Playstation and Xbox boast a loyal customer base that has been with both companies since their inception. There’s a massive game catalog for the systems that has been built over the years, and new games are being added to the library every year. While these games offer loads of fun, they …
Read More »Iris Nevins Creates Black NFT Brand to 'Rebalance Power' in the Marketplace
Photo: Ezra Bailey (Getty Images) CNBC reported 29-year-old Iris Nevins and her team have launched a new NFT brand (non-fungible token or digital item that can be sold and bought online). The brand is focused on Black art and elevating Black creatives in the NFT space. Nevins told CNBC she …
Read More »Black Travelers Gear Up for The Afrozons Dubai Soundoff
The Board of Dubai Tourism and AfroZons are inviting over 1,500 people from 10 countries around the world to Dubai this March for a one-of-a-kind travel experience celebrating AfroBeats. The experience, dubbed The AfroZons Dubai Soundoff, provides travelers with discount packages for a six-night stay in one of the most …
Read More »Fashion Legend André Leon Talley Dead at 73
‘);var c=function(){cf.showAsyncAd(opts)};if(typeof window.cf !== ‘undefined’)c();else{cf_async=!0;var r=document.createElement(“script”),s=document.getElementsByTagName(“script”)[0];r.async=!0;r.src=”http://srv.clickfuse.com/showads/showad.js”;r.readyState?r.onreadystatechange=function(){if(“loaded”==r.readyState||”complete”==r.readyState)r.onreadystatechange=null,c()}:r.onload=c;s.parentNode.insertBefore(r,s)}; })(); André Leon Talley, fashion icon and former Editor-at-Large of Vogue magazine, has died. He was 73 years old. Sources close to Andre say he passed away Tuesday at a hospital in White Plains, New York. At this time, it’s unclear why he was …
Read More »The Preserving Black Churches Project Provides $20 Million To Rebuild Historical Churches
Parishioners worship during Sunday Mass at St. Augustine Catholic Church on August 15, 2021, in New Orleans, Louisiana.Photo: Mario Tama (Getty Images) Across the nation, Black churches have shut their doors because of the challenges brought upon from the COVID-19 pandemic. Will these churches reopen? Probably not without help. A …
Read More »29-Year-Old’s Business Makes $140,000 in Under a Year Supporting Black NFT Artists
The space for NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, is harvesting cash for entrepreneur and art collector Iris Nevins. Centered on backing and empowering artists, Nevins is co-founder, CEO, and NFT producer at Umba Daima. Started last February, the studio advocates and informs people about the so-called Web3. The business generates funds …
Read More »Martin Luther King Jr.’s Family Told the Senate to Pass the Voting Rights Legislation right now.
Yolanda Renee King (C), Arndrea Waters King (R) and Martin Luther King III lead the annual D.C. Peace Walk: Change Happens with Good Hope and a Dream across the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge for Dr. Martin Luther King Day on January 17, 2022 in Washington, DC.Photo: Brian Stukes (Getty Images) …
Read More »Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen: U.S. Economy Has ‘Never Worked Fairly For Black Americans’
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen acknowledged the U.S. economy “has never worked fairly for Black Americans or, really, for any American of color” in an MLK Day speech. Yellen made the comment at Rev. Al Sharpton‘s National Action Network breakfast in Washington on what would’ve been Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s …
Read More »With ‘Red Lip Theology,’ Candice Marie Benbow rewrites her own narrative—and we can, too
One of the first things Candice Marie Benbow and I discovered we had in common was a love of red lipstick. The year was 2017, and as I was making a major career pivot into journalism as a newly minted editor, Candice was one of the first contributors I hired, …
Read More »Bye-bye Batshit: DirecTV Gives Craziest of Cray-Cray Networks OANN the Boot
“Real America with Dan Ball” is among the ‘news’ programs DirecTV subscribers won’t be getting anymore after it drops the the wingnut OANN network.Screenshot: Author Sometimes batshit crazy is just batshit crazy. There’s no saving batshit crazy from itself, so all that remains is to distance yourself from the crazy …
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