Campaign manager says it’s even more important now for supporters to donate directly to Stacey Abrams’ campaign Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams cannot immediately begin raising and spending unlimited campaign contributions under a state law passed last year because she is not yet her party’s nominee, a federal judge ruled Thursday. Abrams and her One Georgia…
The Bidens in 2021 earned nine times the national median household income of 2020 President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, earned $610,702 during their first year in the White House and paid $150,439 in federal income taxes. That was a tax rate of 24.6% for 2021, well over the average of around 14% for…
Angela Simmons took to Instagram on April 15 to honor her late ex-fiancé and the father of her son, Sutton Tennyson. Simmons’ post comes after Michael Williams received a life sentence for Tennyson’s murder. Tennyson was shot and killed outside of his Atlanta home on Nov. 3, 2018, following an argument with Williams. Angela Simmons honors…
The convict laborers, mostly Black, were forced to work for free in a post Civil War era An archeologist is in the midst of a massive project designed to find the descendants of convicts who worked the mines in Tennessee. Camille Westmont, the archeologist, and a team of researchers at The University of the South…
Jermaine Dupri is without a doubt known for his undeniable talent when creating musical hits. The Grammy Award-winning producer has scores of chart-topping records, making him almost untouchable except for when it pertains to his footwork on wheels. The Atlanta-bred talent shared a glimpse into moments spent at a skating rink with his youngest daughter,…
Starting with the Fall 2023 school year, high school students in Florida will be taught financial literacy with classes that will be mandatory. Students must pass the financial literacy classes to graduate. Photo by Andy Barbour: https://www.pexels.com/photo/student-and-teacher-having-a-conversation-6683894/ There are 10 other states that have already approved legislation for financial literacy courses in high school. They…
“Bad Boys” became a cultural phenomenon when the film debuted in 1995. The action has spawned two sequels, 2003’s “Bad Boys II” and “Bad Boys for Life,” released in 2020. The franchise has grossed over $840 million globally. Despite the film’s success, “Bad Boys” director Michael Bay revealed an interview with Entertainment Weekly how Sony…
The governor of Mississippi has declared April to be both Confederate Heritage Month and Genocide Awareness Month. Gov. Tate Reeves unpacked Genocide Awareness Month as a time to reflect on the “systematic destruction of lives” and noted it had “no place in society,” but he neglected to mention the devastating race-based institution of American slavery or…
Health experts warn that the pandemic has not ended yet and numbers are ticking upwards Yet again, the U.S. is trudging into what could be another COVID-19 surge, with cases rising nationally and in most states after a two-month decline. One big unknown? “We don’t know how high that mountain’s gonna grow,” said Dr. Stuart…
A key moment in the police encounter with a motorist was not recorded Body camera footage of Patrick Lyoya’s fatal encounter with a Michigan police officer shows a close-up view of an intense struggle, but the video goes dark 42 seconds before the officer shoots the Black man in the head. It’s the latest high-profile…
