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Despite Democrats’ efforts to prove former President Donald J. Trump was responsible for the 1/6 attach on the U.S. Capitol, 43 Senate Republicans voted to acquit him during his second impeachment trial. All Senate Democrats, and 7 Republicans, voted to impeach, but still fell short of the 67 vote threshold …

Real estate investor Jesse Binga became one of the wealthiest Black men in Chicago in the early 1900s. The Detroit native arrived in Chicago with $10 in his pockets. A few years later, he created a successful real estate empire and the first black-owned bank in Chicago. The University of …

Bruce Castor Jr., defense lawyer for former President Donald Trump, speaks on the fifth day of former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial at the U.S. Capitol on February 13, 2021 in Washington, DC. In a surprise move, the Senate voted 55-45 to call witnesses in the impeachment trial. House …

FERDINANDO SCIANNA / MAGNUM Reflect on love. Valentine’s Day has, in recent years, ballooned into a celebration of all kinds of relationships, romantic and platonic alike. This Sunday’s holiday arrives amid a challenging time for connection: Couples find themselves sharing sometimes uncomfortably tight quarters, singles face the challenges of dating …

BlackHERstory highlights activist/ journalist Daisy Bates Source link

Tech investor Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey are on a mission to make bitcoin (BTC) the internet’s currency. The two billionaires are investing 500 bitcoin into a new endowment called ₿trust. With the rapid rise of bitcoin in the last few weeks, the 500 bitcoin investment is …

Debra Ray (L), aunt of Dijon Kizzee, is embraced after speaking near a makeshift memorial where Dijon Kizzee, a 29-year-old Black man, was killed by Los Angeles sheriff’s deputies in South Los Angeles on September 1, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. Protesters marched to the South Los Angeles Sheriffs’ Station …

The Northeast Atlantic mackerel is a small fish with grey or greenish-blue scales and tigerlike black stripes from mouth to tail. Lacking a swim bladder—the gas-filled organ that helps most fish move up and down in the water—the mackerel would sink and die if it ever stopped. So it is …

BlackHERstory highlights congresswoman Shirley Chisholm Source link

Justin Timberlake took to social media to apologize to Janet Jackson and his former lover, Britney Spears, for his behavior that negatively affected both women’s careers. He posted the apology on Instagram on Friday. “I’ve seen the messages, tags, comments, and concerns, and I want to respond,” Timberlake wrote. “I …