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As U.S. companies are facing growing pressure to diversify their boards, an upcoming webinar will offer insights on how Black Americans can become corporate board members and earn pay for it. The virtual event, How to Become Corporate Board Ready, will take place at 8 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Oct. 27. …
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Photo: Spencer Platt (Getty Images) White supremacists are America’s greatest terror threat. The Department of Homeland Security has said as much, and the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division has also admitted it. But this year, the FBI is late in fulfilling its legal obligation to release a report detailing the extent of …
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On a normal day, the White House is one of the safest buildings in the world. Secret Service snipers stand guard on the roof, their aim tested monthly to ensure their accuracy up to 1,000 feet. Their heavily armed colleagues patrol the ground below and staff security checkpoints. Belgian Malinois …
Read More »Cardi B Goes Ballistic During Offset Arrest
Cardi B confronted the officers who detained her husband, Migos rapper Offset, who was questioned Saturday (October 24) about allegedly brandishing a gun at Trump supporters holding a rally in Beverly Hills. “That’s my husband! Why are you pointing a gun at him?” the rapper yelled while restrained by a …
Read More »This Black Midwife Is Set To Open a Birthing Center In California Amid COVID-19
COVID-19 Health and Wellness 0 (Image: iStock/kali9) According to the CDC, Black mothers are two to three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications in comparison to white mothers. To stop these deaths from occurring, many expecting mothers have opted to go with a midwife for the delivery rather …
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US Vice President Mike Pence greets supporters after his “Make America Great Again!” campaign event at Oakland County International Airport in Waterford, Michigan, on October 22, 2020. Photo: Jeff Kowalsky/AFP (Getty Images) About five members of Vice President Mike Pence’s inner team now have coronavirus, a troubling outbreak that nonetheless …
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Happy Birthday, Ciara! The singer, mother of three, and businesswoman, who turned 35 on Sunday (Oct. 25), received a heartfelt birthday wish in an Instagram post from her husband Russell Wilson. “My Queen,’’ the Seattle Seahawk quarterback writes. “You are everything a man, husband, lover, friend, dad, a family, and …
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Biden and his team have stayed engaged, as Trump’s campaign has continued to visit and otherwise actively campaign in the state. Biden has visited several times, and may be back. In the past week alone, the Biden campaign has sent Jill Biden; Kamala Harris’s husband, Doug Emhoff; Pete Buttigieg; and …
Read More »Mike Tyson Slams Boosie Badazz Over Zaya Wade Comments
In an interview, former heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson pressed rapper Boosie BadAzz on Monday (October 24) to explain why he slammed Dwayne Wade’s 12-year-old daughter Zaya who came out as transgender. “Why do you say things about people who might be a homosexual? Why do you say that about …
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