A Black-owned climate technology startup is making waves in the industry, and investors are taking notice. BlocPower just raised $63 million to fund its work transforming old buildings into smarter, greener facilities with electric heating and cooling systems to save amounts of energy. Donnel Baird (Credit: BlocPower.io) In a Series A round, BlocPower raisedthe $63…
The month of February is tough for socialite Jordyn Woods, as it is the month of her late father John Woods’ birthday. “It’s my dad’s birthday, so it’s kind of a rough day for us,” said Jordyn in an Instagram Live. Jordyn looked kind of down, but the 23-year-old’s boyfriend, Karl-Anthony Towns, a center for…
Black candidates consistently get passed over in favor of white applicants over decades-old minor brushes with the law or arbitrary reasons, advocates say For years, Boston city leaders have vowed to diversify the police department so it looks more like the community it serves. Yet the police force is just as white as it was…
Source: Bloomberg / Getty Activists and progressive congressional leaders are calling on the Biden-Harris administration to disregard the Senate Parliamentarian advisory opinion in order to advance the $15 minimum wage bill and full elimination of the subminimum wage for tipped workers as part of the $1.9T COVID-19 relief package. 23 congress members including Rep. Barbara…
Media mogul Tyler Perry is bringing a strip club drama to BET+, and without seeing a single episode some fans are already giving him the side eye. According to Deadline, the show titled “All the Queen’s Men” is about the “female owner of an upscale strip club in Atlanta who is savvy and charming.” While…
The justices are taking up a case about Arizona restrictions on ballot collection and another policy that penalizes voters who cast ballots in the wrong precinct Texas’ attorney general said Monday he’s suing electricity provider Griddy for passing along massive bills to its customers during last month’s winter storm. The lawsuit comes days after Texas’ power grid manager effectively…
The comedian flubbed the announcement of the winner of the Best Original Score Golden Globe when he said ‘Sal’ instead of ‘Soul.’ Longtime comedian Tracy Morgan flubbed the announcement of the Best Original Score Golden Globe winner when he mispronounced the film’s title. “And the Golden Globe goes to… Sal … Soul,” Morgan said, correcting…
Source: NurPhoto / Getty The movement demanding the release of Mumia Abu-Jamal from prison has been renewed amid concerns for the health of the convicted cop-killer who was found guilty decades ago under questionable circumstances. Activists and supporters of Abu-Jamal claim he has contracted COVID-19 and are pushing for both his hospitalization as well as…
If there’s one thing the pandemic has taught us, it’s life is too short, and for television personality and songstress K.Michelle this has proved to be true. K. Michelle confirmed on Twitter that she and her peer Keyshia Cole have cleared the air on the Clubhouse app and there is no more beef. “So last…
Source: CSPAN screenshot UPDATED: 9:00 a.m. ET, March 1, 2021 — New year, same old Candace Owens. After starting 2021 by regurgitating debunked and hateful conspiracy theories about New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Owens — who, notably, has sympathized with Nazi leader Adolf Hitler and repeatedly blamed Black men for being killed by the police…
