R&B music seems to be headed in a more up-tempo/genre-bending direction, with its artists getting assists from rappers and others to create hits. As a result, this appears to be the perfect time for the return of one of the more underappreciated vocalists in the game: Urban Mystic, and his undeniably powerful voice. He has […]
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Minority Entrepreneurs Face Uphill Battle To Enter Legal Marijuana Market
The legal marijuana industry is growing fast, but only 4.1 percent of marijuana business owners identified as African Americans.
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Simple ways to care for yourself during the pandemic
It can be easy to neglect yourself as we navigate the global pandemic that’s been changing our lives for the past year.
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What Has Changed Since The George Floyd Protests?
George Floyd tragically lost his life while in police custody in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020. He was originally from Fayetteville and was only 46 years old with one adult child at the time of his death. What led up to his interaction with the police was an attempt to use a counterfeit $20 bill […]
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April is Financial Health Month
When was the last time you looked at your bank account balance? According to a recent study, over 60 percent of Americans check their balance at least once a week. This is a habit, if practiced the right way, can you put on the path to achieving your financial goals. Continue reading here.
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Take control of your financial future
A year into the pandemic, many people have experienced changes in how they manage their money. With different spending needs and, in some cases changes in income, balancing budgets, saving, and monitoring credit have become top of mind, as underscored by our recent Digital Banking Attitudes study. Continue reading here.
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Our path forward to advance equity
The past year has been one of the most tumultuous chapters in recent history for Black Americans, with numerous reminders that systemic racism brings devastating consequences for individuals, families and communities. Continue reading here.
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Debate On Racism In America Heats Up After Scott’s Rebuttal To Biden
WASHINGTON — When Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) — the only current black Republican senator — declared “America is not a racist country” in his response to President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s address to Congress this week, he sparked strong reactions from both sides of the political aisle. “Our nation is starving for more than empty platitudes,” […]
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Love For Rap Music Deeply Rooted In Young Miller Tha Don
Young Miller Tha Don tasted music success early. As a teenager, he was part of Romeo’s Rich Boyz group. Romeo, the son of Master P and cousin of Young Miller Tha Don, formed the group that produced the hit “You Can’t Shine Like Me.” Master P’s influence took Young Miller Tha Don from New Orleans […]
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How 2 Black Organ Transplant Recipients Beat The Odds
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. — In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic in May 2020, Oliver Kellman’s heart and kidney failed. He required two transplants to survive. When he went to the hospital on May 14, thinking he would probably need dialysis, he was told he needed a heart transplant within the next two or three weeks […]
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VIDEO: From Kashmir To Kanyakumari: India’s Adil Teli Pedals Into Fame
SRINAGAR — “There is nothing one can’t achieve if one sets his mind to it,” 23-year-old Adil Teli told Zenger News after pedaling 3,600 kilometers (2,237 miles) from India’s northernmost tip Kashmir to the southernmost Kanyakumari. Nine years ago, when a teenaged Teli started spending hours cycling through the lanes of his home in the […]
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Kanye agrees with Kim on joint custody in divorce response
AP-US-Kim-Kanye-Divorce LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kanye West agrees with Kim Kardashian West that they should have joint custody of their four children and neither of them need spousal support, according to new divorce documents. West’s attorneys filed his response Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court to Kardashian West’s divorce filing seven weeks earlier, which began […]
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Police: Minnesota officer meant to draw Taser, not handgun
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — The police officer who fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb apparently intended to fire a Taser, not a handgun, as the man struggled with police, the city’s police chief said Monday, as police clashed with protesters for the second night in a row. Brooklyn […]
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ThredUp’s shares pop in stock market debut
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of ThredUp rose more than 40% in their stock market debut Friday, reflecting investor enthusiasm for the online seller of second-hand women’s and children’s clothing. The stock market debut followed strong investor enthusiasm for Poshmark Inc., whose stock more than doubled to $101.50 valuing […]
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Top Artist of the Week Lianne La Havas – Bittersweet | A COLORS SHOW
Lianne Charlotte Barnes (born 23 August 1989),[1][2] known professionally as Lianne La Havas (/liˈæn ləˈhævəs/),[3]) is a British singer-songwriter and record producer. Her career began after being introduced to various musicians, including singer Paloma Faith, for whom she sang backing vocals. In 2010, La Havas signed to Warner Bros. Records, spending two years developing her songwriting, before releasing any music. La Havas’ […]
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Bill Lester returning to a more welcoming, diverse NASCAR
By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Bill Lester, one of only a handful of Black drivers to ever race full-time in NASCAR, will return to competition 14 years after his last start. Lester will drive for David Gilliland Racing on Saturday in the Truck Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. […]
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WHAT YOU SHOULD BE EATING FOR BREAKFAST…EVERYDAY!
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Core and Upper Body Workout
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VIDEO: Fall Of Duty: Hero’s Parade For Cop Who Died To Save Others From Horror Crash
TAMPA, Fla. — A Patrol Officer was given a hero’s parade after losing his life trying to protect others in a fatal highway accident on March 9. The video footage shows the long line of police vehicles with a cordon of police officers escorting the ambulance carrying Master Patrol Officer Jesse Madsen’s body to the Medical Examiner’s […]
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Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)
The epic next chapter in the cinematic Monsterverse pits two of the greatest icons in motion picture history against one another – the fearsome Godzilla and the mighty Kong – with humanity caught in the balance. EN Director: Adam Wingard Writers: Eric Pearson (screenplay by), Max Borenstein (screenplay by) | 3 more credits » Stars: Alexander Skarsgård, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall | See full cast […]
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The Courier
Release Date: 03/19/2021 THE COURIER is a true-life spy thriller, the story of an unassuming British businessman Greville Wynne (Benedict Cumberbatch) recruited into one of the greatest international conflicts in history. At the behest of the UK’s MI-6 and a CIA operative (Rachel Brosnahan), he forms a covert, dangerous partnership with Soviet officer Oleg Penkovsky (Merab Ninidze) […]
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Nobody
(Universal) Release Date: 03/26/2021 Sometimes the man you don’t notice is the most dangerous of all.Emmy winner Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul, The Post, Nebraska) stars as Hutch Mansell, an underestimated and overlooked dad and husband, taking life’s indignities on the chin and never pushing back. A nobody.When two thieves break into his suburban home one […]
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DUTCH 2 MINUTES TRAILER in HD
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Black scholar: It’s time France confronts its colonial past
PARIS (AP) — A Black French scholar and expert on U.S. minority rights movements who’s taking charge of France’s state-run immigration museum says it’s “vital” for his country to confront its colonial past so that it can conquer present racial injustice. “The French are highly reluctant to look at the dark dimensions of their own […]
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A look at big settlements in US police killings
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The attorney for George Floyd’s family said Friday that a $27 million settlement of a federal lawsuit by the city of Minneapolis is the largest pretrial civil rights settlement ever. The settlement was announced as jury selection continued in the trial of Derek Chauvin, a white former city police officer accused in the […]