How Entrepreneur Jenny Groberg Built a Thriving Accounting Firm After a Traumatic Brain Injury
Jenny Groberg started her first business out of necessity. She was the CFO of a company that dissolved, and her husband was a full-time medical student. Groberg needed to work. With small children at home, Groberg was limited in where she could work as the family had no child care options. Groberg needed to earn […]
Trump cuts Environmental Justice Office putting Black communities at greater risk of pollution
The Trump administration is poised to close the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Justice after more than 100 employees were placed on administrative leave on Thursday. Advocates and former EPA officials say the imminent closure will likely have lasting harmful impacts on Black, brown, and poor communities. According to the New York Times, the […]
Digital Detox 101: Benefits of Unplugging From Technology & How to Get Started
Stare at your laptop screen all day at work. Endlessly scroll on your phone when you get home. Binge a TV show. Endlessly scroll again until you fall asleep. Does this routine sound familiar? If it does, it might be time to explore the benefits of unplugging from technology. In our tech-saturated world, hopping from […]
South African president alludes to Trump’s threat in speech to the nation: ‘We will not be bullied’
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa appeared to respond to threats from U.S. counterpart Donald Trump by saying in his annual speech to the nation Thursday that his country would “not be bullied.” The comment by Ramaphosa was seen as a reaction to Trump’s pledge to cut all funding to South Africa over a new land expropriation law — although Ramaphosa did […]
Trump administration plans to slash all but a fraction of USAID jobs, officials say
The Trump administration presented a plan Thursday to dramatically cut staffing worldwide for U.S. aid projects as part of its dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development, leaving fewer than 300 workers out of thousands. Late Thursday, federal workers associations filed suit asking a federal court to stop the shutdown, arguing that President Donald Trump lacks the […]
Antonio Gates, Jared Allen, Eric Allen and Sterling Sharpe make the Pro Football Hall of Fame
Antonio Gates, Jared Allen, Eric Allen and Sterling Sharpe were voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in the smallest induction class in 20 years following offseason rule changes meant to make it harder to get inducted. Sharpe got in as a seniors candidate in voting announced Thursday night at the NFL Honors and […]
Rapper A$AP Rocky’s lawyers will make their case at his felony trial over 2 assault charges
A$AP Rocky ‘s lawyers will make their case and try to establish a counternarrative Friday at his trial in Los Angeles, where the hip-hop star and fashion mogul is charged with firing a gun at a former friend on a Hollywood street in 2021. They plan to call to the stand rapper A$AP Twelvyy, who, like […]
Drake disputes DJ Khaled’s claim that he’s on his new album
It looks like somebody has some explaining to do. DJ Khaled has a new album — his 14th! — dropping sometime in 2025, titled “Aalam of God.” Khaled, who is a king of promotion, dropped a trailer on social media featuring Anthony Ramos and Mark Wahlberg to drum up anticipation for the project. According to […]
