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Black Woman Owner of Fleet of 6 Trucks Hosts 2022 Global Power Retreat In Stunning Style
Held in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico, the six-day retreat is part of Kristi’s Global Power Tour project of hosting a 30-city business conference/retreat, treating attendees to amazing experiences including a spa day, sumptuous meals from Michelin trained chefs, and more.
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Former Undocumented Teen Who Built Over $1M in Retirement Before 50 Now Teaches Others How to Build Wealth
Tanya Taylor is the Founder & CEO of Grow Your Wealth, a financial education platform that teaches professionals how to ditch bad debt and create a 6 or 7-figure retirement income even if they don’t have any plans in place.
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81 Grassroots Organizations Awarded a Total of $750,000 in Grants through Industry’s ‘Make Golf Your Thing’ Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Initiative
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (June 13, 2022) – 81 grassroots golf organizations will receive a total of $750,000 in funding to further their efforts to engage underrepresented populations of the sport. These groups (*full list below) are being awarded with a
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Even Before Losing Election, Trump Aggressively Pushed ‘Big Lie’
The second public hearing from the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection revealed that Donald Trump was perhaps the worst loser in American political history. It also showed how alone he stood among an inner circle that couldn’t
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Building Muscle: Slowing Down the Tempo of Your Workout Won’t Help You Get Stronger Faster – But It May Still Have Benefits
Everyone wants to get fit, but many of us lack the time or patience required to get results – especially if our goal is to build a more muscular physique. While there’s plenty of advice online telling people about the
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Hybrid Working Post-COVID: How Young Professionals Can Optimise Their Time in the Office (And Why They Should)
During the pandemic, around 100 million people in Europe switched to working from home – nearly half of them for the first time. This shift was rapid, with employees quickly noticing the benefits of remote work. These can include
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Is Intermittent Fasting Actually Good for Weight Loss? Here’s What the Evidence Says
If you’re someone who’s thought about losing weight or has wanted to get healthier in the past few years, you’ve probably come across these two words: intermittent fasting. From celebrities to fitness enthusiasts, intermittent fasting has many thousands of loyal
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Regardless of Seditious Conspiracy Charges’ Outcome, Right-wing Groups Like Proud Boys Seek To Build a White Nation
As the House Select Committee prepares to begin public hearings on the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, far-right groups including the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers are were a prominent topic of discussion. At the same time, both of those
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Jan. 6 Hearing Gives Primetime Exposure To Violent Footage and Dramatic Evidence – The Question Is, to What End?
violent mob of Trump supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021, intent on disrupting a joint session of Congress that was meeting to count electoral votes and declare Democrat Joe Biden the winner of the 2020 presidential
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US Tragedies From Guns Have Often – But Not Always – Spurred Political Responses
The nationwide call for stronger gun laws in the aftermath of mass shootings in Buffalo, Uvalde and the over 200 other places where such tragedies took place so far in 2022 is understandable. It’s also predictable. Whether efforts to pass
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Conservative Supreme Court Justices Disagree About How To Read the Law
With a 6-3 majority, conservative justices on the Supreme Court may appear poised to hand down decisions that the Republican presidents who appointed them would applaud. As a political scientist who has published several books on law and politics, I
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Justice Department Announces Investigation of the Louisiana State Police
The U.S. Department of Justice has opened a pattern or practice investigation into the Louisiana State Police (LSP) to assess whether the law enforcement agency uses excessive force and whether it engages in racially discriminatory policing. According to a news
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A Stunning Jan. 6 Hearing Removes Any Doubt about Trump’s Role in the Deadly Insurrection
The stunning revelations broadcast during the House Select Committee investigation of the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol included the laying out of a scheme by former President Donald Trump to retain power. While many have long understood
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Kimberly McLaughlin-Smith Honored with 2022 Staff Award for Excellence, Others Recognized for Exemplary Service
For the third year, the UNCW Staff Award for Excellence ceremony was held virtually. The awards recognize members of the campus community who have excelled in their service to UNCW in the categories of customer service, efficiency and innovation, human
