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Amanda Gorman, an award-winning Black female writer, is slated to become the youngest inaugural poet when she recites her work at President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday (January 20). It’s not the first time the 22-year-old has broken barriers. In 2014, Gorman became the first Youth Poet Laureate of Los …

According to an inside source who shared the details with ABC News, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris is set to be sworn in by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. The two women both served as former prosecutors in their respective home states– California and New York. The similarities between the two …

Photo: Nicholas Kamm/AFP (Getty Images) Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will be making more than one symbolic statement at her inauguration on Wednesday. According to ABC News, Harris will mark her historic inauguration as vice president by swearing-in on a bible that belonged to civil rights icon Thurgood Marshall, who was …

The report from the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team included 20 photos of my half sister’s bones—nearly as many photos as I had ever seen of Isabel herself.   The ones of the bones punctured by bullets—her rib, her pelvis, her humerus—did not move me as much as those of her skull. …

Barack Obama isn’t the only one putting out playlists from the White House. The Inauguration team for president-elect Joe Biden and VP-elect Kamala Harris has released an official playlist in honor of the January 20 inauguration, complete with 46 songs in honor of the soon-to-be 46th President. RELATED: Amanda Gorman, …

Ashley Lamothe started working at Chick-Fil-A when she was 15 years old to earn money for her first car purchase. Little did she know that she would become the youngest franchise owner in the history of Chick-Fil-A at the age of 26. “Chick-Fil-A has been a part of my life …

Photo: Shutterstock Officials say the new coronavirus strain that was first detected in the U.K. could drive an increased spread of the virus across the U.S. by March, which would mark a year since the pandemic was officially declared. On Friday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention flagged …

“The BoJack showrunner’s debut short-story collection, Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory, channels much of the same caustic humor and heartrending dialogue as the Netflix series.” 📚 Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory, by Raphael Bob-Waksberg ZILU8 / PHOTO MELON / SHUTTERSTOCK …

Ashanti Smith, an unarmed security guard whose interaction with a mob of Trump supporters on Jan. 5 went viral, is now facing legal troubles. In an interview on The Clay Cane Show via SiriusXM Urban View, the 28-year-old explained in further detail what happened that night.  Smith said there were …

The IRS announced that tax season will start on Friday, February 12th, 2021. This is the date when the IRS will start accepting and processing returns for the 2020 tax season. Typically, tax season kicks-off in January. However, the IRS needs additional time to prepare for the 2020 tax season …