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Owners of Lambda Vodka, Lambda Lounge and Club Lambda BrooklynScreenshot: Courtesy of Charles Hughes and Richard Solomon New York is getting another Black-owned LGBTQ+ bar in late April. Owners and couple Charles Hughes and Richard Solomon are opening Club Lambda Brooklyn in April 28th. The lounge is an expansion of …
Read More »How Diverse Democracies Can Protect Their Citizens
Sometime in late 2017 or early 2018, Saif Ali Khan, a 22-year-old fruit vendor who made his living in the markets of Bikaner, in northwest India, met a young woman who lived in a nearby neighborhood. They fell in love and resolved to get married. Then the family of the …
Read More »Daymond John Details How His Mom Became FUBU’s First Investor
It’s no secret how FUBU clothing founder Daymond John turned the brand from underground to mainstream, but what may be a bit less known is how much his mother helped. John took advantage of a recent appearance on the Club Shay Shay podcast with NFL Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe …
Read More »40,000 Student Loans Could Be Immediately Canceled
Photo: Damir Khabirov (Shutterstock) The Biden Administration said on Thursday that it will make changes to how it administers some federal student loan repayments, a move that it says means at least 40,000 borrowers will have their debt canceled and millions more will be eligible to have their debts relieved …
Read More »Sex for Art’s Sake
“One is tired of living in the country, one moves to the city; one is tired of one’s native land, one goes abroad; one is europamüde, one goes to America, and so on.” In Either/Or (1843), the Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard calls this ceaseless quest for novelty the defining feature …
Read More »Edith Cooper Joins Away’s Board As Brand Capitalizes On Post-COVID Travel Boom
The travel lifestyle brand Away has added Edith Cooper to its board of directors. Away is a brand looking to transform travel through products and content that inspire people to get away and travel more. The company launched in 2016 with its luggage designed for travel and now offers an …
Read More »Andre Leon Talley Learned Truth About His Ancestors Before His Death
Photo: Taylor Hill (Getty Images) For African Americans, the legacy of slavery can make it difficult to trace family history. The 1870 Census was the first to include African Americans by name, a fact that can leave gaping holes in a Black person’s past. But fashion-icon Andre Leon Talley got …
Read More »How to Make Change, Slowly
Saul Alinsky, the community organizer best known for his 1971 book, Rules for Radicals, had a useful metaphor for explaining why some social movements tend to burn bright and then burn out before making the change they seek. A successful revolution, he insisted, must follow the three-act structure of a …
Read More »23-Year-Old Woman Survives Road Rage Incident After Being Run Over Three Times, Driver Arrested
A New Jersey woman is recovering after suffering life-threatening injuries after being hit and then run over several times in a road rage incident that took place last week. The horrifying act was caught on video. According to Daily Mail, last week, on Tuesday, April 12, 23-year-old Morgan Scott was …
Read More »The Evolution of Rihanna
Photo: Kevin Mazur (Getty Images) In 2017, the singer decided to throw her energy into a new industry with a line of cosmetics, called Fenty Beauty. RiRi says she’s always loved using makeup as a form of self-expression, and wanted to create an inclusive line of products that would appeal …
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