Each installment of “The Friendship Files” features a conversation between The Atlantic’s Julie Beck and two or more friends, exploring the history and significance of their relationship. This week she talks with a woman and her husband’s ex-wife, who are close friends. They call each other “wife-in-law” and happily share …
Read More »Two Of Three Nominees President Biden Selects For Federal Reserve’s Board Of Governors Are Black
In a history-making move, President Joe Biden on Friday announced the nominations of three people for the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors. His selection includes a Black woman, who if selected would be the Fed’s first Black woman board member. Two of the nominees – Lisa Cook and Phillip Jefferson — are African Americans. …
Read More »Study: Black Mortgage Applicants are Denied 84% More Often than White Applicants
Photo: fizkes (Shutterstock) Mortgage denial rate for Black applicants is 84 percent higher than for white applicants, according to data from Zillow in 2020, the most year the data was available. This is an increase from 2019 when the denial rate was 74 percent higher. Are we surprised? No, but …
Read More »Tiffany Haddish Arrested for DUI in Georgia After Police Found Her Asleep at the Wheel
‘);var c=function(){cf.showAsyncAd(opts)};if(typeof window.cf !== ‘undefined’)c();else{cf_async=!0;var r=document.createElement(“script”),s=document.getElementsByTagName(“script”)[0];r.async=!0;r.src=”http://srv.clickfuse.com/showads/showad.js”;r.readyState?r.onreadystatechange=function(){if(“loaded”==r.readyState||”complete”==r.readyState)r.onreadystatechange=null,c()}:r.onload=c;s.parentNode.insertBefore(r,s)}; })(); Tiffany Haddish was arrested early Friday morning (Jan. 14) and is reportedly facing a DUI charge in Georgia after police found her asleep behind the wheel of a vehicle. Details below (via TMZ): Law enforcement tells us Tiffany was arrested by Peachtree City …
Read More »The TV Show for the Age of Conspiracism
This article contains spoilers through the ninth episode of Yellowjackets Season 1. The Ouija board brands itself as a “mystifying oracle,” an ornately silk-screened conduit to the past and the future. I know it mostly from childhood sleepovers. Huddled around the board, aware of the low probability that an object …
Read More »WATCH: “The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder” Trailer
‘);var c=function(){cf.showAsyncAd(opts)};if(typeof window.cf !== ‘undefined’)c();else{cf_async=!0;var r=document.createElement(“script”),s=document.getElementsByTagName(“script”)[0];r.async=!0;r.src=”http://srv.clickfuse.com/showads/showad.js”;r.readyState?r.onreadystatechange=function(){if(“loaded”==r.readyState||”complete”==r.readyState)r.onreadystatechange=null,c()}:r.onload=c;s.parentNode.insertBefore(r,s)}; })(); The … Proud … Family … what?! The official first full-length trailer for The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder has arrived! The trailer for The Proud Family reboot sees our favorite animated family with a fresh new look, but up to …
Read More »‘Here She Is’: Natalia Salmon Named 2022 Miss Earth USA
On Saturday, Miss Pennsylvania Earth, Natalia Salmon, was crowned Miss Earth USA. The 22-year-old University of Maryland grad succeeded Miss Earth USA 2021, Marisa Paige Butler, for the title. Words… words cannot explain how blessed I feel,” Salmon captioned an Instagram post. “Thank you so much to everyone who has …
Read More »Will It Ever Happen? Two Senators Halt A Voting Rights Bill
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on January 11, 2022, in Washington, DC. Schumer and the Senate Democrats spoke about their party’s push to pass election reform and voting rights legislation. Photo: Drew Angerer (Getty Images) On the latest episode of… …
Read More »When Meals Nourish a Plot
The meals in Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House series sounded, at times, sumptuous despite their plainness. In Farmer Boy—Laura’s fictionalized account of the childhood of her husband, Almanzo Wilder—one such dinner included “a plate of quivering head cheese, glass dishes of jams and jellies and preserves, and a tall pitcher …
Read More »Death of Justin King, A Black Missouri Resident Killed By White Neighbor, Deemed Jusifiable
The death of Justin King, a Black man fatally shot in a Missouri trailer park by a white neighbor, has been ruled a justifiable homicide. King, 28, was shot on Nov. 3 in the small town of Bourbon, about 85 miles southwest of Ferguson. Local law enforcement said King was …
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