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Under a large white tent on a warm Sunday in early autumn, a group of residents in Montgomery County, Maryland, gathered at Welsh Park in the town of Rockville. A crescendo of gospel hymns hung above the crowd before falling gently over us like a warm bedsheet. A small group …
Read More »Former Miami Dolphins Head Coach Brian Flores Sues NFL For Discrimination
0 (Image: Twitter) Former Miami Dolphins head coach, Brian Flores, who was recently let go by the team has filed a lawsuit against the National Football League alleging discrimination. According to NFL.com, Flores, who is Black has sued the NFL and three teams, the Miami Dolphins, the Denver Broncos and …
Read More »India Arie to Pull Music and Podcast Off Spotify in Protest of Joe Rogan's Rhetoric
India.Arie attends the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on January 26, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.Photo: Frazer Harrison for The Recording Academy (Getty Images) Grammy-award winning songstress India Arie is the latest celeb to join Neil Young and Joni Mitchell in protest of Spotify’s relationship with Joe Rogan. …
Read More »Black Women Entrepreneurs Qualify for $10,000 Grant to Grow Business
Sage and The BOSS Network are partnering to offer 15, $10,000 grants to Black women entrepreneurs to grow their businesses. The Sage Invest in Progress grant will award the funding to help support Black women during their first five years of business, per a news release. The drive aims to help erase …
Read More »Cheat Sheet: Voter Suppression Explained
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Read More »Body of Missing Houston Man Found One Month Later in Dallas
The body of 25-year-old Taylour Young was found inside the trunk of his car over one month after he was reported missing. On Monday, Houston police confirmed that Young’s body was located at an impound lot in Dallas on Jan. 19, Click 2 Houston reported. His body was in an …
Read More »Brian Flores Sues the NFL Over Its Alleged Racism
Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores during the second half of an NFL football game against the New England Patriots, Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022, in Miami Gardens, Fla. Fired Miami Dolphins Coach Brian Flores sued the NFL and three of its teams Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022 saying racist hiring practices …
Read More »This Is Your Brain on Heartbreak
We all know that when love is good, it’s really good. Research shows that romantic attachments, when they’re healthy and supportive, can be immensely beneficial for our health. Married people tend to live longer than single people and seem to fare better when seriously sick. But as poets and pop …
Read More »Valerie Wilson Named President of National Economic Association
Today, labor economist Valerie Wilson took the helm of the National Economic Association (NEA), which was founded in 1969 to increase the representation of Black economists and other people of color within the profession. She takes on a one-year term as president of the NEA, which also produces and distributes knowledge of economic issues to promote …
Read More »Here's Why W. Kamau Bell Is 'Very Worried' About the Public's Response to We Need to Talk About Cosby Docuseries
W. Kamau Bell, left; Promo image of We Need to Talk About Cosby docuseries.Photo: Rich Fury/ Courtesy of Showtime (Getty Images) Sometimes the hardest conversations to have also prove to be the most necessary ones to engage in. Such appears to be the case with W. Kamau Bell’s newly released …
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