read more…
LONDON (Reuters) – British theaters and live music venues say the show will only go on if the government provides a financial backstop, as the COVID-19 pandemic means they can no longer get commercial insurance. While venues for indoor live performances are not yet open in all of Britain, theaters…
CHICAGO (NewsNation Now) A group of millennial women are donating to small Black-owned businesses during the pandemic in “Operation: Can I Speak To Your Manager.” Co-founder of the group Ciara Jasso says normally when someone asks for a manager, it’s normally a bad thing. But she said this social media initiative…
Rescuers in military helicopters airlifted 207 people to safety over the weekend after an explosive wildfire trapped them in a popular camping area in California’s Sierra National Forest, one of dozens of fires burning amid record-breaking temperatures that strained the state’s electrical grid and for a time threatened power outages…
Much as each of Lovecraft Countrys episodes have further expanded upon its strange world of eldritch magic and white supremacist occultists seeking to control it, the shows never lost sight of the fact that its telling a complicated story about multiple generations of interconnected Black families working though all kinds…
Kimberly Bryant, founder of the nonprofit group Black Girls Code, recalls the spontaneous encounters with other people of color around the office that gave her a sense of belonging as she forged a career as an engineer. The wave in the cafeteria, the smile in the elevator, the nod in…
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who Germany says was poisoned by a weapons-grade Novichok nerve agent, is now out of a medically induced coma and is being weaned off mechanical ventilation, the Berlin hospital treating him said Monday. “He is responding to verbal stimuli,” Charite hospital said in a statement,…
Ankita Ajith can recall learning about slavery, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks at her Katy, Texas, elementary school in the Houston area. But looking back, Ajith, now a student at Northwestern University, also vividly remembers how superficial those conversations were, and how much she wishes that her…
One of the best Jumpman sneakers of all-time is the Air Jordan 6. Of course, this is the sneaker Michael Jordan won his first-ever NBA title in. For this reason, the Air Jordan 6 “Infrared” has quickly become one of the most popular colorways in Jordan Brand history, and whenever…
INDIA has overtaken Brazil to suffer the second highest number of Covid-19 cases in the world. An explosion of 90,802 new cases were registered overnight, taking the total number of coronavirus infections to 4.2million. Read our coronavirus live blog for the latest news & updates India has officially overtaken Brazil…
