Jayla Williams’ passion is problem-solving, which is fortunate as the year 2020 delivered a surplus of practical problems that need solutions. The Fisk University sophomore is competing for the first time in Black Enterprise’s annual BE Smart Hackathon, hosted by American Airlines. As part of a five-member team of Fisk …
Read More »Photo: Christian Wiediger (Other) Featured Deal: Oster Kitchen Appliances | Save Up to 48% Amazon Prime Day 2020 is coming soon! The annual mid-summer sales event, which delivers two days of wide-ranging, oft-amazing deals, is now officially happening in a matter of days. When? It’s taking place on October 13-14, …
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📚 Gay Neck: The Story of a Pigeon, by Dhan Gopal Mukerji (Johnalynn Holland) The best American novelist whose name you may not know “At her best, [Gayl] Jones wields the words of a larger literary tradition with a subversive power that is rare in its all-encompassing purity.” 📚 Palmares, …
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Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s outreach is even stretching to the basketball universe in order to engage voters as time before Election Day grows shorter. In a video newly released by the campaign, he meets with Oklahoma CIty Thunder superstar guard Chris Paul to discuss the importance of casting a …
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NBA Hall of Fame basketball player Shaquille O’Neal has made a surprising revelation in recent days. With the 2020 presidential election just weeks away, the TNT “Inside the NBA” commentator has stated that he has “never voted before” according to CBS News. With the upcoming election being slated as one …
Read More »State Patrol in Minneapolis on October 7 after Derek Chauvin’s release from prison on a $1 million bond. Screenshot: Stephen Maturen (Getty Images) The presiding judge in the criminal case facing Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer captured on camera kneeling on George Floyd’s neck for nearly 9 minutes—ultimately …
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Read: The brilliant prudence of Dwight Eisenhower Eisenhower was barely a politician as the year began—he was known to millions, of course, as the hero of D-Day, but his political talents were not well understood. People were not even certain that he was a Republican (Democrats were also approaching him …
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Jay-Z is continuing his social justice campaign by collaborating with his label Roc Nation to pay off the fines and bonds for activists arrested during protesters in Wisconsin. Protests erupted after the state’s authorities declined to charge the officer who fatally shot 17-year-old Alvin Cole. The teen’s mother, Tracy, was …
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters Friday that another coronavirus stimulus bill will not happen until after Election Day. Speaking to reporters from his home in Kentucky, McConnell said “the situation’s kind of murky” while negotiators try to “elbow for political advantage” as Americans cast their ballots. “I’d like to …
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With less than a month before the 2020 presidential election, many famous faces are heading to the polls to cast their votes and some are doing so for the very first time. One well-known superstar athlete NBA legend and TNT “Inside the NBA” host, Shaquille O’Neal revealed that he has …
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