The labor shortage sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic now presents these former prisoners with opportunities. When Antonio McGowan left the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman after serving 17 years, he was free for the first time since he was 15. But as an adult finally out from behind bars, he immediately found himself confined to…
With furloughed staff and many COVID-related callouts, the airline industry has faced an uptick in flight cancellations. Here’s how to prepare in advance. Have you noticed a dramatic increase in flight cancelations lately? You might have seen them as recently as Juneteenth and July 4th weekend. But the truth is, canceled flights are now a…
Source: Jim Vondruska / Getty When local police named 22-year-old Robert E. Crimo III as “a person of interest” in the July 4 mass shootings in an affluent Chicago suburb, several news outlets described him in headlines as a “rapper.” A Washington Post headline read “Robert Crimo III, ‘Awake the Rapper,’ arrested in Highland Park…
Six years down and forever to go. Ciara and Russell Wilson recently commemorated a milestone in their relationship, their sixth wedding anniversary. The couple’s love story began in 2015, after they met at a Wisconsin basketball game. Shortly afterward, Ciara and Russell started dating. Ciara celebrated her wedding anniversary with husband Russell Wilson by sharing…
“Keep protesting. Keep making your point. It’s critically important,” President Joe Biden says in message to abortion rights advocates President Joe Biden said Sunday he is considering declaring a public health emergency to free up federal resources to promote abortion access even though the White House has said it doesn’t seem like “a great option.” He also…
Body camera footage cuts off after trooper recognizes he pulled over is his boss, Col. Lamar Davis The superintendent of Louisiana State Police acknowledges he was pulled over for speeding in an unmarked work vehicle but did not receive a ticket from one of his own officers. Col. Lamar Davis told WAFB-TV in an interview Friday that…
The Las Vegas Raiders hired Sandra Douglass Morgan, a lifelong Las Vegas native, as president on July 7 In the National Football League’s 102-year history, never before has a Black woman served as president of a franchise. That is until Sandra Douglass Morgan was picked to assume the esteemed role in the Las Vegas Raiders…
After releasing an inaugural sourced bourbon earlier this year, the brother-led brand hopes to release its own distillate in 2023. In 1783, Evan Williams opened the first commercial bourbon distillery in Kentucky. It would take 237 years more for the first Black-owned distillery to enter the market in the state famous for its own bourbon…
Republican Gov. Brian Kemp reports raising $7 million in the same period Stacey Abrams’ fundraising continues to accelerate, swamping Republican Gov. Brian Kemp and pushing close to $50 million raised in the seven months since the Georgia Democrat announced her campaign in December. Abrams announced Friday that her direct campaign and its associated One Georgia…
Protesters that disagreed with a small borough in Pennsylvania’s decision to hire the former Cleveland officer who fatally shot Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old boy killed in a playground while playing with a pellet gun in 2014, have successfully moved him off of the force. The man resigned from his new post a day after the…
