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Photo: Elsa (Getty Images) The beauty of retirement is that it not only affords you the opportunity to reflect on your accomplishments, but the arduous journey along the way. After 19 years of professional baseball, C.C. Sabathia, one of the most beloved players of this generation, has released a memoir …
Read More »Journalist Ayesha Faines Unexpectedly Dies
Ayesha Faines, an acclaimed journalist, writer, speaker and founder of Women Love Power, has unexpectedly passed away. WJXT 4, where Faines was formerly an anchor, reports she died on Friday (July 2). Her cause of death has not been made public as of Tuesday, nor has her age. Faines worked …
Read More »Celebrity Brands and Cultural Appropriation: How to Avoid It
Michael B. Jordan sparked controversy with the launch of his new rum brand, J’ouvert. Many accused the actor and his business partners of cultural appropriation — the unacknowledged or inappropriate adoption of the customs, cultural practices, and ideas of a group by members of another group. J’ouvert, a West Indian …
Read More »Big Money Moves: Delaware State University Becomes First HBCU to Acquire Another School on Its Own
Screenshot: Delaware State University (Other) We takin’ over, y’all. By we, I mean Delaware State University, as they are the first HBCU in history to acquire a predominately white school. According to WHYY, DSU announced last year that it intended to acquire Wesley College and it officially completed its takeover …
Read More »Sha’Carri Richardson’s Last Hope For Olympics Dashed
Sha’Carri Richardson’s Olympic dreams have officially been dashed. After she was suspended from the 100 meter run over a positive marijuana test, there was a sliver of hope that the American track star could’ve run as part of the 4×100 meter relay team for the United States. Now, the decision …
Read More »Former Cop Eric Adams Wins NYC Democratic Mayoral Primary In Loaded Field
Former NYPD police officer Eric Adams has won the New York City Mayoral Primary Tuesday according to the Associated Press Adams held a slim lead of one percentage point over Kathryn Garcia Tuesday afternoon according to new count of votes which included tens of thousands of absentee ballots. Maya Wiley …
Read More »Officer Who Fatally Shot Tamir Rice Denied Reinstatement After Ohio Supreme Court Denies Appeal
Photo: Angelo Merendino (Getty Images) While it’s nothing close to justice, the firing of the violent thug cop who fatally shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice will stand after the Ohio Supreme Court denied his appeal. Insider reports that the court declined to hear former Cleveland Police officer Timothy Loehmann’s appeal regarding …
Read More »A Beetle’s Genitals Just Complicated a Classic Evolutionary Story
The story of seed-beetle sex has often been told in a very particular way, with the male in the evolutionary driver’s seat, his hapless mate taken along for a grudging ride. A quick glance at the insect’s penis makes it easy to see why: The appendage is tipped with hundreds …
Read More »Dozens Show Up To White Man’s Home After Racist Tirade
UPDATE: Edward Cagney Mathews, the white man who was recorded on video harassing, yelling racist epithates and spitting on his Black neighbors in New Jersey, has reportedly been arrested. CBS Philadelphia reports that Mathews was led out by police Monday evening (July 5) after hundreds gathered at his residence on …
Read More »Russell Wilson Woos Wife Ciara On a Romantic, Anniversary Surprise Getaway to Venice
Love looks good on couples who genuinely seem to embrace the sweetness of life and partnership. Singer Ciara Wilson knows what the princess treatment feels like thanks to her athletic husband, Russell Wilson who whisked her away to Italy for a surprise anniversary celebration. The power couple celebrated their fifth …
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