For years, anyone attending a New York Yankees game would be subjected to the voice of Kate Smith singing “God Bless America” during the seventh-inning stretch.
There’s a lot of talk about how fall is the official season of “sweater weather.” And that’s fine, we all love fall—it’s the prom king of seasons. But spring, a season that requires true dressing dexterity, is actually true peak sweater weather. You get cool mornings and strong breezes, and as the days get longer and…
The family of a 5-year-old boy who was grievously injured after being tossed over a third-floor railing at the Mall of America earlier this month was praising God Friday with news that the child was “alert” and “conscious.”
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It was one of the closest races in Co-Op history, with the top three vote-getters ending up within about a percentage point of each other, but the humble mason jar and nut milk bag pulled off a venti-sized upset to take the title of our readers’ favorite method to brew cold brew coffee.
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Our country has a rather complicated relationship with cannabis.
Pipeline Angels, an angel investment syndicate that aims to change the face of angel investors and create capital for women and non-binary femme social entrepreneurs, is opening it’s doors to its 2019 summer angel investing bootcamp.
Since their launch in April 2011, over 300 members have graduated from the organization’s angel investing bootcamp and have invested more than $5 million in over 50 companies. Pipeline Angels members serve as the friends and family round for entrepreneurs who may not already have support at that critical stage.
“As a Black woman in tech, I was searching for a way to disrupt the perception of what tech superstars look like.” said Lisha Bell, member of Pipeline Angels and product manager at Braintree. “When I discovered Pipeline Angels, I thought, ‘This organization gets it,'”
“Pipeline Angels opened the door and provided me access to a world I had no access to despite my success and credentials. Being championed in a pivotal role in an industry that can be so unwelcoming to people who look like me or come from where I came from was so refreshing. This space needs more of us and I’m proud to support the mission.”
So what is the criteria to apply?
They are currently looking for applicants for in Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, D.C., Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, New Orleans, New York City, Oakland, San Diego, San Juan (Puerto Rico), and Seattle.
Pipeline Angels has a rolling application process, however, priority will be given to candidates who fill out our short online application before Monday, April 29, 2019.
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Ah, succulents. I hear you can only kill them with fire or Valyrian steel. They are truly remarkable things, and now Amazon’s cutting the price on a few selections by 15%.
President Donald Trump spins so much that even trying to keep all his truths, lies and subsequent lies about his truths can make you dizzy. But let’s try and think back a bit to that deadly “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Va., in 2017, when the president of people who were wearing khakis and spouting…
RZA, GZA, Ol’ Dirty Bastard (ODB), Inspectah Deck, Raekwon the Chef, U-God, Ghostface Killah, Method Man, Masta Killa and Cappadonna... Yeah, that’s a lot of names, Wu-Tang Clan really are the Earth Wind & Fire of hip-hop— now, have a docuseries. And it’s definitely one to check out, y’all.
A high school teacher resigned from an Illinois high school after he was exposed by anti-racism activists as a cyber-racist, which is like regular racism but for white cowards who can only espouse their hate when they are far from negroes and have a good wi-fi connection. Online sleuths found a number of posts…
If there’s one thing that can be said about model-of-the-moment Slick Woods, it’s that she doesn’t hold back. The it-girl and new mom has long been transparent about her life—whether disclosing a childhood and adolescence impacted by the incarceration of her mother, Vonnya-Leah Mason, her own former addiction issues,…
The family of filmmaker John Singleton is reportedly fighting for control of his business affairs and estate following the 51-year-old movie director’s stroke last week. Singleton’s mother is seeking to be appointed as his temporary conservator and claims that he has fallen into a coma. Singleton’s daughter, however, is disputing that claim as well as her grandmother’s pursuit of conservatorship, which would grant her legal authority to make medical and financial decisions on Singleton’s behalf while he is incapacitated.
Singleton made history at 24 years old when he became both the first African American and youngest person ever to be nominated for Best Director at the 1992 Academy Awards for his debut film Boyz n the Hood (1991). The groundbreaking film also received an Oscars nod for Best Original Screenplay. The screenwriter went on to direct a number of notable films and television series throughout his career, including classics like Poetic Justice and Baby Boy, 2 Fast 2 Furious, and the recent FX crime drama Snowfall.
Earlier this month, it was reported that the South Los Angeles native suffered from a severe stroke on April 17 and was placed in intensive care. At the time, his family released a statement saying that he was under “great medical care.” His mother, Shelia Ward, filed papers in court on Thursday stating Singleton is “currently hospitalized in a coma and is unable to provide for his personal needs” or “manage his financial resources,” according to The Associated Press. The court papers also claim that at the time of his stroke, Singleton was “engaged in several business deals” and in the process of signing “a lucrative settlement agreement.” The papers added that he would take a huge financial loss if a conservator cannot sign the papers on his behalf.
Singleton’s daughter, Cleopatra Singleton, however, is publicly denying her grandmother’s claims, according to a report published in The New York Times Friday. “My father is not in a coma,” she told The NYT. “My father had a stroke on April 17, 2019, and at this point, we are optimistic about a full recovery.” She added that her siblings also oppose the idea of giving their grandmother control over their father’s estate, which is valued at $1.4 million. “Myself, several of my siblings, and my father’s father will oppose my grandmother’s application to be appointed my father’s legal conservator,” she said. She added that there will be a hearing “on whether or not my grandmother should become the temporary conservator over my father’s personal and business estate.”
This is not the first time Singleton’s family has been in conflict. Back in 2016, one of his sons wrote an open letter accusing Singleton’s mother of being “an overbearing, manipulative mother who is jealous of anyone else’s happiness.”
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Moms are the best and they deserve to be treated like queens, that’s just a fact. They get one day of the year where we’re supposed to tell them how much they mean to us. If you suck at gift giving and never know what to buy your mom, look no further. You can definitely make her cry some ugly tears on Mother’s Day…
Being black in America means learning to do the most with limited resources.
The race to become the Democratic nominee could come down to which candidate is willing to use his or her influence to push Netflix prices back down to a reasonable amount so that Netflix and Chill doesn’t become “Netflix and can I get five bucks on this Netflix fee?”
She’s already won hearts as the endearing Missandei on Game of Thrones, but actress Nathalie Emmanuel may have won herself a few more since last Sunday’s episode, all due to a simple tweet.
