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In 1933, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt launched the tradition of assessing the first 100 days of new leadership when during a speech he offered it up as a good point for reflecting on the status of the newly implemented New Deal. The series of laws, which were quickly passed under …

Black-ish star, Anthony Anderson, is sharing the overwhelming emotions he experienced while watching the Derek Chauvin trial. The former Minneapolis police officer was found guilty on April 20 for second and third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter for the 2020 death of George Floyd after he kneeled on his neck for …

The former police officer who was fired after fatally shooting Rayshard Brooks last year is seeking reinstatement into the force. An attorney for ex-cop Garrett Rolfe spoke with Atlanta’s civil service board on Thursday and claimed Rolfe’s rights were “grossly violated” when he was terminated for killing Brooks outside a …

Fresh off her Oscar-nominated performance in The United States vs. Billie Holiday, Andra Day returns to her first love of music with her new single “Phone Dies,” out on Warner Records. RELATED: Five Things You Need To Know About The Leading Lady With soulful, uptempo production by Anderson.Paak, Day’s sultry …

Photo: Sam Greenwood (Getty Images) For two long years, former NFL linebacker Geno Hayes fought as hard as he could in his battle against liver disease. Sadly, ESPN reports that while awaiting a liver transplant, he died Monday evening. He was 33. Earlier this month, Hayes was placed in hospice …

He paid homage to the Black Panther Party and Fred Hampton. Source link

Walmart Inc. is taking steps to fulfill a commitment to make its leadership more inclusive. Bloomberg reported that the company recently increased Black corporate officers. Representation returned near to where it previously stood in 2015, according to Bloomberg. “The nation’s biggest private employer said employees who identify as Black now account …

An image of the sign for an iHop restaurant as photographed on March 18, 2020 in Hicksville, New York. Photo: Bruce Bennett (Getty Images) All these brothas wanted to do was have some IHOP for lunch, but a white woman came in and messed up their meal. Four Black soldiers …

At a remote outpost in the mountainous highlands of Papua New Guinea, a young American psychologist named Paul Ekman arrived with a collection of flash cards and a new theory. It was 1967, and Ekman had heard that the Fore people of Okapa were so isolated from the wider world …

‘Without Remorse’ is available on Amazon Prime, April 30. Source link