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The Dow Jones Industrial Average went above 30,000 points for the first time and the S&P also achieved a news record due to optimism for a coronavirus vaccine and gains on U.S. home prices. According to Fox News, the market was also boosted by President-elect Joe Biden’s announcement that former …

Ferris State University Professor Thomas BrennanScreenshot: ABC 13 A Michigan college professor has been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation into tweets that appear to show that, despite being a science professor, he hates science and has a bit of contempt for Jewish people. One thing he loves, though, …

This note is to kick off a resumed set of chronicles in the “Our Towns” series, after  time away for a long Atlantic project on the origins of this era’s public-health and economic disaster. The results of that project are here: “Three Weeks That Changed Everything.” If you’re wondering, the …

Hamza “Travis” Nagdy, 21, a protest leader known for his optimism and energy in Louisville’s push for racial justice in the wake of the police shooting death of Breonna Taylor, was reportedly shot and killed early Monday (November 23) in Louisville, according to the Louisville Courier Journal.  Few details about …

Black business owners will get a hefty $20 million venture capital funding commitment courtesy of Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures. The venture capital arm of Milwaukee-based life insurance and financial services giant Northwestern Mutual will invest the money in startup companies founded by Black entrepreneurs. Plans also call for the launch …

Photo: Maven Beauty To say we’re ready to be done with 2020 would be an understatement—this year has been a ride on this crazy, careening planet called Earth. With the world seemingly on fire, it’s no wonder some of us have turned our attention to more celestial pursuits, whether losing ourselves …

—  Ellen Cushing, special-projects editor Or make the whole feast anyway. Hear me out: Thanksgiving is so well loved because of the food, so what’s the point if you’re not going to have the turkey and the gravy and the mashed potatoes and the sweet potatoes and the green beans and …

On November 6, legendary weatherman Al Roker revealed he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer. However, after surgery only two weeks ago, he has returned to TODAY. This morning (November 23), the 66-year-old said, “I feel good, I really do.” He added a joke, “Usually you’re dead when you get …

0 Image via JPMorgan Chase JPMorgan Chase is adding new faces to their team and adding some diversity to their senior leadership this week. The finance corporation announced the appointment of Reggie Chambers as their new Head of Investor Relations. He will be taking over the role from Jason Scott …

Georgia State Capitol Photo: Rob Wilson (Shutterstock) Man, Black folks have really kept their foot on history’s neck, and I love to see it. In the latest bit of history making, both of the Democratic caucuses in Georgia’s state legislative chambers will have Black leadership for the first time. According …