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Gabriela Pesqueira When the coronavirus pandemic struck last year, people throughout the developed world raced to buy toilet paper, bottled water, yeast for baking bread, and other basic necessities. Americans also stocked up on guns. They bought more than 23 million firearms in 2020, up 65 percent from 2019. First-time …
Read More »Zendaya Throws Herself A Lavish 25th Birthday Party
Actress Zendaya, 24, threw a lavish party for her birthday coming up tomorrow. The star of projects like Malcolm and Marie, Euphoria, Spiderman, Space Jam, to name a few. According to Daily Mail, The party was held at a 30,000-square-feet mansion, Lake 2 Estate in Beverly Hills, with enough room …
Read More »Founders First CDC Launches $100,000 Job Creators Quest Grant Program
Founders First CDC, a national non-profit organization, has announced its new Job Creators Quest Grant to support BIPOC business owners throughout Texas. The grant will award $100,000 to support minority and underrepresented business owners throughout the state of Texas. Founders First will award 30 grants to diverse-led companies in north, …
Read More »The Funk Boutique: Lindsay Peoples Wagner Is (Re)Making The Cut by Recognizing Fashion's Racism
Model Veronica Webb walks the runway during Nicole Miller New York Fashion Week: The Shows at Gallery II I at Spring Studios on September 08, 2019 in New York City.Photo: Bennett Raglin (Getty Images) Speaking of The Cut, the outlet also recently reflected on how diversity has evolved on the …
Read More »A Fairy Tale That Hollywood Didn’t Need to Modernize
Perhaps a girlboss Cinderella was inevitable. Kerry Brown / Amazon Studios What would a modern Cinderella look like? The classic fairy tale has been told so many times on film, always following the same basic arc: A charming girl, who is forced into servitude by her mean stepmother and wishes …
Read More »R. Kelly’s Assistant Testifies About His Behavior At Trial
A former assistant to R. Kelly provided shocking testimony on Tuesday (August 31), claiming that the R&B singer had strict rules for women in his orbit and consequences if they did not follow them. According to the New York Times, during the ninth of Kelly’s New York federal trial, the …
Read More »Texas’ Near-Total Abortion Ban Takes Place After Supreme Court Deadline Passes
Reuters -Texas on Wednesday enacted the strictest anti-abortion law in the country after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to act on a request by abortion-rights groups to block the law banning the procedure after six weeks of pregnancy. It was a victory for conservatives, who have long sought to eliminate …
Read More »Remember When Dennis Rodman Skipped Out on the NBA Finals to Party in Las Vegas? Well, Now It's a Movie
Photo: Rich Fury (Getty Images) The 1998 NBA Finals are memorable for a multitude of reasons. Fans of the Utah Jazz and Chicago Bulls will remind you that neither team has reached the finals since, and this “last dance” marked the end of the Bulls’ championship dynasty. There’s also the …
Read More »Long-Haulers Are Fighting for Their Future
While watching the scientific community grapple with long COVID, I have thought a lot about a scene in The Lord of the Rings. Faced with impending doom, the hobbits Merry and Pippin ask the powerful treelike ents for help. But despite the urgency of the situation, the ents are slow. …
Read More »Gabrielle Union, Dwyane Wade Celebrate 7 Years Of Marriage
August 30 marks seven years since Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade. Union is celebrating their marriage on social media. Union, 48, posted footage of their wedding with the caption, “Ain’t No Stoppin Us Now. 7 years and a lifetime to go. My best friend, the coolest homie, mentor and inspiration, …
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