As companies diversify their executive leadership in light of the recent Black Lives Matter protests, many have looked to partner with notable public figures to help shape their company’s futures. Last week, fashion brand, Ralph Lauren, announced the appointment of former Obama administration senior advisor, Valerie Jarrett, to the board …
Read More »Police Pepper Spray Men, Women, and Children Marching To the Polls in North Carolina
Screenshot: Twitter: @carlibrosseau When Trump said Make America Great Again, many of us wondered about the specifics of the great past he was seeking to bring the country back to. Was it when the law designated people with melanin as second-class citizens? Was it when the state would brutally subdue …
Read More »America’s Future Might Be Lebanon
No one summarized the essence of Beirut better than the late celebrity food writer and chef Anthony Bourdain. The Mediterranean city he fell in love with was one, he said, “where nothing made any damn sense at all—in the best possible way.” He recommended that everyone visit, to “see how …
Read More »Floyd Mayweather Confirms Yaya Is Pregnant
Floyd Mayweather is reportedly going to add a grandchild to his family. During an interview with Hollywood Unlocked, the boxer confirmed his daughter Iyanna “Yaya” Mayweather is pregnant, and NBA YoungBoy is the father. “I just want the best for my daughter. Always want the best,” Mayweather said when asked …
Read More »Author Celebrates Black Family Life in Book Series
0 According to organizations like We Need Diverse Books, there are more children’s books featuringanimals and other non-human characters than all types of visible minorities combined. These staggeringstatistics mean more than 70 % of all the children’s books feature white children or animals. Allyson Ward Neal experienced the reality of …
Read More »Tabria Majors Could Earn Her Own Stans With This Epic Remake of Beyoncé's Best Music Videos She Did for Halloween
Screenshot: @tabriamajors (Instagram I am admittedly a Beyoncé stan, and so hold the artist in very high esteem and consider her talents in singing, dancing, internet-breaking, and general Lemonade-ing to be unmatched. But Tabria Majors, a model based in LA, came scarily close to matching the performer’s fierceness in the …
Read More »How to Tell If the Election Will Get Violent
Or armed people might attempt to take over election administration centers or recount centers to try to move the needle in their favor. In 2000, Republican operatives descended on an office at the Miami-Dade supervisor of elections, where canvassers were recounting ballots, in what became known as the “Brooks Brothers …
Read More »Arizona County Charges Police Protesters With Gang Crimes
Arizona’s Maricopa County Attorney’s Office has reportedly charged protesters against police violence with street gang crimes. More than a dozen defendants, who are already facing additional charges related to an October 17 protest and others from earlier this year, according to ABC 15. Phoenix Police have been accused of targeting …
Read More »Entrepreneur Opens Houston’s 1st Black-Owned Drive-In Movie Theater
0 image: BlackBusiness.com Space City Shows, the first and only Black-owned drive-in movie theater in Houston, Texas, is open for business. 26-year old Khairi Sharif says he launched the venue to provide entertainment in the midst of the pandemic for people who love going to the cinemas just like him. …
Read More »If You Still Weren't Sure That Racism Is Pervasive Among Cops: Meet The Louisiana State Police
Photo: Sean Gardner (Getty Images) Though this year (this horrid, horrid year) has been punctuated with ever-multiplying police killings of Black people, you may be one of the depressing faction of Americans who are steadfastly-dedicated to denying that systemic racism is a problem with law enforcement in this country—or in …
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