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Rapper and ex-Taco Bell employee Lil Nas X will be collaborating to promote his upcoming album, Montero. The 22-year-old, who used to work at Taco Bell in Atlanta, Georgia, will be the chief impact officer. In their first project, Lil Nas X is teaming with the Taco Bell Foundation to reward young creatives with the […]
Yesterday, House lawmakers approved new legislation aimed at protecting the right to vote, amid a wave of restrictive new elections laws from Republican-controlled state legislatures. This bill was named for John Lewis, the Georgia congressman, and civil rights leader, who died last year. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 had been weakened by a pair […]
Yesterday morning at 12:01 am, Governor Kathy Hochul was sworn in as the new and first-ever women New York State Governor. Just hours after officially becoming the governor of New York State, Hochul outlined several priorities, such as COVID-19 and ethics. COVID was a large part of her inaugural address, with schools about to […]
Over the weekend, a touching tribute to Chadwick Boseman, the late Black Panther star’s wife Simone Ledward Boseman sang an emotional rendition of “I’ll Be Seeing You” at the Stand Up to Cancer TV special. Chadwick Boseman died at 43 on Aug. 28, 2020, following a four-year battle with colon cancer, a diagnosis he hadn’t […]
The Food and Drug Administration, FDA, has formally approved Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine making the Pfizer vaccine the first COVID-19 vaccine to be subject to a full review and to get an approval that puts the vaccine on par with other marketed vaccines. With this approval, the vaccine developed by Pfizer and its partner BioNTech could […]
At midnight today, August 24th, Kathy Hochul made history as the first woman to serve as New York governor after now-former Governor Andrew Cuomo officially stepped down. This Buffalo Native and 62-year-old Democrat were sworn in as the state’s 57th governor during a private ceremony at the state Capitol at 12:01 am, where Janet DiFiore, […]
Migos rapper and Cardi B’s husband Offset has recently spoken out defending Lizzo against her haters and their body-shaming and racist comments. In the wake of her “Rumors” collaboration with Cardi B, Lizzo has recently a plethora of love, followed by hate online. She tearfully opened up about these comments on an Instagram Live just […]
Over the weekend, Middle Tennessee experienced horrific record-breaking rain and flooding, leaving 22 people dead and many more missing. Saturday’s flooding in rural areas took out roads, cellphone towers, and telephone lines, leaving families uncertain about whether their loved ones survived the monstrous rain. Emergency workers have looked door to door yesterday amid shattered homes […]
The lives of thousands of Afghan people changed forever when the Taliban violently invaded the country, in just a span of a few days. A woman from Afghanistan, a mother of three, spoke out to local news organizations sharing her story and fears of the Taliban. The woman wanted to remain anonymous for the safety […]
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