SoLa Impact, a top Black-led housing developer based in Los Angeles, has announced a $50 million investment from the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS), with Belay Investment into its Black Impact Fund. The $50 million investment in the Black Impact Fund represents part of its second close, which included …
Read More »LeBron James Museum To Open in Akron
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 27: LeBron James #6 of the Los Angeles Lakers reacts during a game against the New Orleans Pelicans in the second half at Crypto.com Arena on February 27, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.Photo: Michael Owens (Getty Images) If you’re Chicago or Boston, you have presidential …
Read More »Robert Pattinson’s Batman Is Wonderfully Grim
The best onscreen Batmen have always understood the value of a good frown. Over the many cinematic iterations of the comic-book hero, one thing has remained consistent in his portrayal: His menacing cowl leaves the bottom half of his face exposed. The actors who did the most with the role …
Read More »Coyotes Launch Coaching Program for Diverse Hockey Coaches
The Arizona Coyotes announced today that the club has launched a coaching internship program that will provide young diverse hockey coaches with an opportunity to learn and develop by working directly with Coyotes Head Coach André Tourigny and his coaching staff during Development Camp. Duante’ Abercrombie and Nathaniel Brooks will …
Read More »5 Subscription Book Boxes That Bring Black Literature to Your Door
Photo: eurobanks (Shutterstock) It’s no secret that the publishing industry hasn’t always been welcoming to people of color. The number of books published by and for black people has been historically low. But it’s not for a lack of talented writers. The publishing industry just isn’t that diverse. According to …
Read More »The Show That Made Single Motherhood Into Art
Over five seasons of television, Pamela Adlon’s FX series, Better Things, has been a tribute to keeping on when you can’t anymore, and to all the people—many of them women—who carry their families because no one else will. The show is about, Adlon told me in her gravelly drawl over …
Read More »Central Park Five’s Raymond Santana Files for Divorce from ‘Flavor of Love 2’ Winner Deelishis — and It’s Getting Messy
She then changed the caption of the post to say:“Today I appear to be by myself, but I’m not ALONE 🙏🏼❤️‼️#InGodsTiming #JustLONDON“ Although they will no longer be a couple, and it seems like it could be messy, they recently filed an arrangement with the court to settle most of …
Read More »Red Sox Minor League Player Released After a Series of Racist, Homophobic and anti-Semitic Tweets
Photo: Joel Auerbach (Getty Images) Brett Netzer, a minor league player for the Boston Red Sox has been released from the team after a flood of racist, homophobic, anti-Semitic and other offensive tweets. The 25-year-old minor leaguer who has not played a game in three years requested his release over …
Read More »Financial Expert Explains The IRS New Updates and How They Affect Small Business Owners
It was recently announced that as of Jan. 1, mobile payment apps like Venmo, PayPal, and CashApp are required to report commercial transactions of $600 or more to the Internal Revenue Service, NBC News reports. The change to the tax code was signed into law as part of the American …
Read More »Bow Wow Reveals Plans to Drop Final Album on Death Row Records
Bow Wow attends the 2015 American Music Awards Pre Party with Coca-Cola on November 20, 2015 in Los Angeles, California.Photo: Todd Williamson for CSE (Getty Images) It looks like Boward Woward Bow Wow, born Shad Moss, wants that old thing back—and by “old thing,” I mean his old label. I’ll …
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