things

"Maybe you should reach out and try some cannabis." When those words came from the mouth of a doctor, it changed Dirk Lindley's life. It was 2009 and his wife's sister was terminally ill with breast cancer, given just days to live, and here was a doctor suggesting she try cannabis, something Lindley had never tried himself. "That was like a culture shock for us," recalled Lindley. It didn't

The U.S. government has said for decades that cannabis has "no accepted medical use," lumping it with drugs like heroin and LSD in terms of its medical potential and legality. But Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the nation's most powerful cannabis foe, would only have to travel 10 blocks from his office in the nation's capital to see otherwise. That's where Dr. Chanda Macias provides medicine

When successful cannabis industry professionals Amber Senter and Tsion “Sunshine” Lencho joined forces with other women of color back in 2015, they ignited a spark of justice and equity by creating the Northern California-based organization, Supernova Women. That spark has continued to grow into a firestorm of representation for people of color in the cannabis industry, as it’s one of the