One of Donald Trump’s appointees to be a part of the White House council to reopen the country believes conservatives who are protesting Democratic governors to “reopen America” despite the obvious Covid-19 risks are like Rosa Parks. GOP strategist Stephen Moore made the comment this weekend in a Washington Post …
Read More »How to Negotiate Fearlessly—Even In Tough Times
In her first book, negotiation guru Mori Taheripour offers readers more than a decade of expertise honed as both a faculty member at the Wharton School of Business and adviser to organizations such as the NFL and Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program. Even in the midst of economic crisis, …
Read More »Kierra Sheard: 'Gay Community' Should Forgive Kim Burrell
Three years ago, gospel star Kim Burrell received backlash after going on a homophobic rant at the Love & Liberty Fellowship Church in Houston, Texas, during which she referred to LGBTQ people as “the perverted homosexual spirit.” The comments caused Burrell to be dropped from a scheduled performance with Pharrell on The …
Read More »'I Call These People the Modern-Day Rosa Parks': Conservative Shelter-In-Place Protesters Really Think They're Civil Rights Activists
Photo: Protesters rally at the state capitol in Lansing, Mich., on Wednesday. Photo by Paul Sancya (AP Images) Remember when Black Lives Matter protests were the scourge of the nation? How about when Colin Kaepernick started the trend of kneeling during the national anthem and conservative white America considered it …
Read More »Kandi Burruss And Todd Tucker Are Going To Counseling
Kandi Burruss and Todd Tucker are going strong as a couple, but may have hit a rough patch when it comes to parenting. The Real Housewives of Atlanta couple decided to sit down with a marriage counselor during the April 12 episode of the show to discuss how much time …
Read More »The Books Briefing: What Personal Letters Reveal About Human Struggles
✍️ Letters from T. S. Eliot to Emily Hale The haunting last letters of Sylvia Plath “It’s the letters home, the letters to her mother, that ring most pitifully with the strained note of heartiness that all melancholiacs will recognize: the daily effort of a depressed person to get over …
Read More »LOVE LETTER: Celebs Share What They Miss In Quarantine
Quarantine got you talking to yourself? You’re probably not alone. In fact, BET is giving celebrities the opportunity to express their feelings toward the things they miss most while social distancing. In our original video series LOVE LETTER, celebrities are given the chance to read a funny “love letter” aloud …
Read More »Unemployed by COVID-19: Key Strategies To Jump-Start Your Career
Unemployed by COVID-19. That is the consequence being faced today by more Americans than ever in the nation’s history, with unemployment claims filed to date reaching more than 22 million and counting. If you are in that number, you need to act now to jump-start your career and quickly gain …
Read More »Diddy Launches New Platform Called “Black News”
(Image: Wikimedia) In light of the global COVID-19 pandemic, which is disproportionately affecting the African American community, Sean “Diddy” Combs announced that he is launching a new platform called “Black News” that promises to report news and issues impacting the black people. He added that the series will also focus …
Read More »Rapsody's EVE Has Inspired Courses at Two Universities
Photo: Dave Kotinsky (Getty Images) Rapsody’s EVE is considered by some people to be the best hip-hop album of 2019 bar none (it’s me…I’m “some people”) and now, it has inspired courses at two universities. Doctoral student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tyler Bunzey announced via …
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