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How a Public Hearing Is Different From an Investigation – And What That Means for the Jan. 6 Com
On Thursday, June 9, the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol holds the first of several public hearings. The committee aims to lay out the results of months of investigative work into
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Black Press Consumers’ Message to NNPA: Keep Growing, Amplifying Community News
The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), the trade association of the 230-plus Black-owned newspapers and media companies that comprise the Black Press of America, is poised to observe the 195th anniversary of the birth of Freedom’s Journal and the Black
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Rev. Barber Talks to the Black Press about the Upcoming ‘Moral March on Washington’
National Newspaper Publishers Association President & CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., and Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, President and Senior Lecturer at Repairers of the Breach and co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival,
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Seven Decades After First Black Reporter Covered the White House, the Black Press Receives Coveted Credentials
Seventy-two years after President Franklin D. Roosevelt invited Harry S. McAlpin Jr. of the National Negro Publishers Association to cover an Oval Office news conference, and 82-years after the founding of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), the Black Press
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Arrests and Prosecutions Continue in DOJ Investigation of Jan. 6 Capitol Attack
As a Congressional committee continues to hold hearings on the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, the Justice Department said its continued investigation into the deadly insurrection has resulted in more than 1,000 criminal charges, several convictions or
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Armed Man Arrested in Maryland Seeking ‘To Kill Justice Brett Kavanaugh’
Authorities on Wednesday, June 8, arrested a man from California who carried a weapon near the home of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Though the man didn’t make it onto Kavanaugh’s property in Montgomery County, Maryland, he reportedly said
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Despite Apathy, Activists and Strategists Urge Black Voters Not to Sit out 2022 Midterms
The failure of Congress to pass legislation like the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act have frustrated African Americans. With new voter suppression laws, the leaked Roe V. Wade opinion, and the
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HBCU Grads Partner With Visa to Launch First Ever Black Woman-Owned Neo Bank
Washington, DC — Angel Rich and Courtney Keen, HBCU alums and the genius founders of CreditRich, have partnered with Visa to launch the first Black woman-owned neo-bank offering intelligent bill pay for credit optimization. They have also launched their very
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One Million Moms Partner With Black-Owned Bodycam App to Protect Their Kids From Police Misconduct
ANJEL Tech, a Black-owned cloud-based application that turns any smartphone into your own personal body cam, has announced a historic partnership with 1 Million Madly Motivated Moms (1M4). This organization, led by African American moms and aunties, was created to
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The US Is Importing Baby Formula To Help End Supply Shortage – What Parents Need To Know
Industry and federal efforts to alleviate a baby formula shortage in the U.S. are ramping up, with the import of foreign brands supplementing increased domestic production. It follows a crisis in which mothers, fathers and caregivers across the U.S. have
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African Americans and Other White House Staffers Call ‘Blaxit’ Story Fake News
Despite a recent report alleging an exodus of Black staff members, the Biden-Harris Administration remains the most diverse in history. High-level African American staffers refuted a Politico story about a so-called “Blaxit” at the White House. The widely shared story
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Tone Deaf Corporate America Blasted for Trying to ‘Own Juneteenth’
In 2021, President Joe Biden signed a bill to officially mark Juneteenth – June 19 – as an official federal holiday. One year later, as racism continues to permeate the nation and many African Americans prepare to observe the country’s
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The Legendary Temptations Announce Lineup Ahead of Summer and Fall Tours
Los Angeles, Calif. – The Temptations, the legendary, Grammy Award ® -winning group, led by founding member, Otis Williams are kicking off their summer and fall concert seasons this month with fan favorites such as, “My Girl,” “Just My Imagination
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Mass Shootings and Gun Laws. How Canada Does What America Won’t
According to the Gun Violence Archive, 2022 has quickly become the year of Mass Shootings. Researchers, who label mass shootings as incidents where four or more people are injured or killed (not including the shooter), noted that there have already
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Student-loan Cancellation Activists Just Wiped Out $1.7 Million in Student Debt for Nearly 500 Hbcu Students
