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Photo illustrations by Arsh Raziuddin This article was published online on December 8, 2020. The original “God Committee” had seven members: a surgeon, a minister, a banker, a labor leader, a housewife, a government worker, and a lawyer. They convened in the summer of 1961 in Seattle because a professor …

LeBron James’ love for fancy vehicles follows close after basketball and family. The NBA all-star is frequently spotted in expensive whips, but his latest is worth the GDP of a small country. A car enthusiast named Alex recently spotted the Los Angeles Lakers superstar in a mask, driving his black …

Venture Noire, a non-profit organization committed to assisting Black and minority entrepreneurs, hopes to raise $5 million to support more of those firms. Keenan Beasley, the founder of Bentonville, Arkansas-based Venture Noire, told BLACK ENTERPRISE via email the non-profit is seeking to raise the money in its second fundraising cycle to …

Photo: chaoss (Shutterstock) Y’all. Listen. The 2024 Summer Olympics are about to be the greatest sporting event in history by virtue of the fact that breaking—competitive breakdancing—is officially an olympic sport. According to CBS News, the sport is set to be among the final list of sports to be announced …

No region stands out in severity the way the Northeast did in the spring. As Whet Moser explained in his latest: From the beginning of November through yesterday, there were more than 100 COVID-19 deaths per 1 million people in the Northeast, the South, and the Midwest (which, at …

Vanessa Bryant celebrated the life of daughter Bianka, who turned 4 on Saturday (Dec. 5). The mother-of-four shared a heartfelt tribute on behalf of the entire Bryant family, including her late husband Kobe Byant and daughter Gianna, both of whom were killed along with seven others in January in a …

A white Oklahoma man was arrested last week for the murder of a 27-year-old Black woman. According to KIRO7, 30-year-old Shane Dale Perosi of Enid, Oklahoma, has been arrested and charged with the murder after he confessed to the crime and stated that he did it “to teach her a …

Photo: Al Drago (Getty Images) As we get closer to the rollout of a number of vaccines developed to protect against COVID-19, the next political and cultural battle around how to best respond to the disease is also shaping up. Republicans have invited a doctor who is a vaccine skeptic …

Entrepreneur and reality show star Sierra Gates announced on Instagram that she’s engaged to BK Brasco. According to Madamenoire, Brasco proposed to Gates with a magnificent diamond engagement ring. Gates showed it off in a video, with a huge smile to match the size of the diamond. The couple are …

One South African accomplished a milestone that made him go down in his history. Motheo Koitsiwe became the first African man to receive a Ph.D. in African indigenous astronomy from North-West University (NWU). He also holds a B.A. in social sciences, and master’s in indigenous knowledge systems. Koitsiwe says he …