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On Saturday, March 7, Alvin & Friends — New Rochelle, NY’s favorite black-owned gathering place — hosted a lavish Great Gatsby themed 50th birthday party for a client who pulled out all the stops. The birthday girl took over the entire restaurant, filling the relaxed, elegant 2,000 square-foot space with …

Photo: Vivien Killilea (Getty Images for PUMA) With all of us trapped in the house, Swizz Beatz and Timbaland’s Instagram series, Verzuz, has become a full-fledged, whole-ass pop culture phenomenon with millions of viewers and billions of impressions to its credit. Yet for all of the love that it’s rained …

Who holds these kinds of jobs matters too: Low-wage jobs are more likely to be held by women, people of color, and immigrants, all of whom have less political capital than their paler male peers. “Economic power is saying, if I’ve got wealth, ‘Hell no, I’m not coming into work …

Oprah Winfrey sold out her nationwide wellness tour earlier this year but is now determined to bring that same energy and wisdom to fans when they need it most. On Tuesday (May 12), the megastar media mogul announced the launch of Oprah’s Your Life in Focus: A Vision Forward – …

Share0 (iStock.com/kali9) In his latest podcast, retired Harvard Business Professor Steve Rogers encourages black business owners to apply for funds through the SBA’s Paycheck Protection Program, designed by the federal government to make forgivable loans available to small companies impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic to keep workers on payrolls. Retired …

Photo: Frederick M. Brown (Getty Images) Music icon Stevie Wonder turns 70 years old today. The singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist’s career kicked off at the tender age of 11, when he was signed to Motown’s Tamla Records. He had his first No. 1 hit at the age of 13, and …

On the evening of February 1, 2012, more than 1,000 people crowded into an auditorium at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The event was a showdown between two scholars over an explosive question in biblical studies: Is the original text of the New Testament lost, or do …

Camille Thurman is a triple-threat jazz musician known for mastering her craft as a saxophonist, composer and vocalist. The Queens, New York, native made a name for herself after placing as a finalist in the Sarah Vaughan International Vocal Competition in 2013. The following year, she released her debut album, …

Share1 Dr. Anthony Fauci will warn the Senate that Americans will experience “needless suffering and death” if the country opens up too quickly. According to The New York Times, Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, will be one of four top government doctors scheduled to testify remotely at a …

Screenshot: Fox 8 (YouTube) Egregious police corruption and a racist justice system caused three black men to be sent to prison in Cleveland, Ohio, for nearly four decades for a crime they did not commit. Now, the city is paying those men $18 million to settle a lawsuit accusing police …