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Low-income families of color that reside in Oakland, CA, could receive a monthly financial boost for the next year and a half. Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf announced the city is launching a guaranteed income project that will give Black and Indigenous families $500 per month for 18 months. The payments …

SWV, top, perform onstage during Finding Ashley Stewart 2018 on September 15, 2018; Xscape performs onstage at the 31st Annual ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Awards on June 21, 2018.Photo: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for Ashley Stewart (Getty Images), Paras Griffin/Getty Images for ASCAP (Getty Images) Well, it looks like Mother’s …

Lizzo is clearing the air and letting her relationship status be widely known. This comes  after rumors began to circulate that she was taken.  The “Soulmate” singer was spotted getting up  close and personal with a mystery man on a balcony in Malibu, Calif., on Tuesday (March 23). The Shade …

Read: The conundrum of Lucian Freud’s portraits For a painter whose fascination with the grisly would eventually result in depictions of figures hacked to bits on a bed, shrieking into the void, or nailed to a mattress by a hypodermic syringe, Bacon excelled in a design style that was exceptionally …

R&B singer Bobby Brown is demanding a criminal investigation after the cause of his son’s death was revealed.  In a March 23 statement, Bobby Brown said, “My family continues to mourn my son’s death. This epidemic is out of control and those supplying this lethal drug should be held responsible …

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Ashley Darby is giving a first look at her newborn baby boy to her fans. On March 2, The Real Housewives of Potomac star and her husband Michael Darby welcomed baby “D2,” Dylan Matthew. This is the couple’s second son, following the welcoming of their “rainbow baby” Dean in 2019 …

Say goodbye to the death penalty in Virginia. March 24, 2021, became the official day that it was scrapped in the Southern commonwealth. CNN reported that Virginia’s Gov. Ralph Northam signed a bill into law abolishing the death penalty. In fact, Virginia just became the 23rd state to abolish capital …

“A person walks by a boarded-up shop in Oakland, California on February 12, 2021. – Racial minorities have borne the brunt of the Covid-19 pandemic in the United States, with higher rates of death, unemployment and business failure, and less success obtaining federal government assistance intended to provide relief.”Photo: JOSH …