Oluwatoyin “Toyin” Salau, a prominent Black Lives Matter activist in Tallahassee, Florida, has been found dead after a suspected homicide, Tallahassee Police Department has confirmed. She was 19 years old. WCTV reports that Salau went missing a week ago, and was reportedly the victim of a double murder. A suspect, …
Read More »JPMorgan Chase Commits To Economic Mobility For Young Black and Latinx Boys
Share0 (iStock.com) The ongoing national protests triggered by the death of George Floyd has sparked new dialogues about race in America. For black business owners, it’s even harder to open and run a business due to economic and racial disparities within the system that make it difficult to access the …
Read More »Queen Latifah Supports the Removal of Gone With the Wind From HBO Max
Photo: Nicholas Hunt (Getty Images) The new streaming service HBO Max is under fire for the temporary removal of the 1939 romantic drama, Gone With The Wind. Many believe its removal from the service will erase the film’s legacy in more ways than one; the plot’s setting in the antebellum …
Read More »The Pandemic Broke End-of-Life Care
Seeing anyone who is critically ill with a breathing tube, lots of monitors and beeping, it’s not easy. When we facilitate Zoom calls with family, I say, “Listen, it may be alarming to see that your loved one has tubes and tape and monitors on their head.” They may have …
Read More »Man Found Dead And Hanging From A Tree In Houston
A man has reportedly been found dead and hanging from a tree Monday morning (June 15) in a vacant lot in Houston’s Shady Acres neighborhood. According to Houston Police Spokesperson Jodi Silva, the death is “believed to be a suicide,” however the official cause of death is pending until an …
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Read More »John Legend And Alicia Keys Will Face Off In #Verzuz Battle
As each Verzuz battle seems to break the record of the one before it, the series co-creator Swizz Beatz likely knew there was only one way to top himself: get his wife involved. Swizz and his partner Timbaland announced on Saturday (June 13) that the next Verzuz battle would be …
Read More »Family of Man Found Hanged in California Requests Independent Autopsy; 2nd Man Hanged 50 Miles Away
People light up candles as they gather during a vigil, around a makeshift memorial at the tree where Robert Fuller was found dead outside Palmdale City Hall on June 13, 2020, to demand a full investigation into the death of Robert Fuller. Photo: Apu Gomes (AFP via Getty Images ) …
Read More »<em>The Atlantic Daily</em>: Fleeing Big Cities Is a Gamble
Associated Press 1. The Supreme Court ruled that a 1964 civil-rights law protects gay and transgender employees from workplace discrimination. Today’s ruling hinged on the Court’s interpretation of a three-letter word in the Civil Rights Act of 1964—sex. As Todd S. Purdum recounted last year, the word’s inclusion in that …
Read More »Beyoncé Pens Letter Urging Action In Breonna Taylor Case
Beyoncé sent an open letter on Sunday (June 14) to Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron that calls on the prosecutor to charge the Louisville cops involved in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor. “Three months have passed – and zero arrests have been made, and no officers have been fired,” …
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