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ACE Petroleum just obtained a $27 million contract with Detroit to supply fuel services for the city’s police cars, fire trucks, buses, emergency medical vehicles, and other transportation units for this year through 2025. Launched just over two years ago, the black-owned Detroit-based company swears the deal that began on …

Photo: Bruce Smith (Associated Press) South Carolina Democrat Jaime Harrison is running to oust Senator/human Muppet Lindsey Graham from the seat he’s held for three terms. Recent fundraising numbers are showing he just might have a shot. The Hill reports that Harrison raised over $3.5 million over the last three …

Since the U.S. pulled out of the deal (known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) in 2018, despite certifying that Iran was in compliance with its terms, the United States’ European allies, China, and Russia have sought to keep the agreement on life support. Trump today called on them …

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She is among the most photographed, most athletic, most stunningly talented and graceful, gifted, and resilient artists in the world today and Misty Copeland is going to be among the amazing speakers who will grace the stage at the 2020 Women of Power Summit. The ballerina, known for her pioneering …

Just a few cheaters holding a Russian spy helmet.Photo: Chip Somodevilla (Getty Images) If the whiteballing of former quarterback Colin Kaepernick isn’t enough to boycott the NFL how about Beyoncé’s husband crossing the picket lines to bring us a halftime show starring Jennifer Lopez and Shakira? The NFL is so …

But the wealth premium has collapsed precipitously over the past 50 years. White graduates born in the ’30s were worth 247 percent more than their non-college-educated peers; white people born in the ’80s were worth just 42 percent more. Among black families, the wealth premium sat at more than 500 …

Youth homelessness is an issue all over the country and specifically affects Black and queer communities. A new study goes deep into the numbers, and reveals they are more disproportionate than ever before.    Dr. Coco Auerswald of UC Berkeley, who studies youth homelessness, details how Black youth are affected. Auerswald …

Photo: Raphaelle Picard (Getty Images) I’m an Arizona native. While I rather like it here, I am always befuddled by the people we elect to power. None more so than Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ). CNN reports that on Monday, Gosar tweeted out a picture of President Obama shaking hands with …

jordan strauss / invision / ap The Trial of the Chicago 7 (September 25) Aaron Sorkin’s newest film dramatizes the arrest of the “Chicago Seven,” who were charged with conspiracy and incitement to riot after protesting the Vietnam War at the 1968 Democratic convention. Sorkin will surely mine that historical …