Former President Barack Obama said Wednesday that addressing global economic inequality is key to fighting climate change. Obama was a keynote speaker at the sustainable building conference Greenbuild in downtown Atlanta, where he participated in a question and answer session with Mahesh Ramanujam, the president and CEO of the U.S. Green Building Council. Ramanujam asked […]
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Like her parents, Blue Ivy now an award-winning songwriter
At just 7, Blue Ivy Carter is an award-winning songwriter. Jay-Z and Beyoncé’s daughter won the Ashford & Simpson Songwriter’s Award at Sunday’s Soul Train Awards for co-writing her mom’s hit “Brown Skin Girl,” a song celebrating dark- and brown-skinned women. Ivy Carter gives a vocal performance that opens and closes the song, which also […]
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Martin Lawrence headlines reboot of LIT AF tour with stop at State Farm Arena March 2020
AEG announced on Monday, the LIT AF Tour, hosted by Martin Lawrence, will embark on another nationwide tour in 2020. The 25+ date tour will kick off on Friday, Jan. 31, 2020 in Washington D.C. at the Capital One Arena, stop in Atlanta at the award-winning State Farm Arena on Saturday, March 7, 2020 and conclude […]
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Chick-fil-A halts donations to 3 groups against gay marriage
Chick-fil-A is ending donations to three groups that oppose gay marriage in an effort to halt protests and broaden its customer base. But the move has angered some of the fast-food chain’s fans. The Atlanta-based company said Monday that starting next year, it will focus its giving on three areas: hunger, homelessness and education. “This […]
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House Dems set to choose leader of powerful Oversight panel
As impeachment hearings resume on Capitol Hill, House Democrats are preparing to choose who will lead the powerful Oversight and Reform Committee — a key role in the ongoing impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. Three veteran lawmakers, including Rep. Carolyn Maloney of New York, the acting chairwoman, are seeking to replace the late Rep. […]
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2020 hopeful Harris focuses on black women in South Carolina
Kamala Harris is framing an upcoming campaign swing through early voting South Carolina around the voting demographic most sought after in the state’s Democratic primary: black women. On Saturday, Harris’ campaign is teaming up with black female organizers and volunteers to canvass and hold a “woman to woman” phone bank for the California senator in […]
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Michelle Obama signs ‘Becoming’ copies on book’s anniversary
Michelle Obama marked one year since the publication of her best-selling memoir at a book signing in the nation’s capital Monday. “It’s so good to meet you,” the former first lady told patrons as she signed copies of “Becoming” at a Washington, D.C., bookstore. More than 11.5 million copies of the memoir have been sold […]
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White House officials to kick off big Trump impeachment week
Two top national security aides who listened to President Donald Trump’s call with Ukraine are preparing to testify in the impeachment hearings, launching a week of back-to-back sessions as Americans hear from those closest to the White House. Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, an Army officer at the National Security Council, and Jennifer Williams, his counterpart […]
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Top White House aides call Trump call ‘improper,’ ‘unusual’
One top national security aide who listened to President Donald Trump’s July call with Ukraine’s president called it “improper.” Another said it was “unusual.” The two testified Tuesday at House impeachment hearings as the inquiry reached deeper into the White House. Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, an Army officer at the National Security Council, and Jennifer Williams, his […]
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Colin Kaepernick calls NFL workout session a hoax; The NFL, Stephen A. Smith and Jay-Z blast the exiled quarterback
The Colin Kaepernick official workout session with the NFL over the weekend unfolded with more plotlines and surprise twists than a Stephen King novel. Kaepernick, the fearless former quarterback who is now living in exile from the NFL, basically characterized the National Football League’s “workout” in Atlanta a hoax and carefully-constructed PR move. The NFL […]
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Pinkett-Smith has a lot more to share with ‘Red Table Talk’
“Red Table Talk” garnered an Emmy nomination for best talk show, but Jada Pinkett Smith doesn’t see it through that lens. “I think it’s more of a storytelling show. … It’s just exchanging of stories and life lessons learned from those stories,” said Pinkett Smith in a recent interview with The Associated Press. “I think that […]
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Healthcare in America is no laughing matter for Blacks
Laughter is the Best Medicine, says the Reader’s Digest version of America. But, not when it’s the only medicine, responds the America that far too many have known and continue to know. Not when the United States alone is one of the world’s top 33 most developed countries that does not have a form of […]
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Week 11 – NFC South Round-up: Saints win and Jameis struggles again
The New Orleans Saints arrived at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida Sunday afternoon ready to right the wrongs they committed against the Atlanta Falcons. After their listless performance last Sunday, quarterback Drew Brees threw three touchdown passes as the Saints defeated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 34-17. Wide receivers Ted Ginn, Jr. and Michael Thomas […]
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Falcons defense overwhelms Allen, Panthers 29-3
Cornerback Isaiah Oliver can’t explain the Falcons’ dramatic turnaround the past two weeks on defense. But he said it’s a little bittersweet. “This was the defense we expected to be playing from the start of the season,” Oliver said. If they had, things might be different this season for the Falcons. Atlanta had one of […]
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Diplomat says of Trump Ukraine call: “I remember it vividly”
WASHINGTON (AP) — The phone call State Department official David Holmes overheard between President Donald Trump and Ambassador Gordon Sondland lasted just two minutes. But it won’t be easily forgotten. “I’ve never seen anything like this,” Holmes told Trump impeachment investigators, “someone calling the President from a mobile phone at a restaurant, and then having […]