The Board of Dubai Tourism and AfroZons are inviting over 1,500 people from 10 countries around the world to Dubai this March for a one-of-a-kind travel experience celebrating AfroBeats. The experience, dubbed The AfroZons Dubai Soundoff, provides travelers with discount packages for a six-night stay in one of the most …
Read More »The Preserving Black Churches Project Provides $20 Million To Rebuild Historical Churches
Parishioners worship during Sunday Mass at St. Augustine Catholic Church on August 15, 2021, in New Orleans, Louisiana.Photo: Mario Tama (Getty Images) Across the nation, Black churches have shut their doors because of the challenges brought upon from the COVID-19 pandemic. Will these churches reopen? Probably not without help. A …
Read More »29-Year-Old’s Business Makes $140,000 in Under a Year Supporting Black NFT Artists
The space for NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, is harvesting cash for entrepreneur and art collector Iris Nevins. Centered on backing and empowering artists, Nevins is co-founder, CEO, and NFT producer at Umba Daima. Started last February, the studio advocates and informs people about the so-called Web3. The business generates funds …
Read More »Martin Luther King Jr.’s Family Told the Senate to Pass the Voting Rights Legislation right now.
Yolanda Renee King (C), Arndrea Waters King (R) and Martin Luther King III lead the annual D.C. Peace Walk: Change Happens with Good Hope and a Dream across the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge for Dr. Martin Luther King Day on January 17, 2022 in Washington, DC.Photo: Brian Stukes (Getty Images) …
Read More »Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen: U.S. Economy Has ‘Never Worked Fairly For Black Americans’
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen acknowledged the U.S. economy “has never worked fairly for Black Americans or, really, for any American of color” in an MLK Day speech. Yellen made the comment at Rev. Al Sharpton‘s National Action Network breakfast in Washington on what would’ve been Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s …
Read More »Bye-bye Batshit: DirecTV Gives Craziest of Cray-Cray Networks OANN the Boot
“Real America with Dan Ball” is among the ‘news’ programs DirecTV subscribers won’t be getting anymore after it drops the the wingnut OANN network.Screenshot: Author Sometimes batshit crazy is just batshit crazy. There’s no saving batshit crazy from itself, so all that remains is to distance yourself from the crazy …
Read More »Martha Stewart Must Know Something We Don't
Sign up for Kaitlyn and Lizzie’s newsletter here. Kaitlyn: A few months ago, my friend Stephanie found a copy of Martha Stewart’s 1982 book, Entertaining, on a stoop in Brooklyn and gave it to me at my birthday breakfast. This book is amazing. In it, Martha teaches how to plan …
Read More »Garcelle Beauvais Launches Jewelry Line as She Prepares Book Release
You may have seen her several years ago on the Jamie Foxx Show, NYPD Blue, and more recently on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and The Real. She has built a successful career as an actress, an entrepreneur with her own production company, and thrives as a philanthropist. Now …
Read More »How the Police Arrest a Black Man on a White Man’s Warrant
Photo: Kittirat Roekburi / EyeEm (Getty Images) The Urban Daily reported Henderson police pulled over 23-year-old Shane Lee Brown on a weapons charge associated with a felon who was initially charged in 1994. This previous felon, who also shared the name Shane Brown, was not only convicted three years before …
Read More »Yes, Your Skills as a Firstline Worker Are Transferable to Other Careers
Firstline workers—the backbone of the U.S. economy representing more than 26 million people across industries including retail, hospitality, restaurant, etc.— might feel they don’t have relevant work experiences or skills to make the leap into other professional industries. The reality is, if you are in one of these roles then …
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