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Prominent Leaders and the Black Community Pay Tribute to Earl G. Graves Sr.
On Monday, Earl G. Graves Sr., founder and publisher of BLACK ENTERPRISE, died at the age of 85. Yet, his legacy lives on as the company celebrates 50 years of uplifting the community and telling black stories about wealth and equity. His legacy is one that also lives throughout the …
Read More »Trump Doesn’t Care If You Die Standing in Line to Vote as Long as You’re Voting for Him
Photo: Doug Mills-Pool (Getty Images) President Trump is not a smart man. He is a man of simple things. He demands loyalty. He demands that people see him how he sees himself. He demands that people lie for him. He demands that he win at all costs. So when Trump …
Read More »<em>The Atlantic Daily</em>: Parenting During a Pandemic
2. Don’t lie to them or promise an outcome. “That might calm them in the short term,” Delbanco says, “but in the long run, it’s important that they trust you to be honest with them.” 3. It’s fine to fact-check misconceptions about the virus. And to shield kids from the …
Read More »Cardi B And Fashion Nova Are Giving Away $1 Million Dollars
Cardi B has been very vocal about her concerns regarding the coronavirus outbreak. She was one of the first celebrities on social media warning her fans to stay home and practice social distancing. Well, Cardi has taken her endeavors a step further. The Grammy award-winning rapper has teamed up with …
Read More »50 Cent’s ‘Black Mafia Family’ Series Heading To Starz
(Image: Facebook) Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson is flexing the power he has at the Starz network. The rapper-turned-television producer has gotten his series Black Mafia Family on the cable network. As 50 Cent gears up to present his upcoming sequels to his very successful Power television series, the mercurial businessman has gotten his …
Read More »Master P Is Supporting The Elderly in New Orleans Amid COVID-19 Outbreak
Percy “Master P” Miller at Black Enterprise (Photo: Bryon Summers) The rapid outbreak of COVID-19, or the novel coronavirus, has become a public health crisis that has devastated the world. The elderly and people with pre-existing ailments and respiratory problems are among the most vulnerable for contracting the virus. Rapper …
Read More »Lil Nas X Initially Planned to Take the Secret of His Sexuality to the Grave
Photo: FREDERIC J. BROWN (Getty Images) It’s been a little more than a year since Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” rode into our hearts, making the newcomer an overnight sensation, and later, a Grammy winner and history-maker. The song spent the longest consecutive number of weeks atop the Billboard …
Read More »Books for This Moment
The past weeks have of course meant economic devastation for small and local businesses of all sorts, as discussed here in an item about Erie. The pressures on local book stores and publishers, and local newspapers and other news organizations, deserve special attention (as the writers’ group PEN has argued …
Read More »Kanye, Tyler Perry, More To Host Joel Osteen Easter Special
Like other events, Easter Sunday is effectively cancelled this year — at least, the parts of it that involve being within six feet of others. But megachurch pastor Joel Osteen has found a way to make sure the show goes on. The founder of Houston’s Lakewood Church will bring his …
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