by Sharelle Burt August 14, 2024 Support Black-owned businesses! { alert('URL copied to clipboard'); }) .catch((error) => { console.error('Error copying URL: ', error); }); } ]]> NHPR reports that Black businesses are frustrated about being left off popular media “best of” lists and feel their success is being ignored.  Magazines and online publications are known for publishing “best of” lists to promote local businesses and give residents an open window to the […]

by Daniel Johnson August 14, 2024 A Queens waste hauling company won a series of licenses from the Adams administration following donations made by employees and owners of the company to his 2021 mayoral campaign. { alert('URL copied to clipboard'); }) .catch((error) => { console.error('Error copying URL: ', error); }); } ]]> After a Queens waste hauling company won a series of licenses from New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ […]

Summer is officially here, and I hope you’re somewhere out there, not sweating as much as I am. Whether you’re wearing a plain top or silk button-up, there are countless ways to stay cool in the heat or at least look the part. And since it’s a time of year that dictates that you can wear only so much fabric, what’s on your feet will usually determine a good or […]

It was on one of my weekly scrolls through the new-in sections that I stumbled across a dress so beautiful I had to share it straight away. Elegant, drop-waisted, in the perfect shade of blush pink and under £80? (It's now £55 on sale!). I was immediately on board, but the only thing that could guarantee a sale would be a successful try-on. Reader, you may be surprised to learn […]

by Jeroslyn JoVonn August 14, 2024 T-Pain is opening up about the shabby record deal he signed as a teenager that included a 15/85 earnings split. { alert('URL copied to clipboard'); }) .catch((error) => { console.error('Error copying URL: ', error); }); } ]]> We’ve all made mistakes during our teen years, right? Well, T-Pain is no exception. At 18, the “Buy U a Drank” singer signed with Jive Records following […]

by Jeroslyn JoVonn August 14, 2024 Barack Obama has social media talking after releasing his coveted list of jams for summer 2024. { alert('URL copied to clipboard'); }) .catch((error) => { console.error('Error copying URL: ', error); }); } ]]> Barack Obama has social media talking after releasing his coveted list of jams for summer 2024. On Monday, Aug. 12, the former president appeared alongside TikTok influencer Carter Gregory to share […]

by Cedric 'BIG CED' Thornton August 6, 2024 The approximate value of the 2024 gold medal is higher than the all-time high value of the gold medal for the 2012 London Olympics. { alert('URL copied to clipboard'); }) .catch((error) => { console.error('Error copying URL: ', error); }); } ]]> It was recently revealed on a recent episode of Shannon Sharpe and Chad “OchoCinco” Johnson‘s Nightcap that gold medal winners from […]

by Daniel Johnson August 6, 2024 McDowell, who starred in an OWN Network show, “David Makes Man,” at 16-years-old and was considered a rising star in the film and TV industry, is accused by the Harris County Sheriff’s office of shooting Peralta and fleeing the scene. { alert('URL copied to clipboard'); }) .catch((error) => { console.error('Error copying URL: ', error); }); } ]]> Actor Akili McDowell has been charged with […]

by Sharelle Burt August 6, 2024 Things are looking up for the Vice President! { alert('URL copied to clipboard'); }) .catch((error) => { console.error('Error copying URL: ', error); }); } ]]> New polls show Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are neck and neck in the battleground states, but Harris is winning Black voters over by a landslide, The Hill reports.  The CBS News/YouGov poll surveyed roughly […]