President Trump’s reaction to the second coronavirus relief package has thrown a wrench into Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell‘s plan to keep the relief package under $1 trillion. The president received the second coronavirus stimulus package, which was tied to a government spending bill, on Dec. 22. Trump attacked the bill …

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Screenshot: ESPN Paul Pierce is a lot of things; a lover of revisionist history, a board-certified hater of all things LeBron James, a thespian who requires a wheelchair to use the bathroom, but for the bulk of his 19 seasons in the NBA, he was also one of the greatest …

Steph and Ayesha Curry are bringing their love of literacy to Oakland this holiday season.  Their foundation, Eat. Learn. Play will donate thousands of books to schools throughout the California city, People reports. The donation boxes will include six books each, each with five children’s books and one adult book …

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Around 11 a.m. on a Friday in October, Poulsen got the call he’d been expecting for months. Mink in Medford were sick, and it looked a lot like COVID-19. Medford, a city of just more than 4,000 people in north-central Wisconsin, used to call itself the mink capital of the …

Partnering with Cash App, Kardashian West encouraged her followers to send her their $cashtag’s alongside the #KKWHoliday hashtag. In less than 24 hours, more than 200,000 responses poured in from first-time mothers, students needing help with paying for their tuition, and more.  Earlier this year, Kardashian West announced on her …

Another documentary about Whitney Houston is preparing for release, and this one will focus on the parallel lives and tragic deaths of the singer and her only child, daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown. Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn’t We Almost Have It All premieres on Saturday, February 6 at 8 …

From the coronavirus pandemic to the spiraling economy, managing one’s mental health has been at the forefront of conversations, especially during a year that has been filled with so many triggering incidents. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System Mortality, suicide rates among those aged …

Multiple reports show Black-owned small businesses have been hit harder by COVID-19 than firms owned by other races. Whether it stems from having less access to capital or operating in areas not as affluent as say their White peers, Black firms face a much more rugged road than a large …