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FILE -Free agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick arrives for a workout for NFL football scouts and media in Riverdale, Ga., on Nov. 16, 2019.Photo: Todd Kirkland, File (AP) The only thing that might be less likely than Antonio Brown becoming an NFL owner is Colin Kaepernick becoming a starting quarterback in …
Read More »UNCF Reimagines Online Learning to Pipeline Black Talent to the Tech Industry
UNCF and Deloitte Digital, the experience consultancy, today announced plans for a new online platform for community learning, HBCUv. The platform is part of an ambitious strategic initiative to reimagine online education in partnership with historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), according to a release provided to BLACK ENTERPRISE. Together, …
Read More »Black Hack: A Lip Combo Black Girls Never Knew They Needed
Black Hack: A Lip Combo Black Girls Never Knew They Needed The TikTok girlies have cracked the code on the perfect lip look. Black girls, grab your eyebrow pencils. Latest on The Root Black Hack: A Lip Combo Black Girls Never Knew They Needed A Bel-Air Conversation with Carlton and …
Read More »<em>The Atlantic</em> Daily: Fire Insurance Is Feeding a Dangerous Fantasy
Every weekday evening, our editors guide you through the biggest stories of the day, help you discover new ideas, and surprise you with moments of delight. Subscribe to get this delivered to your inbox. The “unimaginable” isn’t always actually so. Tragedy, the former Homeland Security official Juliette Kayyem writes, befalls …
Read More »A Call for USPS Stamp for Civil Rights Leader Bayard Rustin’s Birthday
In commemoration of Black Queer civil rights leader Bayard Rustin’s birthday today, Mar. 17, the National Black Justice Coalition, a leading Black LGBTQ+/SGL civil rights organization, is urging Congress to pass the Bayard Rustin Stamp Act, legislation introduced by Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton which would require the U.S. Postal Service …
Read More »A$AP Rocky and Mercedes reunite for a new capsule collection
As we eagerly await the arrival of Rihanna and A$AP Rocky’s firstborn, another big delivery has arrived. On Thursday, Mercedes-Benz announced its latest collaboration with the rapper and expectant father, a capsule collection of fashion and accessories inspired by the ’90s. A$AP Rocky attends Rihanna’s 5th Annual Diamond Ball at …
Read More »FBI Renews Award for Tips on Jelani Day’s Death
The FBI is offering a $10,000 award for tips in the death of Illinois State graduate student Jelani Day, reported NBC News. Day, 25, was found Sept 44. in the Illinois River. The coroner ruled his death as a drowning which his family has since disputed, suspecting foul play was …
Read More »Phylicia Rashad to direct Pearl Cleage’s ‘Blues for an Alabama Sky’
Fresh off of her Broadway run in Dominique Morisseau’s Skeleton Crew, Phylicia Rashad is having a full-circle moment. The veteran actress, director, and educator is set to direct a new production of acclaimed playwright Pearl Cleage’s Blues for an Alabama Sky at Center Theatre Group’s Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, opening …
Read More »What Happened to Hong Kong?
Two years on from the start of the coronavirus pandemic, let me tell you what life is like in my Hong Kong neighborhood. Playgrounds are wrapped in red-and-white caution tape and barricaded with plastic fencing to keep children out, and the swings have been tossed over the crossbar to ensure …
Read More »Meet Carmen Tapio, the Founder of Nebraska’s Largest Black-Owned Business
Carmen Tapio is the founder and CEO of a multi-million dollar contact center called North End Teleservices, the largest Black-owned business in the state of Nebraska. She established the company with the aim to create jobs in a local Black community plagued with a high unemployment rate. “We hear about the …
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