The Debt Collective wiped out $1.7 million in student debt for Bennett College students. The relief was for debt owed to the historically Black college, like unpaid tuition and other school-related expenses. Student debt disproportionately falls on Black borrowers, and
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HBCU Grad Turned Capitol Hill Attorney Launches Black-Owned Line of Pearl Accessories to Inspire Women
Tonya Sloans, after having spent 20 years as a legal advisor in the nation’s capital, has used her fashion formula for career success to launch Power and Pearls, an online boutique that gives confidence to women through pearl accessories. Her
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Working in the Metaverse: What Virtual Office Life Could Look Like
In the context of work, the digital divide has become less about access to devices and connectivity and more about skills and mindset. Many experienced professionals have never learned more than the rudimentary basics of email, web search and Microsoft
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Supreme Court Allows States To Use Unlawfully Gerrymandered Congressional Maps in the 2022 Midterm Elections
In the upcoming midterm elections, states may use maps that a federal court has found unlawful. You read that right: The U.S. Supreme Court recently barred federal courts from requiring states to fix their newly adopted, but unlawful, congressional maps
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Teachers Often Struggle To Address Mass Traumatic Events in Class
After the Paris attacks of 2015 – a series of attacks in which gunmen opened fire on nightspots and a concert hall in Paris – a U.S.-based high school teacher of French described her failure to discuss the attacks in
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More Student or Faculty Diversity on Campus Leads To Lower Racial Gaps in Graduation Rates
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea College graduation gaps between Black and white students tend to shrink when there are more students of color or faculty of color on campus. This finding
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Biden-Harris Administration Announces the First Session of the White House Internship Program; Administration Will Pay Interns for the First Time in History
President Biden and Vice President Harris have announced the launch of the White House Internship Program and that, for the first time in history, White House interns will be paid. The first session will commence in Fall 2022. “Too often,
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Charlie Sifford Broke Golf’s Color Lines; His Son Fondly Recalls the Challenges and Triumphs During Centennial Celebration
Charlie Sifford didn’t hesitate to explain why his late father, Dr. Charlie Sifford Jr., remains his hero. Sitting inside an office at PGA TOUR headquarters in Ponte Verde, Florida, and preparing to remember what would have been his father’s 100th
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The Leadership Conference Pushes FCC to Eliminate Digital Discrimination
Two months ago, the Federal Communications Commission announced it had opened a proceeding on how to prevent and eliminate digital discrimination to ensure that everyone has equal access to broadband internet access service. When the agency issued the notice, commissioners
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Presidents Cup announces six HBCU teams set to compete in Charlie Sifford Centennial Cup
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina – The Presidents Cup announced today the six teams set to compete in the inaugural Charlie Sifford Centennial Cup, slated for August 29, 2022, at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte. Johnson C. Smith University will serve as
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Generation Z Sparking the ‘Great Resignation’ as Employers Realize Shortages
The pandemic has spurred the Great Resignation phenomenon, and it is still on. Many workers have continued to resign and switch jobs, and the pandemic reportedly has changed what matters to employees and what they want from their jobs –
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California Reparations Task Force Releases Detailed Report on the Harms of Slavery and Racism in the U.S.; Propose Specific Remedies
Federal and state governments, including California, failed to protect Black artists, culture-makers, and media-makers from discrimination and simultaneously promoted discriminatory narratives. Further, state governments memorialized the Confederacy as just and heroic through monument building while suppressing the nation’s history of
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A History of Hate: ‘If Emancipation Came in Lincoln’s America, why was it Necessary to March in King’s America?’
Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has long examined America’s hatred toward African Americans, recently noting a profound new rendering of the struggle by African Americans for equality after the Civil War and the violent counterrevolution that re-subjugated them, as
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“It’s a Family Affair:” NAACP Membership – A GDN Exclusive
[fvplayer id=”1″] I am encouraging Black parents to purchase NAACP memberships for their children that are 25 and younger. It is also a good idea to buy one for yourself if you’re not already a member. The NAACP represents a
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