BET and CBS News recently conducted a mini-poll with African-Americans to better understand their concerns heading into election season. What was discovered is that in 2016, the Black voter turnout rate declined sharply, dropping below that of whites. It had been trending up since 1996. According to the poll, typical …
Read More »This 16-Year-Old Entrepreneur Makes $8K a Month Selling Her Own Hot Sauce
Tyla-Simone Crayton is a 16-year-old home-schooled teen entrepreneur from Houston. She is the CEO of Sienna Sauce, which started in April 2017. Crayton created the recipe for her special secret sauce when she was just 8 years old. Now, she is selling the award-winning sauce in over 60 retail stores, …
Read More »Stock Your Pantry with 300 Biscoffs for $26 Before United Airlines Takes Them Away
Lotus Biscoff – 300 Count | $27 | Amazon Update: As Duke of Kent so kindly pointed out in the comments, the TSA can’t stop you from bringing Biscoff on a plane. Thanks, Duke! I still haven’t forgiven United Airlines since that one time they trashed my guitar and shrugged …
Read More »The Books Briefing: A Study in Sleuthing
📚 The Darkest Secret, by Alex Marwood 📚 Women Crime Writers, edited by Sarah Weinman 📚 You Will Know Me, by Megan Abbott 📚 The Secret Place, by Tana French 📚 Woman With a Secret, by Sophie Hannah 📚 Hard Light, by Elizabeth Hand 📚 What Remains of Me, by …
Read More »Pop Smoke’s Cause Of Death Has Been Revealed
Pop Smoke reportedly died from a gunshot wound to the torso, according to the Los Angeles County Coroner’s office. The 20-year-old Brooklyn rapper was killed on Wednesday at a home in Hollywood Hills. A friend of someone in the house reportedly called law enforcement and claimed armed intruders were inside …
Read More »Self-Care: Add Yourself to Your To-Do List This Weekend
Self-care, defined by Oxford, is the practice of taking an active role in protecting one’s own well-being and happiness, in particular during periods of stress. As we head into the weekend, we want to encourage you to think of all of the ways that you can prioritize yourself by taking …
Read More »UConn Students Argue Their First Amendment Right to Say the N-Word
Photo: Shutterstock I think it’s safe to argue there is no more racist person than an early 20s white kid all hopped up on Adderall, Prager U videos and Ben Shapiro podcasts. I mean, look at the greys in the comments section and tell me I’m wrong. NBC News reports …
Read More »Pixar Needs to Make More Movies Like <em>Onward</em>
That formula can get exhausting at times—the Pixar brand often seems a little too perfectly calibrated to push older viewers’ nostalgia buttons—but there’s no denying its effectiveness. Onward is informed by the ’80s aesthetic of tabletop games, minivans airbrushed with heavy-metal album-cover art, and cookie-cutter suburban life, along the lines …
Read More »Oprah Winfrey Donates $5 million To After School Program
Oprah Winfrey is known for generously supporting projects she believes in, and the latest beneficiary of her attention and dollars is a New Jersey after school program. The media mogul was so impressed with Pathways To College that she decided to donate $5 million to the organization. Pathways to College …
Read More »This 25-Year-Old’s Telecommunications Company Is Now Valued At Almost $8 Million
Chaymeriyia Moncrief is a millennial telecommunications entrepreneur on the move. At the age of 24, this Alabama native created Tesix Wireless Network, a mobile virtual network operator. But this isn’t the first company Moncrief has started; she has been hard at work from an early age. “I do have a …
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