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Photo: Alex Edelman (AFP via Getty Images) Our political process has felt dysfunctional for over a decade now. It seems far rarer than it should that the parties in power actually come together and get something done. It finally happened today though, albeit for something that is long overdue. The …

Burman, like other analysts, believes that Sanders is overestimating the revenue that several of his tax proposals would produce. A new analysis from Ben Ritz, the director of the Progressive Policy Institute’s Center for Funding America’s Future, concluded that Sanders’s proposals would generate about $29 trillion in taxes, other revenue, …

Kobe Bryant may have been known for his legacy on the basketball court, but the reality is, he was a man of many talents.  Recently the memorial for the late Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna Bryant, took place at the Staples center in Los Angeles, California. The star-studded memorial …

image: FedEx Meet Ramon Hood – the newest CEO at Fedex! Hood is the first Black woman to become CEO in the company’s history.  The company announced today that former VP of operations, strategy, and planning today bringing more than 28 years of company experience to her role. She will …

Screenshot: Love Is Blind (Netflix) To be on social media right now is to have seen at least one or two passing mentions of the Netflix reality show series, Love Is Blind. My particular social media timelines are chock full of show references and “ZOMG!” and WTF?!?! and “I hate …

The most interesting thing about Zeitlin’s approach to the Peter Pan story is not the superficial tweaks he’s made, such as setting it on the igneous beaches of Montserrat or rooting the world’s magic in a whale-size sea beast called “Mother.” It’s in the title—this reimagining, co-written by Zeitlin and …

Naomi Osaka is one of the brightest young stars in sports, so it’s no surprise Kobe Bryant wanted to take her on at her game. On Wednesday (February 25), the tennis champion posted a video of a practice session she held with Los Angeles Lakers legend. The clip, which Osaka …

Georgia is the best state for black entrepreneurship–with Texas, Florida, California, and North Carolina rounding out the top five–according to FitSmallBusiness.com, which recently compiled the list. The study found that the top-ranking states had high numbers of African American-owned businesses as well as fair average corporate tax rates. With black-owned …

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I’d seen rich and poor America before, of course: the endless suburban wealth in places such as Atlanta, Georgia, and Austin, Texas, as well as the deprivation of Clarksdale, Mississippi. But the contrast between deindustrialized Youngstown, Ohio and reimagined Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, just an hour apart, told the story of America’s …