Featuring a broad cross-section of women who have distinguished themselves across a rich variety of careers, our Portraits of Power series is a celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Black Enterprise, and of black women. It’s a place for today’s businesswomen to share their own favorite images and their own …
Read More »Screenshot: Pyer Moss (YouTube) One of the hottest invites of Spring-Summer Fashion Week 2020 was Pyer Moss’ runway tribute to rock pioneer Sister Rosetta Tharpe last September in Brooklyn. Staged at the legendary King’s Theatre in designer Kerby Jean-Raymond’s native neighborhood of Flatbush, the presentation was a celebration of blackness …
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The meekness of Republicans in Congress during the Trump administration has gone a long way to allowing the demise of meaningful oversight of the executive branch. Since Democrats took over control of the House of Representatives in 2019, they have attempted to investigate the Trump administration on multiple fronts. The …
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Gilbert Arenas told his Instagram followers on Sunday (May 17) that he won $300,000 in the lottery and shared his winnings with a homeless man who extended a kind gesture to him. The former NBA player said on May 12 he jumped in his car to play his lottery numbers …
Read More »Rep. Ben CarpenterPhoto: Ben Carpenter official Facebook page Of all the strange hills people choose to die on, the “coronavirus protections are like Nazi Germany” hill has to be among the most absurd. One Alaska lawmaker sent an email to dozens of his colleagues expressing that ridiculous comparison and then …
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When new candidates enter the presidential race, they do so by announcing an “exploratory committee.” That’s pretty much always one of those weird fictions of politics: They’re not exploring anything; they’ve already decided to run. But Justin Amash has always been different. Amash, the Republican turned independent congressman from Michigan, …
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Nearly four months after his untimely death, Vanessa Bryant is continuing to share details about her loving relationship with late husband Kobe Bryant. On Saturday (May 16), Vanessa posted a picture of her late husband’s book, Epoca the Tree of Ecrof: Island of the Gods, to Instagram. Her caption reads, …
Read More »A person receives a protective mask from a member of the New York City police department on May 13, 2020 in the Brooklyn borough in New York City.Photo: Stephanie Keith (Getty Images) Surely there is a reasonable medium between brutalizing black people for not properly adhering to COVID-19 related measures …
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Alexis Skyy says she has learned how to ignore hateful comments from people who have unkind things to say about her 2-year-old daughter Alaiya. Alaiya was born three months premature with hydrocephalus, which is the buildup of fluid in the cavities deep within the brain, according to the Mayo Clinic. …
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