Tokyo Games set to open on Friday Two South African soccer players have become the first athletes inside the Olympic Village to test positive for COVID-19, with the Tokyo Games opening on Friday. Organizers confirmed the positive tests on Sunday but didn’t identify the athletes other than to say they were non-Japanese. The South African…
“The Confederacy has surrendered,” attorney Jerome Moroux says Spectators cheered Saturday as a stone statue of a Confederate general was hoisted by a crane and removed from a pedestal where it stood for 99 years in front of a city hall in south Louisiana. The Advertiser posted video of the work that happened a day after United…
Esusu receives an undisclosed amount from Serena Williams’ venture capital firm in the start-up’s first funding round Serena Williams may not be playing much tennis this summer, but she is still keeping busy. The tennis superstar recently announced she is investing in fintech start-up Esusu, as reported by CNBC. According to the company’s webpage, Esusu…
The shooting comes as Washington, D.C., like many other cities in the U.S., is facing a rising number of violent crimes and homicides The game between the San Diego Padres and Washington Nationals was suspended in the sixth inning Saturday night after a shooting outside Nationals Park that caused echoes of gunfire inside the stadium…
Detroit gets hit with more heavy rainfall weeks after thousands of basements were left flooded Steady rain drenched the Detroit area Friday, flooding highways and raising the anxiety of frustrated residents whose homes filled with water again exactly three weeks after thousands of basements were wrecked by sewage from a tremendous storm. A downtown ramp to M-10,…
Source: Susan Winters Cook / Getty UPDATED: 6:30 a.m. ET, July 18, 2021 Sunday would have been Nelson Mandela‘s 103rd birthday. From his early days as a foot soldier in the struggle for racial equality to his years as an elder statesman in South Africa, Mandela spoke many truths that still ring true today. The…
We stand on the shoulders of those who came before us. A woman whose achievements shaped an Iowa county recently received a posthumous honor. According to NPR, Johnson County was renamed after Black educator and historian Lulu Merle Johnson. The county will now be named after Lulu Merle Johnson, a professor and historian who was…
Activist and athlete Colin Kaepernick is using his journey to teach youth about the importance of self-confidence and self-efficacy. According to Forbes, Kaepernick has inked a deal with the publishing company Scholastic. Colin Kaepernick’s Children’s Picture Book To Be Published In April By Scholastic https://t.co/JIKVsJZ9wq pic.twitter.com/zuQxdbPMKX — Forbes Entertainment (@ForbesEnt) July 16, 2021 As part…
From STEM pioneer Mary Jackson to trailblazer Mae C. Jemison, Black women have historically shaped the landscape of space exploration while simultaneously breaking racial and gender barriers. South Carolina native Vanessa E. Wyche is continuing that legacy of excellence. According to the Houston Chronicle, Wyche was recently chosen to serve as the director of NASA’s…
The world’s number-two ranked tennis player said critics told her that her “Black Card” was revoked Tennis superstar Naomi Osaka revealed she was targeted with racial backlash for her decision to represent Japan in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. The 23-year old tennis champion discussed her decision and the ensuing backlash in her recently-released self-titled Netflix…
