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Publisher and community activist Gary Chambers Jr., D-Baton Rouge, speaks about his campaign for the 2nd Congressional District seat after signing up for the race on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in Baton Rouge, La. Chambers, a Louisiana candidate for the U.S. Senate burns a Confederate flag in his latest video …
Read More »How China Captured Hollywood
In the weeks following the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, a group of Chinese executives traveled to Los Angeles for a crash course in influence. Inside the UCLA classroom of the film professor Robert Rosen, a parade of Hollywood executives conducted a series of lectures on America’s entertainment industry. The …
Read More »Byron Allen: ‘I Will Be Making a Bid for the Denver Broncos’
Entertainment media mogul Byron Allen has announced that he will be bidding to become the first Black owner of a National Football League (NFL) team. According to Bloomberg, Allen, the owner of Entertainment Studios, discussed the possibility of becoming an NFL owner. He stated that the commissioner of the league, …
Read More »Alzheimer’s impacts African Americans at higher rates
Black History Month is widely considered a time to reflect on and honor the past, but a silent epidemic is threatening that history and its purveyors. Photo: AdobeStock According to the Alzheimer’s Association, older African Americans are twice as likely as their white counterparts to develop Alzheimer’s Disease. In fact, …
Read More »NY Gov. Kathy Hochul Lifts Contentious Mask or Vaccine Mandate
NY Gov. Kathy Hochul announces the lifting of statewide mask-or-vaccince requirements are for indoor businesses, New York, NY, February 9, 2022. Gov. Hochul has said that she will wait for children to return from winter break before making a decision to lift mask mandates in schools; statewide mask requirements are …
Read More »Biden’s Biggest Idea on Climate Change Is Remarkably Cheap
Over the past year, my climate reporting has had a few preoccupations. They include: Whether President Joe Biden will succeed in passing a major climate bill; The degree to which climate change is already a profound concern to the economy, and indeed whether the climate problem is more about “money” …
Read More »’10 toes down’: Pantora Bridal’s Andrea Pitter and husband, Peter Campbell, talk love and marriage
Andrea Pitter is in the business of making dreams come true. As the founder and designer of Pantora Bridal, she has helped countless brides realize their wedding day visions and, in the process, she’s made many of her own dreams come true, too. After more than a decade in the …
Read More »Serena Williams Applauds ‘King Richard’ Scoring Six Oscar Nominations: ‘Everyone Can Dream’
The 94th annual Academy Award nominees have been announced! King Richard—the biographical drama inspired by the life of tennis champions Serena and Venus Williams’ father—scored six nominations for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Original Screenplay, Best Film Editing, and Best Original Song. Upon hearing the news, Williams couldn’t …
Read More »The Warrant that Led to Amir Locke’s Death was Meant for His Cousin
Photo: KEREM YUCEL/AFP (Getty Images) The warrant the Minneapolis SWAT team served that led to the fatal shooting of Amir Locke was targeted at his 17-year-old cousin Mekhi Speed, reported CNN. Through surveillance footage, investigators linked Speed to a stolen car that was identified as the getaway vehicle in a …
Read More »It’s Your Friends Who Break Your Heart
It is an insolent cliché, almost, to note that our culture lacks the proper script for ending friendships. We have no rituals to observe, no paperwork to do, no boilerplate dialogue to crib from. Yet when Elisa Albert and Rebecca Wolff were in the final throes of their friendship, they …
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