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Ashanti is rejoicing at the start of 2021 with negative COVID-19 results.  The award-winning Grammy artist shared the news in a post on Instagram on Saturday (Jan. 2) that she received the news just two days shy of the New Year, she is officially free of the coronavirus.  “Feeling grateful …

  HERMAN RUSSELL  H. J. RUSSELL & CO. EST. 1952  A perennial member of an exclusive group of iconic BE 100s CEOs, the late Russell forged a legacy as an accomplished businessman and mentor who inspired several generations of leaders in commerce, politics, education, and corporate America. He rose above both …

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Photo: Shutterstock It’s not always easy being a writer whose main focus is documenting racism and racial injustice in America. It’s a job that consistently requires the covering of sad and often infuriating stories. Among the hardest stories to cover are those that involve Black people spending years and even …

Further reading: “When the president of the United States calls up electoral officials to threaten them, he’s leveling a loaded gun at our democracy,” Zeynep Tufekci argues in her latest. GETTY / THE ATLANTIC What to read while you wait for the results of today’s double Senate runoff in Georgia: …

Prince passed away in April of 2016 and since then, there has been an ongoing battle with his estate due to the absence of a will. Now, the IRS is claiming the music icon’s legacy has been extremely undervalued from a monetary perspective. Stemming from a conflict with the singer’s …

Whole Foods CEO Faces Backlash After Saying Americans Don’t Need Healthcare But Better Eating Habits ← HERMAN RUSSELL  Source link

A National Guardsman speaks to a pedestrian outside of Harry’s Bar near the White House in Washington, DCPhoto: Alex Wroblewski (Getty Images) As a result of the chaos that ensued from a pro-Trump protest in Washington, D.C., last month, the mayor has requested the National Guard be deployed ahead of …

Malachi Love-Robinson, a Florida man who posed as a medical doctor when he was a teenager, is reportedly facing new fraud and grand theft charges. According to CNN, the Delray Beach Police Department claims Love-Robinson, now 23 years old and a contracted employee for a shipping broker, is accused of …

President-elect Joe Biden has selected the majority of his cabinet but has yet to select his attorney general and calls are growing for Biden to name his former partner to the position. Legal scholar, author, and former U.S. ambassador Douglas Kmiec wrote an op-ed for The Hill in which he …