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This Young HBCU Graduate Is Buying Property In Houston To Curb Gentrification
Share1 Image via @invstr_/Instagram Gentrification has changed the social and economic demographics of major cities around the United States, causing many low-income native residents to be forced out of their homes. African Americans are often the ones who feel the worst effects of gentrification as higher-income earners drive up real …
Read More »Ohio Lawmakers Seek to Remove Slavery as a Punishment From State Constitution
Protesters Outside Ohio StatehousePhoto: Matthew Hatcher (Getty Images ) Slavery, for the most part, has been abolished in this country. I say for the most part because the 13th Amendment allows for slavery to be used as a form of punishment. Some states have already elected to remove that clause …
Read More »A Devastating New Stage of the Pandemic
The country’s second surge has arrived—and it is hammering states, such as Texas and Arizona, that escaped the first surge mostly unscathed. Read: America is giving up on the pandemic This new surge is large enough to shift the entire country’s top-line statistics. In terms of new confirmed cases, three …
Read More »New Doc Captures Intensity Of NYC Protests
It’s hard to believe that just a month ago today, the nation watched in horror as a video went viral of George Floyd taking his last breaths when then Officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on his neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds. Just about every state and several international communities …
Read More »Here’s How These Dream Vacations Franchise Owners Are Adjusting to Travel and Business During COVID
Dream Vacations, a leading national travel agency franchise, believes in the future of travel. According to UBS research, 76% of people who had a canceled cruise have chosen a future cruise credit in 2021, while Cruise Critic reports that 92% of its members are open to cruising again. BLACK ENTERPRISE …
Read More »New Report on Layleen Xtravaganza Polanco's Death Highlights the Cruelty of NYC Jail's Policies Toward Trans People
Photo: Jamie McCarthy (Getty Images) Layleen Xtravaganza Cubilette-Polanco should not have been in solitary confinement at Rikers Island. But the 27-year-old transgender woman was pushed into this part of the infamous New York City jail last year, despite a doctor’s objections and a documented seizure disorder. She would end up …
Read More »The Conundrum of a New <em>Perry Mason</em>
For much of its debut eight episodes, Perry Mason feels of a piece with other efforts to “update” classic characters by amping up the edginess and the grotesquerie. The BBC’s recent adaptations of Agatha Christie novels abandoned the genteel chintz-and-cucumber-sandwiches vibe of classic Christie in favor of fetid skeevery and …
Read More »Sonoma Raceway Reports Noose Found
A noose was reportedly discovered hanging from a tree near Sonoma Raceway, the same weekend a different noose was found in Bubba Wallace’s NASCAR stall at Talladega Superspeedway. On Saturday morning (June 20), an employee at the California racing venue saw the noose hanging from a tree on the property. …
Read More »Two White Men in a Car Yelled Slurs and Chased Down Three Black Teens Who Were Riding Bikes
Michael and Matthew LemelinPhoto: Manchester Police Department Being Black in America is having to exist in a constant state of self-preservation. No matter our age we are seen as a threat; a thing to be terrorized. Three Black teenagers in Connecticut learned this sad truth when two white men chased …
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