5 Beauty Tech Companies Founded by Black Entrepreneurs
Squire allows you to book an appointment online at a Barbershop near you.
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Amazon’s Takeover of Whole Foods and the Implications for Black America’s Health
How this purchase can be a game-changer for communities of color making high-quality, fresh food more affordable and more widely-available.
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This Is the End of Black Female CEOs In Corporate America
Rosalind G. Brewer’s retirement as CEO of Sam’s Club marks the end of black female CEOs. Subsequently, black women are MIA in the C-Suite at major companies
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Mosquitoes That Can Transmit Zika Virus Found in Long Beach — KTLA
The type of mosquitoes that can carry Zika and other dangerous viruses has been found in Long Beach for the first time, city health officials said Monday. A mosquito control worker looks for the Aedes aegypti mosquito larvae at a home in Miami, Florida, on June 08, 2016. (Credit: RHONA WISE/AFP/Getty Images) The Aedes aegypti…
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‘Wheel of Fortune’ Under Fire For Pics That Allegedly Depict Slaves — 97.9 The Box
Last week, the popular gameshow ‘The Wheel of Fortune’ came under fire after they used a Southern themed picture backdrop during one of their shows with people wearing period clothing. The picture was taken at Oak Alley Plantation in Vacherie, Louisiana and was supposed to go with their theme of “Southern Charm”, but that wasn’t…
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Black Kids Are 10 Times More Likely Than White Kids to Die From Guns, Study Says — TIME
Guns kill about 10 times more black children than they do white children each year, according to a new analysis. The Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report, published in the journal Pediatrics, analyzed the number of gun-related homicides, suicides, and unintentional deaths and injuries among U.S. children from 2002 to 2014. Researchers looked…
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Woman Arrested for Pouring Sand into Her Daughter’s Eyes and Mouth During ‘Exorcism’ — Eye Opener
Centerville, Calif. – A Northern California woman was arrested after allegedly “viciously” attacking her 11-year-old daughter while attempting to perform an exorcism on the child at a beach near Ferndale as roughly a dozen people watched, the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office said Monday. The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office released this booking photo of Kimberly Felder.…
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Hub City Ethics, Part 3: Ethics Board Declines to Investigate Case Involving NBPD Internal Affairs Process | New Brunswick Today
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Noble Aaron El Shabazz is not one to give up on a fight. For the past four years, he has challenged a system that he says is corrupt to the core: the New Brunswick
Hub City Ethics, Part 3: Ethics Board Declines to Investigate Case Involving NBPD Internal Affairs Process | New Brunswick Today
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Noble Aaron El Shabazz is not one to give up on a fight. For the past four years, he has challenged a system that he says is corrupt to the core: the New Brunswick
Black Parole Officers Sue Police Department After Being Racially Profiled By White Cops
Four NYPD parole officers have filed a civil lawsuit against the Ramapo Police Department after claiming they were racially profiled during a recent traffic stop, CNN reports. The…
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Serena & Venus’ Dad Files For Divorce From His Wife
Richard Williams has filed divorce papers against his wife of seven years, claiming she forged his name and stole property.
Little Known Black History Fact: Willie Francis
The case of teen Louisiana death row inmate Willie Francis and his survival of the electric chair brought attention to the serious issues in the justice system for Blacks. Francis ultimately met hi…
Black Music Month Presents Houston’s Women In Music: Lizzo
It feels ‘good as hell’ to spotlight Houston’s own Lizzo in part of Black Music Month: Houston’s Women In Music. Lizzo (aka Melissa Jefferson) is a singer/rapper raised in H…
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Impeach Trump Now
From the moment he assumed the office, President Donald Trump has been in direct violation of the US Constitution. The President is not above the law.
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Milwaukee Police Were Called to Remove a Mentally Ill Man Sleeping in a Public Park: A New Documentary Asks Why He Was Killed Instead @alternet
A new film tells a shocking tale of police brutality. Four months before Officer Darren Wilson shot Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, a lesser known but equally disturbing case of police brutality occurred 400 miles away.
By the age of 50, almost 85% of men experience significantly thinning hair. But that percentage doesn’t just include white males (even if every before and after photo does). Now, when looking at hair restoration surgery options, patients with afro-textured and natural hair will also be able to receive treatment. In a new study published […]
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By the age of 50, almost 85% of men experience significantly thinning hair. But that percentage doesn’t just include white males (even if every before and after photo does). Now, when looking at hair restoration surgery options, patients with afro-textured and natural hair will also be able to receive treatment. In a new study published […]
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Will Marion Cook was an African-American composer who managed to create a series of successful Broadway plays and compositions in the late 19th Century. Cook and Paul Laurence Dunbar created the first all-Black play to open at a top Broadway house in 1898. Cook was born January 27, 1869 in Washington, D.C. He studied […]
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Little Known Black History Fact: Charles P. Bailey, Sr.
Florida aviator Charles P. Bailey Sr. was the first Black native of the state to fly for the elite Tuskegee Airmen. Bailey was one of nine siblings who served during the major wars of the 20…
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Beau Biden’s Brother Is Now Dating His Widow
Well, no one was expecting this. Multiple reports say that Hunter Biden, Joe Biden’s son and the brother of Beau Biden, who died of brain cancer in 2015 is now dating his widow, Hallie. And t…
