Against the backdrop of coronavirus uncertainty, the banal normalcy of this reality finally hit me over the weekend: I live this way by default now. I ordered wallpaper online, so I can redecorate my home without even leaving it. A week earlier, Best Buy had already delivered my new television, …
Read More »Mike Bloomberg Wants to Know the Science Behind Marijuana
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Read More »Black-Owned Coffee Company Donates Proceeds to Social Issues
Rod Johnson and Pernell Cezar, founders of BLK & Bold instagram: @blkandbold Rod Johnson and Pernell Cezar are the founders of BLK & Bold, a black-owned coffee company that they created from their headquarters in Des Moines, Iowa, a year and a half ago, according to cuisinenoir.com. As daily coffee …
Read More »Black Entrepreneurs Are Migrating To The South For More Opportunities
Image: Instagram With the legacy of Jim Crow laws and violent racism toward African American communities, many black families moved up North through the Great Migration for more economic opportunity. These days, there is a new migration happening with black entrepreneurs looking to take their ideas and businesses down South. …
Read More »Director X, Known for Highlighting Dark-Skinned Beauty In His Music Videos, Debuts Short Film Celebrating the 'Diversity' of Black Love
Director X at ‘Black Love Is’ Launch with Tinder on February 25, 2020 in Hollywood, Calif.Photo: Erik Umphery (Tinder) In the late 1990s and throughout the 2000s, Director X’s stamp was all over your favorite music videos. Whether he made you whine with Sean Paul’s catalog or emote with Usher, …
Read More »Why It’s So Hard to Stop Touching Your Face
Oh, right, yes—I’m supposed to avoid touching my face, a task that I and pretty much everyone else have been failing at specularly. It’s hard to change habits, and that is exactly what public health advice for coronavirus has asked us to do. By definition, habits are things “we don’t …
Read More »The Cast of 'Twenties' Plays 20 Questions
In Lena Waithe’s new series, Twenties, Nia (Gabrielle Graham), Hattie (Jonica “Jojo” Gibbs) and Marie (Christina Elmore) are three friends living in Los Angeles trying to find the answers to life’s burning questions. Loosely based on the life of actor, producer and writer Waithe, Twenties is lead by Haddie, an …
Read More »Black Woman Is the Leader of the No. 1 After-School Program in Texas
Facebook.com/targetevolution Today, 40% of teenagers are completely unprepared for college and the real world while 72% of teenagers want to start their own business. The one obstacle in their way, however, is a lack of knowledge about how to open a business. That is why Crystal Victoria launched an initiative …
Read More »Princeton Students Big Mad After Marshawn Lynch Announced as Class Speaker
Photo: Abbie Parr (Getty Images) Marshawn Lynch is a man of few words. When the former(?) Seahawks running back does decide to speak he often drops some jewels. This makes it particularly interesting that this is the speaker Princeton students have a problem with. According to USA Today, a group …
Read More »The Establishment Strikes Back
A narrow polling deficit in South Carolina turned into a primary-day loss, as Sanders finished 30 points behind the surging Biden. “You can’t win ’em all,” he told his supporters that night, seeming to dismiss the result as an outlier. But Democrats were moving, and the speed with which the …
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