Former President Barack Obama has joined NBA Africa as a minority owner and strategic partner. “The NBA has always been a great ambassador for the United States—using the game to create deeper connections around the world, and in Africa, basketball has the power to promote opportunity, wellness, equality, and empowerment …
Read More »Screenshot: YouTube/Reuters On Tuesday, the United States government auctioned off a rare Wu-Tang album to an unknown buyer for an undisclosed amount. According to a press release from the United States Attorney’s Office Eastern District of New York, the sole copy of Once Upon a Time in Shaolin that had …
Read More »This article was published online on July 28, 2021. What if I told you that the first modern feminist was a man, lived in the 17th century, and was a priest? I’m guessing you’d be especially skeptical about the priest part, so I’ll add that when this father of feminism …
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The sole copy of an exclusive Wu-Tang Clan album, once owned by former pharmaceutical CEO Martin Shkreli, has officially been sold. According to The Hill, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on July 20 that Once Upon A Time In Shaolin has a new owner. However, the price and the …
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By Elaine Lies and Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber TOKYO (Reuters) -In the end, Simone Biles decided to pull out of the Tokyo 2020 team gymnastics finals on Tuesday because things just did not feel right after her vault, saying mental health is more important than sports. Biles, who wrote on her Instagram …
Read More »Regé-Jean Page in a screengrab as he speaks at the 52nd NAACP Image Awards Virtual Press Conference on March 27, 2021 in Various Cities.Photo: Getty Images for NAACP Image Awards (Getty Images) Is this a safe space? I need to confess something to you all. Regé-Jean Page could quite literally …
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If the Democratic Party is not upholding a racist double standard with its inaction, it is at least acquiescing to one. David Goldman / AP About the author: Adam Serwer is a staff writer at The Atlantic, where he covers politics. Democratic leaders have a plan for overcoming the Republican …
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South Carolina State and Clark Atlanta University have both announced that they are canceling student account balances during the COVID-19 pandemic. On Thursday (July 22), South Carolina State stated that “settling past due account balances allows students facing financial challenges to continue their education “ According to a press release, …
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Angela Yee is best known as a co-host on the globally syndicated radio show “The Breakfast Club” alongside Charlamagne Tha God and DJ Envy. However, outside of being a 20-year radio veteran and media maven, Yee is a serial entrepreneur who’s taking the coffee industry by storm. In addition to …
Read More »Screenshot: Courtesy of Angela J D Strozier (Facebook) The barbaric constraints of the Jim Crow era in the South are writ large upon American history. We are well aware of how Black citizens were relegated to the backs of buses, not permitted to eat in restaurants or use general restroom …
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