A screengrab of FeedFeed’s homepage on Jan. 12, 2022. The site is the subject of a discrimination lawsuit from two women of color who are former employees.Screenshot: TheRoot A Black woman and a woman of South Asian descent are suing one of the Internet’s most popular foodie websites, alleging the …
Read More »Chick-fil-A Gives $5 Million To Nonprofits To Empower Black Communities
Chick-fil-A is giving $5 million to 34 nonprofits across the United States to help Black Americans be game-changers in their communities. Grants from the 2022 Chick-fil-A True Inspiration Awards program will go to organizations that are Black-led or serve communities of color, the Atlanta-based company said in a statement. “Despite …
Read More »Cardi B's Defamation Suit against Atlanta YouTuber Begins
Photo: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin (Getty Images) All celebrities have internet trolls but there’s always one to take it a little too far. Latasha Kebe, known as unWinewithTashaK on YouTube is being accused of creating a “malicious campaign” against rapper Cardi B according to Insider. Kebe had uploaded a few videos claiming Cardi …
Read More »‘Say It Ain’t So’: Lisa Bonet and Jason Momoa Call It Quits After 16 Years Together
So far 2022 is proving to be a pain just 12 days in. This time the handsome couple otherwise known as actress Lisa Bonet and the 6-foot-4 Game of Thrones actor Jason Momoa are reportedly calling it quits after five years of marriage and 16 years together, PEOPLE reports. The two announced …
Read More »Senate Passes Bill to Posthumously Award Congressional Gold Medal to Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley
Photo: AP Photo (AP) Looks like the Senate is doing something right. The U.S. Senate passed a bill that will posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to Emmett Till, a Black teenager from Chicago who was murdered by white men in August 1955, and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, who wanted …
Read More »A Guide to 2022’s Most Promising TV
Here we go again: Award shows are being postponed, film festivals are canceling in-person events, and movie studios are reconsidering their release plans—at least for any films without web-slinging superheroes involved. But even as the coronavirus continues to threaten the entertainment industry, television is thriving. Many of the projects delayed …
Read More »Kanye West May Meet With Russian President Vladimir Putin
Kanye West is on the move. He is reportedly making plans to visit Moscow where he will meet with Russia President Vladimir Putin and bring his Sunday Service traveling gospel experience there later this year. The confidant and strategic advisor for the artist also known as Ye, Ameer Sudan, told Billboard that …
Read More »Nonprofit That Brings Awareness to the Violence That Black Women and Girls Face Plans to March in DC This September
Screenshot: WJLA Black Femicide US is a non-profit organization that was created in 2015 to track and bring awareness to the violence and murders against Black women and girls in the United States, according to their Instagram and Twitter pages. The founder is Rosalind Paige, a nurse and mother from …
Read More »<em>The Atlantic</em> Daily: You Should Still Try to Avoid COVID Right Now
Subscribe to get this newsletter delivered to your inbox. The Atlantic Omicron is everywhere, and people are tired. Nearly two years into this pandemic, the seemingly more transmissible and milder coronavirus variant is tempting some to throw in the towel on avoiding infection. Should you just accept that you’re going …
Read More »A Better Weigh Inc. Launches Franchise Opportunity with Sights on National Expansion
If you’ve never heard of A Better Weigh Inc., you will soon. This Chicago-based weight loss center recently announced plans for national franchise expansion. Founded by Chanay Walton, LPN, after her own struggles with postpartum weight loss and through her work as a nurse, Walton realized the importance of diet, …
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