Cam Newton is putting his money behind the culture, reinvesting earnings from his short-lived TV run to launch an HBCU-focused “4th & 1” College Tailgate Tour.
Author: Carma Henry
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Donald Trump has turned the presidency into a vanity project, putting his name and image all over Washington (most recently, a banner of him atop the department of justice), campaigning for the Nobel Peace Prize, pimping for cybercurrency. He’s every bit the rival of Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin when it comes to a cult of personality. His latest venture is the Board of Peace, which is not really about promoting peace in Gaza or anywhere else—certainly not in Iran, Ukraine, or Latin America. It’s another self-promoting venture in Trump’s desperate quest to be honored as a peacemaker while operating like a warmonger and investment banker.
California politics is currently being shaken up thanks to a drive, led by the Service Employees International Union, to enact a one-time wealth tax on the state’s billionaires to offset federal cuts to healthcare and support public education and food assistance programs. Campaigning for the measure, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders told an enthusiastic crowd that “never before have so few people had so much wealth and so much power.” In a democratic society, he thundered, “the billionaire class cannot have it all.”
When Bad Bunny was announced as the Super Bowl halftime performer, critics predicted backlash. He’d be too Spanish. Too political. Not “American” enough. The assumption was that in a country this polarized, cultural borders were fixed — and he stood on the wrong side of them.
Justice John Roberts, speaking for the majority, rejected the government’s argument that the IEEPA “gives the President power to unilaterally impose unbounded tariffs and change them at will. That view would represent a transformative expansion of the President’s authority over tariff policy.” No President has ever made such a claim, said Roberts. The tariffs “extend beyond the President’s ‘legitimate reach.’”
I learned to respect Bitcoin not from traders or tech executives. I learned from dissidents and from people who lived through economic collapse. For them, Bitcoin was not about getting rich. It was about staying free.
The win makes Jordan the first Black team owner to win the Daytona 500. The win also came two days before Jordan’s 63rd birthday.
Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Rondale Moore was found dead on Saturday night in New Albany, Indiana at just 25 years old.
Atlanta-born NASCAR driver Rajah Caruth returned to his roots this week, visiting the Jesse Draper Boys and Girls Club to speak to middle schoolers about his professional journey in motorsports and to inspire them with messages centered on perseverance, resilience, and determination.
Cannabis is poised to be a major issue in 2026, as a federal effort to lower its classification moves forward and some states face initiatives to roll back adult-use laws. In Florida, lawmakers are weighing changes to medical marijuana policy, and a proposed constitutional amendment to legalize recreational marijuana failed to qualify for the November ballot.