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Good Housekeeping Names Toyota Prius Two Eco ‘Best New Hybrid’

Good Housekeeping this week announced the winners of its Best New Car Awards for 2017, and selected the 2016 Toyota Prius Two Eco as the Best New Hybrid. The Awards appear in the February issue, on newsstands January 17.

‘Black Panther,’ ‘Black Lightning,’ ‘Luke Cage’ Highlight Rise of Black Superheroes

Diversity is on the uptick in comics-inspired TV and film. When “Luke Cage” exec producer Cheo Hodari Coker declared at his show’s San Diego Comic-Con panel last year, “The world is ready for a bulletproof black man,” the crowd erupted in cheers. So did the internet. “Right before I said it, I knew what I was feeling,” Coker later told Variety. “I had said variations of it during the day. It was coming from an emotional place, but I didn’t think it was going to reverberate the way that it did. But I’m glad that it did.”

Former CIA officer arrested and charged with espionage

Federal prosecutors accused a former CIA officer of selling sensitive defense secrets to the Chinese government over a decade in an espionage case revealed in Hawaii on Monday.

Lena Horne, Legendary Performer and Civil Rights Activist, Honored with U.S. Forever Stamp

The U.S. Postal Service today celebrates the life and legacy of Lena Horne as the 41st honoree in the Black Heritage stamp series during a first-day-of-issue ceremony at Peter Norton Symphony Space.

5 Signs That You’re Entering Menopause

Menopause is a natural part of aging for women, but there is no predictable pattern or timeline for the symptoms, doctors say.

Turner Requests the Shut Down of the Republican Convention

Mayor Sylvester Turner, in his quest to reduce the spread of COVID-19, has requested that the Texas Republican Convention scheduled in Houston at the George R. Brown Convention for July 16-18th be shut down.

“Surrounded by Idiots” by Thomas Erikson

Every day of the week, you want to pound your head against your desk.

“Lightning Men” by Thomas Mullen

It struck in a second. If you’d have blinked, you would have missed the flash but you’d’ve known it was there by the rumble that followed. There’s nothing like the power and beauty of a summer thunderstorm to put respect into you – except, as in the new novel “Lightning Men” by Thomas Mullen, maybe the crack of a gun.

Black Women In Politics Database Could Help More Black Women Get Elected In 2018

After one of the most contentious Senate races in recent memory, Democrat Doug Jones defeated opponent Roy Moore, who was accused of sexual misconduct by nine women, in Alabama’s special election in December. Black women were the ones to make it happen.

Biden announces US will share more vaccines globally

President Joe Biden said Monday that his administration will share millions more doses of Covid-19 vaccines with other countries in addition to the 60 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine he has already committed to sharing by July 4.

Black Chef Turned Entrepreneur Launches Line of Soul Food Starter Kits in 1,000+ Grocery Stores Nationwide 918 3

Meet culinary expert and business leader Claude Booker, the CEO and founder of Booker’s Soul Food Starters which are now available in over 1,000 grocery stores across the country. His business providing Southern side dishes for buffets was decimated as a direct result of the pandemic, and most buffets remain closed.

NN Body to Host Self-Care Day this Saturday at Galleria Mall Boutique

Nathalie Nicole, Founder & CEO of NN Body Co., a Black Woman-Owned fashion activewear and self-care boutique in Houston’s Galleria Mall, is hosting “Self-Care Saturday” this Saturday, March 25, 2023, from 12pm-6pm!

NN Body in the Galleria Kicks Off International Women's Day by Hosting Event for 50 Local Female Business Owners

Nathalie Nicole, Founder & CEO of NN Body Co., a Black Woman-Owned fashion activewear and self-care boutique in Houston’s Galleria Mall, is kicking off International Women’s Day with a private event for 50 local female business owners tomorrow, Tuesday, March 7, 2023, from 6pm-8pm!

Elizabeth Warren declines to say if she supports financial compensation as a form of reparations

Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Friday declined to say whether she would support monetary compensation as a form of reparations for African-Americans whose ancestors were slaves, further highlighting the deeply complicated and sensitive nature of an issue that is increasingly becoming politically salient in the 2020 Democratic primary.

Marvel Universe Unites for Children’s Charities

Stars of Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Infinity War team up for epic charity event counting down to the launch of movie-related products on March 3

The Walt Disney Company today announced Marvel: The Universe Unites, an epic charity campaign combining the super powers of the cast of Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Infinity War to help support children’s charities.

The Richmond Heights 49ers Documentary Trailer

Based on the book, Images of America: Miami’s Richmond Heights by co-authors Patricia Harper Garrett and The Historic Society’s Founder & Executive Director, Jessica Garrett Modkins, the documentary explores the lives of early settlers in detail and the rationale of the white developer Captain Frank C. Martin who perpetuated social change during Jim Crow. Martin made a bold and unpopular decision in 1949 to build a self-contained community for Black World War II veterans. The documentary will feature intimate conversations with the community’s pioneering residents in an effort to understand their experiences firsthand, and delve into Captain Frank C. Martin’s mindset behind his desire to build homes specifically designed for Black World War II veterans. The film will also take a closer look at the socioeconomic fabric of this time, segregation, and civil rights.

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