Democratic leaders, however, were much warier than Mnuchin, and during the early stages of pandemic-relief planning argued for means testing, making sure that only the neediest Americans received money. This may well have been good politics, because it played defense against caricatures of tax-and-spend liberalism and appealed to widespread public …
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Vanesssa Bryant continues to celebrate her marriage with Kobe Bryant and every once in a while she opens up about how the NBA icon showed his love to her. On her Instagram stories, Vanessa reveals Bryant once gifted her an original dress that Sarah Jessice Parker wore in the series …
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Michaela Coel attends SAG-AFTRA Foundation Conversations: “Black Earth Rising” at The Robin Williams Center on January 22, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images) I May Destroy You is now one of HBO’s most acclaimed current series and its creator, London-born Michaela Coel is one of the …
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In just a few years, Colin Kaepernick went from NFL quarterback whose decision to take a knee left him without a team to one of the faces of global change — and ESPN Films, Disney and the football player’s media company plan to document it. Kaepernick’s transformation from a member …
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Courtesy Kezia Williams Supporting Black-owned businesses is sometimes easier said than done. Calls to buy Black echo across social media after a company or brand does something problematic. For example, Spike Lee called for a boycott of luxury brands, such as Gucci and Prada, following a blackface scandal. As these …
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Growing up in Detroit, Dennis McKinley thought everyone ate their hot dogs “Coney Island” style—on a steamed bun and topped with chili sauce, chopped raw onion, and a squiggle of yellow mustard. After graduating from college and starting to travel, he realized that wasn’t the case and was intrigued to …
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Banking Black (Adobe Stock photo) OneUnited Bank says its the nation’s biggest Black-owned bank. Since protests roiled the nation after George Floyd and Breonna Taylor were killed by police, Black-owned financial institutions and other companies are seeing renewed interest in their business. Read More: Discover launches #EatItForward campaign to give …
Read More »Members of the Washington Wizards and Washington Mystics basketball teams march to the MLK Memorial to support Black Lives Matter and mark the Juneteenth holiday June 19, 2020 in Washington, D.C. Photo: Chip Somodevilla (Getty Images) The NBA could learn a thing or two from its “little sister,” the WNBA. …
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Courtesy www.pexels.com Discover announced a social media campaign to give $5 million to Black-owned restaurant businesses following COVID-19 financial distress. Two hundred eateries will receive $25,000 to help offset issues brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. READ MORE: theGrio’s ‘Staying In Business’ explores Black restaurants facing COVID-19 Rather than have …
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“The deep sleep I would soon enter required a completely blank canvas if I was to emerge from it fully renewed,” she says—and she recruits a pretentious young artist named Ping Xi to be her sleep “warden.” She gives him carte blanche to use her blacked-out body for his own …
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