Oprah Winfrey at the 81st Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 7, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California.Photo: John Salangsang/Golden Globes 2024/Golden Globes (Getty Images) They say age ain’t nothing but a number, but for these Black celebs over 60, age is just one drop in …
Read More »The credit score system is a scam, but there are ways to play the game and win
Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. I was on “TheGrio with Marc Lamont Hill” last week, and one of the topics we discussed was a new service called Score, which bills itself as “the dating …
Read More »How America Stopped Trusting the Experts
This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. In 2017, my Daily colleague Tom Nichols wrote a book titled The Death of …
Read More »Probe finds Antoinette Bonnie Candia-Bailey, top Black college leader, was not bullied before her suicide
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The president of a historically Black Missouri university has been reinstated after an independent investigation cleared him of claims that he bullied another top administrator before she killed herself this year, university leaders announced Thursday. Lincoln University curators called Antoinette Bonnie Candia-Bailey’s January death tragic in an open …
Read More »U.S. Unemployment Benefit Applications Declining, Signaling Robust Job Market
by Rafael Pena March 22, 2024 The latest data from the Labor Department revealed a decline in the number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits last week. ABC News reports that the latest data from the Labor Department shows a decline in the number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits …
Read More »Study: 79% Of Black Americans Polled Had Regrets About Relocating Last Year; Here’s How To Cut Your Moving Costs
by Jeffrey McKinney March 10, 2024 Last year, Black Americans typically spent approximately $1,500 on moving to a new residence. Seventy-nine percent of Black Americans in a recent study said they had regrets about moving to a new home last year. Some of the top regrets reported by respondents included …
Read More »Detroit Teacher Claims She Was Fired For Rapping As A Side Hustle
by Jeroslyn JoVonn March 22, 2024 A former Detroit teacher is preparing for a legal battle against the school she believes fired her for being a rapper. A former Detroit teacher is preparing for a legal battle against the school she believes fired her for being a rapper. Domonique Brown …
Read More »What to know about the SAVE plan, the income-driven plan to repay student loans
NEW YORK (AP) — More than 75 million student loan borrowers have enrolled in the U.S. government’s newest repayment plan since it launched in August. President Joe Biden recently announced that he was canceling federal student loans for nearly 153,000 borrowers enrolled in the plan, known as the SAVE plan. Forgiveness was …
Read More »NBA Dads— and the Sons Following in Their Footsteps
Photo: Wojciech Figurski // Michael Hickey (Getty Images) Some may not remember DaJuan Wagner, but when he was coming out of high school, he was a sensation. As the best player in his class, he attended the University of Memphis for one year and went on to play in the …
Read More »Discrimination in health care may also include patient portal responses, study suggests
Black Americans have long struggled to obtain equitable and efficient access to health care, and a new study published in JAMA Network Open indicates that the issue extends to patient portals. According to CBS News, researchers analyzed patient portal message responses from over 39,000 patients at Boston Medical Center in …
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