by Rafael Pena March 22, 2024 McDonald’s franchisees in California are at the forefront of a contentious debate surrounding the state’s new minimum wage law. Kerri Harper-Howie, the proprietor of 21 McDonald’s franchises in California, finds herself at the forefront of a contentious debate surrounding the state’s new minimum wage …
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Tracy Morgan has apparently learned the secret to packing on the pounds while taking a popular weight-loss prescription drug. According to People, the actor stopped by “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” on Tuesday, where he told the late-night show host that he’d gained 40 pounds while taking Ozempic, an …
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L: Langston Hughes, R: Jessie FausetPhoto: Getty On March 21, 1924, a group of Black and white artists and intellectuals got together at New York’s Civic Club for a dinner party to celebrate author Jessie R. Fauset’s debut novel, “There is Confusion.” Organizers Charles S. Johnson and Alain Locke thought …
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by Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton March 14, 2024 A new era is underway at Revolt. It’s no secret that there has been a change at Revolt, but that doesn’t change the mission of the platform. The purpose of the company remains the same with an added feature that has gripped …
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Updated at 9:25 p.m. ET on March 21, 2024. On a soggy January day, New York Mayor Eric Adams travels to a theater in the Bronx to deliver his State of the City address. As dignitaries and the odd reporter take their seats, an Afro-Latino jazz band jams onstage, followed …
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It is more expensive to borrow money in 2024 and more expensive to carry debt. American consumers have now amassed over $1 trillion in credit card debt, and the average household is carrying over $6,000 in credit card debt. With credit card interest rates being as high as 20%, if …
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by Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton March 21, 2024 She was also given a daily $1,000 stipend to “glam” up the former radio show for the filming of the documentary. The amount of money that former talk show host Wendy Williams made from the Lifetime documentary, “Where Is Wendy Williams,” was …
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One might enter “Like They Do in the Movies” — Laurence Fishburne’s one-man show currently playing at the Perelman Performing Arts Center in downtown Manhattan — expecting a monologue stringing together funny anecdotes about the veteran actor’s long history in Hollywood. From the ’70s coming-of-age classic “Cornbread, Earl and Me” …
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by Rafael Pena March 21, 2024 Despite evidence indicating intellectual disability, a Black man from Georgia was executed for murdering his ex-girlfriend and other crimes. Despite evidence indicating intellectual disability, Willie Pye, a Black man from Georgia convicted nearly three decades ago for murdering his ex-girlfriend and other crimes, was …
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by Jeroslyn JoVonn March 15, 2024 Georgia is ignoring the countless deaths and creepy tales surrounding Lake Lanier by debuting the state’s first waterslide coaster this Spring. State officials gathered together on Wednesday, March 13, for a steel-signing ceremony in celebration of the first–ever waterslide coaster in Georgia at Lanier …
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