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The Down-Rounding Of Venture Capital And Speculative Private Tech Bubble: 5 Things To Know About ‘Valuation Spook’ Being Over
Sweden-based payments company Klarna Bank AB was Europe’s most valuable fintech startup in June when SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2 led an investment that valued it at $45.6 billion, making it more valuable ...
Black Man Buys Virginia Plantation Property, Finds Out Later Ancestors Were Enslaved There
When a Black man purchased the big house he had passed every day on his way to school as a child, he had no idea it was a former Virginia plantation that held the keys to his family’s history. The “scary ...
Deion Sanders Says Alabama Football Coach Is Lying About HBCU Jackson State Paying Player $1M To Play
University of Alabama football coach Nick Saban claims that historically Black Jackson State University “paid a guy $1 million” to join the team. Football legend Deion Sanders, now a football coach at ...
Opinion: Chief Justice John Roberts’ Desire To Protect The Legitimacy Of The Supreme Court Ignores Its Already Illegitimate Standing
I suppose that John Roberts, chief justice of the Supreme Court, is attempting to recapture a level of decorum and legitimacy—particularly legitimacy—by calling for an investigation into the leak of the ...
The Science Of Nuclear Fallout: Is New Zealand The Safest Country To Ride Out Nuclear War?
Russia polarized against western powers under NATO and growing fears that the invasion of Ukraine could escalate into a nuclear war present several scenarios including a doomsday event of mass devastation ...
Fact Check: Popular Author And Activist Claims Obesity Isn’t A Choice
Obesity occurs when a person’s body mass index is 30 or greater. Popular author and activist Dr. Adeshola Mos-Shogbamimu says obesity is a disease, not a choice. Black Americans are more likely to suffer ...
Recap And Highlights Of Malik Zulu Shabazz’s Debate vs. ISUPK Hebrew Israelite Captain Tazaryach, Part 1
Two major cultural powerhouses recently debated the influence of Africa versus the influence of the Bible. Malik Zulu Shabazz and Captain Tazaryach debated for more than five hours on April 5 on the topic ...
First Monkeypox Case Reported In U.S. As Infections Rise In Europe
Monkeypox is spreading across Europe and the first U.S. case in the U.S. was confirmed on May 18, when a man who lives in Massachusetts and had recently traveled to Canada tested positive. The Massachusetts ...
Top Reparations Scholar Dr. Sandy Darity Wins Another Award: Harvard Radcliffe Fellowship
Top reparations scholar Dr. William “Sandy” Darity has another accolade to add to his already impressive list. Darity has been selected by the Harvard Radcliffe Institute as one of its 2022-2023 fellows ...
Former President Bush Slips Up In Speech: ‘The Decision Of One Man To Launch A Wholly Unjustified And Brutal Invasion Of Iraq. I mean Of Ukraine’
Was it a Freudian slip? During a recent speech, former President George W. Bush blasted Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine as the “decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and ...
Texas Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee On Anti-Black Buffalo Terror Attack: Take Action On HR 40 Reparations Bill If Serious About Racism
Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee is calling on federal lawmakers to put some reparations action behind their “thoughts and prayers” after 10 people were shot dead and three wounded on May 14 by a white supremacist ...
Billionaire Crypto Founder Of FTX Exchange: Bitcoin Has No Future As A Payments Or Scaling Network
Sam Bankman-Fried, the 30-year-old billionaire founder of crypto exchange FTX and one of the most prominent executives in the crypto-sphere, said he believes Bitcoin does not have a future as a payment ...
Charles Booker Wins Kentucky DNC Primary For Senate: Where Does He Stand On Reparations Though?
Former Kentucky lawmaker Charles Booker has beaten out three challengers to become the Democratic nominee for the state’s U.S. Senate seat. He will face off against Republican incumbent Rand Paul in November ...
Target Stock Crashes 25% After Walmart Crash: What Are Big Retailers Saying About Inflation And The Coming Downturn?
Target, the eighth-largest retail chain in the U.S., saw its stock plunge 25 percent on Wednesday after announcing a drop in profit for the first quarter of 2022. Its results were “eerily similar” to the ...
Morgan Stanley And Goldman Sachs Put Out Bearish Research Notes On American Stock Market
After bouncing on Tuesday, the U.S. stock market traded sharply lower on Wednesday, May 18 as retail giants Walmart and Target reported lower-than-expected first-quarter earnings. U.S. stocks could correct ...
Who Is Cicley Gay? New BLM Board Chair Leans Into Accountability Questions And Future Of BLM
Amid the controversy over the use of millions of dollars in donations, Black Lives Matter quietly changed its leadership staff. Philanthropic strategist Cicley Gay has stepped in as the activist organization ...
Are Toxic, Hyper-Trauma Social Media Keeping You Distracted, Depressed And Sick?
Heavy social media use has been linked to depression, anxiety, illness and lack of focus, according to several studies. Users who took a one-week break from social media experienced reduced depression ...
American Deaths From Covid Cross 1 Million: Will There Ever Be Accountability?
Covid deaths have surpassed 1 million Americans, making the U.S. the first country in the world to reach the dreaded milestone of reported cases, according to a May 12 announcement by President Joe Biden ...
Calls Go Out On Twitter For FBI To Question Christian Preacher Who Threatened Another MAGA Insurrection: ‘You Can’t Be Christian And A Democrat’
Tennessee pastor Greg Locke recently threatened another MAGA insurrection, declaring to his congregation, “You ain’t seen insurrection yet.” Evoking the pro-Trump riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 ...
Pro-Reparations Summer Lee Wins Pennsylvania DNC Primary, Fights Off Heavy AIPAC Funding, Dem Party Establishment
Former labor organizer Summer Lee, 34, came out on top in the Pennsylvania 12th Congressional District Democratic primary on May 17, narrowly leading against DNC establishment favorite Steve Irwin in a ...
Crypto Is Not Private Or Anonymous: Here Are The IRS Weapons To Track Crypto Holdings And Activity
Anonymity is one of the reasons many crypto enthusiasts say they favor digital assets but it turns out crypto is not private or anonymous — just ask the Internal Revenue Service. The tax agency is tracking ...
Walmart Stock Falls 11 Percent In A Single Day: ‘We See Switching From Gallons Of Milk To Half Gallons’
The stock price for the world’s second-largest retailer, Walmart, fell by 11 percent on Tuesday, May 17, after the company reported lower-than-expected earnings in the first quarter — its worst single ...
Former Black CIA Agent Disbarred From Legal Practice For Leaking Secret Info To Media
Former Black CIA agent Jeffrey A. Sterling was disbarred on May 12, 2022, for his 2015 felony conviction after serving time for leaking information to the press about the Central Intelligence Agency. Sterling ...
Howard University Acquires Iconic Photograph Collection By Influential Black Photographer Gordon Parks
Howard University has acquired one of the most comprehensive collections of legendary Black photographer Gordon Parks. Though Parks died in 2006 at age 93, his legacy – as well as those whose images he ...
Russia To America: We Will Only Trade WNBA Star Brittney Griner For Arms Trafficker Victor ‘Merchant Of Death’ Bout
Women’s National Basketball Association star Brittney Griner was arrested in Russia days before the invasion of Ukraine and Russian media are reporting that she could be brought home in a prisoner swap ...