On Tuesday, Oct. 22, the House Financial Services Committee, chaired by Maxine Waters (D-CA), will hold a hearing on “The Decline of Minority Depository Institutions and the Impact on Underserved Communities.” The hearing follows a number of failed legal and regulatory initiatives designed to preserve the number of black banks. …
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Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Nicki Minaj Marries Kenneth Petty Onika Maraj is now Onika Petty. Nicki Minaj confirmed to fans that she’s a married woman in an Instagram post. The rapper, 36, apparently recently wed Kenneth Petty, 41, and she proudly showed off matching “Mr. and Mrs.” mugs and …
Read More »<em>The Atlantic</em> Politics Daily: Who Supports Impeachment?
3. Closed-door hearings / transparency. “…House investigators have broken through the administration’s stonewalling of Congress and heard dozens of hours of testimony from key witnesses,” Russell Berman and Elaine Godfrey report. “The public, however, has seen virtually none of it—and that dynamic could ultimately threaten the Democrats’ bid to get …
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See How Yusef Williams Became Rihanna’s Hairstylist For A Decade For the past 10 years, Yusef has been dictating all of the beauty trends we emulate via his most famous client, none other than Rihanna. He started out his career as a performer, but he ended up behind the scenes. …
Read More »How One of the Nation’s Largest Black Asset Managers Uses His Vast Wealth To Remake Baltimore
Eddie C. Brown, an electrical engineer, ace stock picker, and renowned investment manager who built Brown Capital Management L.L.C. (No. 2 on the BE ASSET MANAGERS list with $9.7 billion in assets under management), loves Baltimore, his adopted hometown, and has used his success to support its children, schools, the …
Read More »Possibly Post-Future’d Lori Harvey Arrested For Beverly Hills Hit & Run
Source: Prince Williams / ATLPics.Net Lori Harvey Arrested For Hit & Run Now, this is a mess. After possibly linking up with rapper Future (AGAIN), Lori Harvey ended up (briefly) in handcuffs. The socialite daughter of Marjorie and Steve Harvey was arrested Sunday, October 20 for a hit and run …
Read More »Nothing Will Persuade White Evangelicals to Support Impeachment
A significant portion of Trump’s Republican supporters are open about their belief in his infallibility: 42 percent of Republicans said there is virtually nothing the president could do to lose their approval. Among Republicans who cited Fox News as their primary news source, this number was even higher, at 55 …
Read More »Davido And Fiancée Chioma Rowland Welcome A Baby Boy
Congratulations are in order for Nigerian singer and record producer David Adedeji Adeleke (popularly known as Davido), who recently announced the birth of a healthy baby boy with fiancée Chioma Rowland. The proud father shared a touching photo on his Instagram holding his bundle of joy in his arms while …
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There’s no denying it — AirPods are the most coveted wireless earphones right now. Everyone you know either owns a pair or desperately wants to snag one. You can’t blame them, really. The AirPods produce great sound and allow for tons of flexibility. But then again, they’re not the most …
Read More »A Man Moves Into a Lighthouse. Strangeness Ensues.
Read: ‘The Witch’ mines the terror of the unknown The movie has just two speaking characters: Set in the 1890s, it follows Winslow, a “wickie,” or lighthouse keeper, who begins a duty shift under the supervision of the salty sea dog Thomas Wake (Willem Dafoe). Sporting a bushy beard, a …
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