COVID-19 has ravaged the world for two years infecting 201 million people and causing approximately 4.27 million deaths. Miraculously, a vaccine was developed to lessen its spread as well as spiraling deaths. Unfortunately, there were no warnings that tens of millions of people would refuse vaccinations because of their dire unhealthy and deadly skepticism.
Year: 2021
Despite CDC Short-Term Rental Eviction Reprieve, No Permanent Solution Found
THE KILLING OF WALTER RODNEY
The Jan. 6 attack on Congress and the U.S. Capitol was an assault on our democracy. So is the effort by congressional Republicans and their right-wing media allies to keep Americans from learning the truth about the insurrection. They are desperate to protect the people responsible for that deadly attack. We can’t let them.
PELOTAS, Brasil — La Ruta de las Charqueadas, en la ciudad de Pelotas, en el Sur de Brasil, muestra a los turistas sus construcciones antiguas e historias…
“On that first night,” Mother Fletcher recounted, “I went to bed in my family’s home in Greenwood, a com-munity that was rich, not only in terms of wealth, but in culture, community, and heritage. My family had a beautiful home. We had great neighbors, and I had friends to play with. I felt safe and had everything a child could ask for. I had a bright future ahead of me there in Greenwood, a place that could have given me the chance to truly make a good life in this country. But within a few horrible hours, all of that was gone….”
When it comes to the African American Community, we’ve been trailblazers for quite some time regarding entertainment and entrepreneurship. We’ve had several examples of Black star power with people like Berry Gordy, supermodel Tyra Banks, P. Diddy, and Tyler Perry. Recently, that Black star power continued to shine as Rihanna became a billionaire. Yes, that’s right. The little girl from Barbados who busted on the scene singing “Pon De Replay” is now a billionaire.
Dennis “Dee Tee” Smith, a co-founder of the legendary group Kool & The Gang, died on Saturday, a representative from his record label confirmed. He was 70 years old. There was no cause of death immediately reported.
How Franklin became the Queen of Soul and loved by millions is the subject of this fairly detailed and very entertaining biofilm that charts her rise from childhood to 1972 and her making of the classic, live-recorded album, Amazing Grace. This project stars Jennifer Hudson, the singer who was handpicked by Franklin to play her. Like a Queen anointing a princess, Franklin deemed: “I’ve made my decision, and it is you, young lady, who I want to play me.” That endorsement makes this Respect the quintessential Franklin biodrama and any others, not so much.
JOHANNESBURG — The corruption and money laundering trial of South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma at the Pietermaritzburg High Court in KwaZulu-Natal was postponed to Sep.9…