Photo: Alex Wong (Getty Images) In an interview published in BuzzFeed Thursday, former Senate staffer Tara Reade said she feels betrayed by the party she has long supported. Reade, who has accused former Vice President and presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden of sexual assaulting her in 1993, was responding …
Read More »<em>The Atlantic Daily</em>: What an Oscar-winning Filmmaker Is Watching
Every weekday evening, our editors guide you through the biggest stories of the day, help you discover new ideas, and surprise you with moments of delight. Subscribe to get this delivered to your inbox. Today, we send you into the weekend with: Three quarantine film recommendations, selected by the …
Read More »Angela Simmons Reveals The Reason Bow Wow ‘Hurt My Heart’
Angela Simmons is teaming up with Bow Wow, and this time, it’s for business. During a preview of Thursday’s episode of Growing Up Hip Hop, via Too Fab, the young entrepreneur revealed she is collaborating with her former boyfriend while chatting with her brother, JoJo Simmons. “I be talking to …
Read More »Verizon Announces $10K Grants for Hundreds of Minority Small Businesses
Almost 250 small businesses received grants of $10,000 on Thursday as part of Verizon’s $7.5 million Small Business Recovery Fund to help struggling businesses survive the coronavirus pandemic. Of the recipients, 62% are women-owned businesses, 96% are minority-owned, 12% are veteran-owned, and 87% are in distressed locations. “Verizon recognizes how …
Read More »Reclaiming Our Sourdough Starter: 'Rage Baking' Began With a Black Woman—and Right Now, We Want It Back
Screenshot: Fox & Friends (@revrrlewis via Twitter) A twisted tale only recently came to our attention, but feels especially relevant today as Paula Deen and her loyal following celebrate her new weekly Fox & Friends’ segment, “America Cooks Together”—you know, because Paula Deen is such a great American unifier. But …
Read More »The Before Times of a Solar System
Read: A baby planet is born “It’s an unexplored area,” says Johanna Teske, an astronomer at the Carnegie Institution for Science, who was not involved in the new research. According to theories of planet formation, a baby planet’s position inside a protoplanetary disk dictates what kind of world it turns …
Read More »O.T. Genasis Exudes Confidence in Music Video for New Single “I Look Good”
O.T. Genasis dropped a new song today called “I Look Good” and also released its accompanying music video. The video finds the California rapper bored as hell on day 69 of self-isolation and in need of some self-encouragement, and what better way to lift your spirits than to look …
Read More »Oprah Winfrey Trying To Make Her Own Bed Is Hilarious
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Read More »Nekesa Mumbi Moody named editorial director at ‘The Hollywood Reporter’
Nekesa Mumbi Moody is pictured in an undated photo. (Credit: Nekesa Mumbi Moody/ Valence Media) The Hollywood Reporter has named Nekesa Mumbi Moody as its new Editorial Director, a history-making move that makes the veteran journalist the first Black woman to take on the top editorial role at the prolific …
Read More »About Damn Time! Venture Capitalist Arlan Hamilton’s New Book is Filled with Crisis-Busting Advice
Arlan Hamilton, the Silicon Valley-based maverick and founder of Backstage Capital, couldn’t have known when she cut her deal with Penguin Random House that her first book would be released in the midst of a pandemic. It’s available next week, on Cinco de Mayo, unlike the many other books slated …
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