UPS, the official logistics partner of New York Fashion Week: The Shows, which ended Wednesday, commemorated the deal by launching its first official apparel line, Be Unstoppable. With the debut limited-edition collection coming during Black History Month, UPS partnered with InTheBlk to present three emerging Black designers during one of …
Read More »Kanye Asks Judge to Halt Divorce with Kim Kardashian
Kanye West and Julia Fox – Outside arrivals at the Schiaparelli Fall-Winter 2022/2023 Menswear fashion show as part of the Paris Fashion Week on January 24, 2022 in Paris, France.Photo: Sipa via AP Images (AP) After going off the rails last weekend over the breakup of his marriage and his …
Read More »Cookbooks Are About More Than Just Food Now
Home chefs, whether of Great British Bake Off caliber or not, can turn to an abundance of cookbooks to guide their kitchen projects. But the recipe manuals of today are not those of the past. In A History of Cookbooks: From Kitchen to Page Over Seven Centuries, the historian Henry …
Read More »Rihanna will deliver Fenty Beauty to Ulta stores in March
With her first child on the way—and hopefully, a line of Savage x Fenty onesies soon to follow—Rihanna‘s Navy has all but given up on receiving R9. But Rihanna does have another big delivery in store for her fans: Just days after celebrating her wildly successful suite of beauty brands …
Read More »Indiana School Counselor Under Fire for Allowing Kids to Skip Black History Lessons
With CRT (critical race theory) becoming a major topic in politics and in schooling, one school has allowed its parts to let their children opt out of Black history lessons during Black History Month. A letter sent by an Indiana elementary school guidance counselor giving parents this option went viral …
Read More »Dayton OH, museum exhibit supports Black artists and community stalwarts
Gregory DeGroat understands the importance of programs that support Black artists. “Black artists tend to be marginalized, for whatever reason, by most ‘mainstream’ galleries, juried exhibitions, etc,” DeGroat, a fine artist/designer/illustrator from Dayton, Ohio said. Dr. Gary LeRoy (Dayton Skyscrapers exhibit) That’s why DeGroat is happy to participate in “The …
Read More »ACLU sues Missouri School District for Permanent Removal of Eight Books
Photo: LeicherOliver (Getty Images) The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against Missouri School District Wentzville on behalf of two minor students over the removal of books from school libraries, reported CNN. The books, as expected, were on topics of race and sexual identity. The Wentzville school board …
Read More »The New<em> Texas Chainsaw Massacre</em> Is All Blood, No Bite
The premise of the original Texas Chain Saw Massacre is, even by the short yardstick of the horror genre, quite simple. Some youths traveling through rural Texas come across a ramshackle house where a family of cannibals live. Leatherface, a brutish, childlike member of the clan wearing a mask made …
Read More »Snoop Dogg Plans to Make Death Row Records First NFT Music Label
Coming right off a widely viewed Super Bowl halftime performance this past weekend, Snoop Dogg announced he would be converting Death Row Records into the first NFT record label. According to Fortune, the “What’s My Name?” rapper announced the plan during a discussion on Clubhouse. Snoop began his music career …
Read More »Former Minnesota Police Officer Kim Potter to be Sentenced for Daunte Wright’s Death
Photo: Court TV (AP) Kim Potter, the former Brooklyn Center police officer convicted of first- and second-degree manslaughter charges in the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright during an April traffic stop, is set to be sentenced today, according to CNN. The prosecution is looking for more than seven years in …
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