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For The Atlantic’s November issue, McKay Coppins reports on Alden Global Capital, the secretive hedge fund that controls more than 200 newspapers Many people assume that local newspapers are dying because they haven’t been able to create a sustainable business model for the digital age, now that Facebook and Google …

Ray J was hospitalized with pneumonia in Miami last week, but he has now reportedly been released. According to a TMZ source, the 40-year-old was discharged over the weekend. He also stopped using an inhaler and is no longer on oxygen. Originally, it was believed he had COVID-19 but he …

Kamala Harris is being criticized as “anti-American’ after she made remarks addressing the “shameful past” of the country that was invaded by European settlers over 500 years ago. During remarks at the National Congress of American Indians 78th Annual Convention on Tuesday in Portland to address the “shameful past” of …

On Tuesday (Oct. 12), Tyga turned himself into Los Angeles police on suspicion of felony domestic violence. The LAPD said in a statement, “Hollywood Div booked Michael Stevenson for felony domestic violence (273.5 A PC). The incident occurred on 10/12/21 in Hollywood.” Tyga’s real name is Michael Stevenson. No other …

In honor of Black History Month, which takes place in October in the U.K., London’s transit authority has released a reimagined map of the London Tube system on which all 272 stations have been replaced with the names of prominent Black Brits in history. Transport for London created the map …

Photo: Jesse Grant (Getty Images)  UnitedMasters launched a new strategic partnership with the cryptocurrency platform Coinbase. The deal gives independent artists the option to be paid through Coinbase’s payroll product. According to a press release, the goal of this partnership is to provide more opportunities for the up-and-coming musicians utilizing …

“New Orleans is the only ship I’d go down with,” my friend Ben wrote on Facebook in the hours before Hurricane Ida upended southeast Louisiana. He rode out the storm in the city—“hunkering down,” in standard hurricane parlance. Anxious but safe, I read his post at a splash pad in …

Hattie Struggles to Chase Her Dreams on Twenties Hattie embarks on a new stage in her career, Nia starts work on Cocoa’s Butter, and Marie has second thoughts about marriage when a new season of Twenties premieres October 13 at 10/9c. Source link

As a result of the explosive articles published in The Wall Street Journal and New York Times about the use of racist, homophobic and misogynistic phrases uttered by Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden while he was an ESPN analyst, he has resigned from his position. According to NFL.com, …

Portrait of American educator and activist Mary McLeod Bethune (1875 – 1955) with the United States Capital Building in the background, circa 1950. Photo: Hulton Archive (Getty Images) A new 11-foot statue honoring civil rights giant Mary McLeod Bethune—made using marble from the same quarry Michelangelo used to build the …