In a scene like this, the series captures the relationship dynamics as illustrated in the novel and furthers them: Lexie already perceives herself to be more powerful than Pearl, because of her age and social standing at school, but how would their races play into that? If “color-blindness”—a popular ideology …
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Last July, Mike Hill proposed to Cynthia Bailey with a dazzling $85K engagement ring during the grand opening of her new business, The Bailey Wine Cellar. And while the moment was magical for everyone in attendance, it could’ve been potentially more surprising. Looking back at the moments surrounding the engagement …
Read More »Venture Exec Lisa Coca: Outperforming the Competition Is the Price of Admission for Women of Color
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 »U.S. Government Signs $450 Million COVID-19 Vaccine Contract With Johnson & Johnson
(iStock/narvikk) The Trump administration has made another move in the race to combat and stop the viral outbreak of COVID-19, also known as the coronavirus, around the globe. The Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) recently signed a deal for a $456 …
Read More »Under the Trump Administration, Anti-LGBTQ Hate Groups Have Steadily Risen
Photo: Spencer Platt (Getty Images) The last four years have shown the Trump administration to be little more than an engine of hate. Just about every action taken by the administration has been an attack on some of our most vulnerable populations, be it immigrants, people of color or just …
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The Nutrition Facts panel focuses our attention on calories, fat, sugar, and salt. It lists total carbohydrates, but does not distinguish between the fast and the slow carb varieties. Yet the processed starch of fast carbs represents a staggering percentage of the calories we consume. Think of hamburger rolls, pizza …
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It’s been four years since Rihanna dropped her last album (2016’s ANTI), and her fans have all but given up hope that she’ll bless us with new music anytime soon. After months of trolling anyone who dared ask her for a timeline, Rih finally gave some concrete answers about the …
Read More »Stephon Marbury Working to Deliver 10 Million Masks from China to New York City Health Workers
Photo: Lintao Zhang (Getty Images) The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has been met with a mixed response from government officials on both the state and federal level. This has resulted in aid coming from unlikely places. According to CBS News, former NBA player Stephon Marbury is working on getting 10 million …
Read More »Exclusive: Kushner Firm Built the Coronavirus Website Trump Promised
More important, she said, any Kushner involvement may have violated the “impartiality rule,” which requires federal employees to refrain from making decisions when they even appear to involve a conflict of interest. The rule also prohibits federal employees from making a decision in which close relatives may have a financial …
Read More »Stephon Marbury COVID-19 Donation Is Jaw-Dropping
As New York reels from the coronavirus, one of its native sons is stepping up to help his hometown. Former NBA star Stephon Marbury, who also played in China, told the New York Post that he worked out a deal with a Chinese supplier to send 10 million N95 masks …
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