Two teenage girls have been sentenced to juvenile detention for their roles in a violent carjacking that led to the death of an Uber Eats driver in Washington D.C. According to the New York Daily News, the girls, aged 14 and 15, attempted to carjack 66-year-old Mohammad Anwar, a resident of Virginia, …
Read More »Class Action Lawsuit Filed After Hundreds of Black and Brown People Lost Homes, Can Move Forward
A federal court ruled three Brooklyn homeowners of color can move forward with a class action lawsuit to recover their wealth lost through New York’s Third Party Transfer (TPT) program. The homeowners all lost their residences from alleged illegal seizures taken in “in rem” foreclosure proceedings under the TPT program. …
Read More »Ohio Private School Refuses to Let Students Re-Enroll After Mothers Denounced School in Anti-CRT Campaign
Photo: Fox News Conservatives are still pretending they actually know anything about white people’s latest propaganda target Critical Race Theory, and now it has cost students to lose their spot at a private school in Gahanna, Ohio, after two mothers violated its enrollment agreement by going on some right-winger podcast …
Read More »It’s Hard to Make Friends When You Move to a New Town
Each installment of “The Friendship Files” features a conversation between The Atlantic’s Julie Beck and two or more friends, exploring the history and significance of their relationship. This week she talks to two women who struck up a friendship last summer and started walking miles together every day. They discuss …
Read More »BET Airs ‘State of Our Union: Vice President Kamala Harris’
Friday, July 9 at 8/7c, the most powerful woman in the country is sitting down with journalist Soledad O’Brien for State of Our Union: Vice President Kamala Harris. The half-hour primetime special was taped at the White House and focuses on issues impacting the Black community. The Vice President discusses vaccine hesitancy, economic recovery …
Read More »CDC Emphasizes In Person Learning For Upcoming 2021-22 School Year
Reuters – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday updated its guidance to help reopen U.S. schools in the fall, including recommending masking indoors for everyone who is not fully vaccinated and three feet of distance within classrooms. The CDC said school administrators may opt to …
Read More »White Fragility Strikes Back: West Virginia School Pauses 'Black Math Genius' Program Because White People Felt It Was 'Critical Race Theory'
Somewhere in West Virginia, a white person is getting triggered by this picture. Photo: Rido (Shutterstock) The word “Black” is now synonymous with “Critical Race Theory,” for white people across the nation. A West Virginia school has paused a program called “Black Math Genius” because white parents felt it somehow …
Read More »The Books Briefing: The Best Books to Get Lost in This Summer
Memoirs and novels that satisfy the urge for high drama: Your weekly guide to the best in books By The Atlantic Culture Desk Clay Hickson Whether you’re in the mood to read outdoors or curl up on a couch this summer, The Atlantic’s writers and editors have reading recommendations to …
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Read More »Black, Teen CEO Lands Surprise $200,000 Investment From Marcus Lemonis and Gayle King
An ambitious 14-year-old CEO from Columbia, S.C. named Gabby Goodwin always dreamed big, but little did she know a bigger blessing for her business GaBBY Bows was on the way from two special benefactors who believed in her. Gabby was invited to share her entrepreneurial journey as a guest on a …
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