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Cloud-scheduling platform Calendly is celebrating a big win this week. The black-owned tech company announced that they have partnered with Boston-based OpenView Venture Partners to invest $350 million into the platform, increasing its company valuation to $3 billion. The tech company says they will be using the funding for product …

Photo: motive56 (Shutterstock) There is no group in this country that loves snitching on itself more than Trump supporters. Half the reason those who rioted at the Capitol are being arrested is because they felt the need to document themselves committing a crime. A man who was caught on video …

ELENA XAUSA One question, answered: An anonymous reader from New York writes that their child is near tears from virtual school every day. After his day is done, we let him watch TV until my wife or I can stop working, which is around 5 o’clock most days. This …

President Joe Biden is outlining an entire package that is intended to address systemic racism across the federal government by signing four executive actions to boost racial equity and remove any roadblocks hindering people of color or marginalized groups. He announced on Tuesday (Jan. 26) that he will sign four …

A civil rights collaborative is calling on President Joe Biden and his administration to establish a White House Office on Racial Equity and Inclusion. The Racial Equity Anchor Collaborative, self-described as the foremost diverse coalition of national racial justice and civil rights organizations, sent a memo to the Biden administration …

Image: Andre L Perry for The Knot OK, so 2021 may not have made the type of grand and glorious entrance we were all longing for—in fact, far from it. But aside from welcoming a new administration (prayers up) with an inspiring and highly meme-able inauguration, there was at least …

The media’s well-documented tendency to give disproportionate coverage to cases involving well-off, white female victims only exacerbates this effect. Reading the news, you might think that “young, pretty, white women are being killed at astronomically high rates,” says Amy Michael, a biological anthropologist at the University of New Hampshire who …

Garret Miller, a Texas man who’s facing federal charges linked to the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, is apologizing for his role in the storming and for threatening Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and a Capitol Police officer. The 34-year-old released a statement on Monday (January 25) through his …

Historically Black colleges and universities are known to often have deep ties to the neighborhoods and cities they occupy. They also generate millions in revenue for those local economies. According to a 2017 HBCU economic report from the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), these institutions generate over 130,000 jobs both …

Photo: Michael B. Thomas (Getty Images) The death cult that is the Republican party has struck again. A member of the self-proclaimed “pro-life” party has proposed a bill in Missouri that would authorize deadly force to be used against protesters on private property. According to the St. Louis Post Dispatch, …