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Photo: Chip Somodevilla (Getty Images) Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-N.J.) announced on Monday that she has tested positive for coronavirus following the riot on the Capitol last week. According to Politico, Coleman was among those sent to an undisclosed location last week while insurrectionists stormed the Capitol. She was kept …

NBA Youngboy and Iyanna “Yaya” Mayweather announced the good news about the birth of their baby boy Saturday (January 9) on social media, according to an Instagram post shared by The Shade Room.  Yaya, 20, is the daughter of boxing champ Floyd Mayweather. The baby is the 21-year-old rapper’s seventh …

People of color likely will benefit from a pledge by Amazon to commit over $2 billion on affordable housing in three hub communities where the online tech giant has a large workforce. Amazon announced plans to create and preserve over 20,000 affordable homes in Washington State’s Puget Sound region; Arlington, …

Image: Shutterstock (Shutterstock) Contrary to popular belief, I’ve never had the privilege of having a racing horse named after me. But if that were to ever occur, I would imagine it’d be something along the lines of “Moody as Fuck” or “Why Are You Like This?” That being said, Ken …

Brough Brothers Distillery in Louisville, Ky. made history in 2020 as the first Black-owned whiskey distillery in the state. On New Year’s Eve, the three brothers, Victor, Christian, and Bryson Yarbrough produced their first 5-gallon barrels, according to Whisky Advocate. “We’re literally distilling right now. These past few weeks we’ve …

The impact of COVID-19, health care costs, and consumer spending are top challenges U.S. business owners—including Black entrepreneurs—face heading into 2021, a new Bank of America survey shows. The Bank of America 2020 Small Business Owner Report included more than 300 interviews of Black business owners. It revealed that as …

Photo: Shutterstock The cops who traumatized a group of Black children by handcuffing them and holding them face down on the ground at gunpoint in Aurora, Colorado this summer—based on incompetent police work—will not face any consequences for their actions. Chief Deputy District Attorney Clinton McKinzie in Colorado said on …

The U.S. Capitol Police named Assistant Chief Yogananda Pittman as acting chief, NBC News Washington reported. This comes in the aftermath of U.S. Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund announcing his resignation on Thursday (Jan. 7) following President Donald Trump supporters’ attack on the Capitol. Pittman, who joined the department in …

Clemson University’s decision to discontinue men’s track and field has caused many black athletes to speak out. Russell Dinkins, an activist and former Princeton runner, recently filed a civil rights complaint against Clemson. He shared the impact that “cutting track and field teams have on Black students.” “The goal is …

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