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Black banking executives are fighting a demand by progressive Democrats that President-elect Joe Biden’s administration exclude anyone with corporate ties. The heads of the National Bankers Association, the National Association of Securities Professionals, the Association of African American Financial Advisors, and several other groups have signed a letter arguing that dismissing finance-industry …
Read More »Gucci Mane Verzuz Jeezy Was So 'Icy' and We Were So Stressed
Gucci Mane Verzuz Jeezy (2020)Screenshot: Tonja Stidhum/Instagram We survived Gucci Mane Verzuz Jeezy, y’all. In fact, it looks like there were no actual casualties…other than our peace of mind. Sure, things turned out fine in the end, but the super tense lead-up? Yeah, I’m still recovering… But first, let’s backtrack …
Read More »<em>The Atlantic Daily</em>: The Final Pandemic Surge
Some experts believe the government should have done more to develop such kits, Olga Khazan reports in her latest. “If somebody was bombing us, killing even a fraction of the number of people who have died at the hands of this virus, we would not be sitting idly by and …
Read More »Kyle Rittenhouse Says He Bought Gun With Stimulus Money
Kyle Rittenhouse is claiming that he used his coronavirus stimulus check to purchase the weapon he used to kill two Black Lives Matter protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The accused double-murderer, in a phone interview with the Washington Post that was posted on Thursday, the 17-year-old also said he acted in …
Read More »Representative Cedric Richmond Joins the Biden Administration As A Senior Advisor
Representative Cedric Richmond will be joining President-elect Joe Biden as a senior adviser according to The New York Times. In this position, Senior Advisor to the President and Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, he is poised to become one of the highest-ranking Black officials in the …
Read More »Hit Hard by the COVID-19 Recession, Black and Latinx Survivors More Likely to Return to Abusers, Study Finds
Photo: Marcelo F. Junior (Shutterstock) Throughout the year, the twin crises of the coronavirus pandemic and the recession it spurred have disproportionately hurt Black and Latinx communities across the country. A new study from the nonprofit Me Too has found that survivors of sexual violence in these communities have been …
Read More »The Tragedy of a Ruined Telescope
One of the most powerful telescopes in the world is on the brink of collapse. Arecibo, a giant radio observatory nestled in the lush mountains of Puerto Rico, did some of the dreamiest work in astronomy. But it was forced to stop operations this year after suffering unprecedented damage, and …
Read More »Black Woman Who Shot Police Officer Who Didn’t Identify Himself Feels 911 Call Proves Her Innocence
Back in September, a Black woman in Florida was charged with attempted murder due for shooting a member of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office SWAT team who she mistook for an intruder. Diamonds Ford has stated, through her attorney, that the 911 phone call she made proves that she was acting …
Read More »Meg Thee Stallion's Fashion Nova Debut Is a 'Wild Western Moto Speed Chase'—With Some Wild Ass Patterns
Photo: Fashion Nova Classy, bougie, ratchet (yeah). Sassy, moody, nasty. Megan Thee Stallion is a lot of things—as is her debut collection for Fashion Nova, which debuted on Wednesday. Ahead of the release, Meg boasted that the line would have “better representation” than most, specifically pointing out the size-inclusivity of …
Read More »The Final Pandemic Surge Is Crashing Over America
More older Americans, and residents of nursing homes, are also getting sick. This week, nursing homes and similar facilities reported 29,606 new virus cases among residents and staff, the largest increase in six months. This surge is especially foreboding because the virus is deadliest in these places; about 40 percent …
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