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Houston- Based Luxury Hair Company Treated 5 Deserving Women to a Complimentary Makeover!
Early October, So Unique Hair partnered with several local hairstylists, makeup artists, photographers, and a videographer to provide the ultimate glam experience for 5 women with "Unique" stories. During their time on set the 5 ladies, who had never met before, bonded over their stories of triumph as they became models for the day. Each model received complimentary hair extensions by So Unique Hair, and a makeover by an exclusive glam squad.
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Biden Administration Announces Executive Order To Close Educational Gap And Bring Equity For Black Americans
President Joe Biden signed an Executive Order on Tuesday (Oct. 19) that seeks to begin the necessary work to address and eliminate the racial disparities in U.S. education and, as a result, provide economic opportunity. The administration has directed a working group made up of senior officers across government agencies to study and to implement best practices that will improve education and ultimately financial outcomes for Black Americans.
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NBA commissioner Adam Silver hopes Kyrie Irving decides to get vaccinated against Covid-19
Ahead of the start of the NBA's 75th season, the sport's commissioner Adam Silver told reporter that he hopes Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving gets vaccinated against Covid-19.
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3 Ways Executives Hold Black Women Back at Work
Despite promises from across the corporate world to diversify leadership and give people of all backgrounds equal opportunities, women of color remain stuck with little to no progress in sight. A recent study from McKinsey and LeanIn.org found that while women overall have more high-ranking roles than in previous years, women of color make up just 4% of C-suite executives, a percentage that hasn't changed for several years. Women of color also continue to deal with discrimination at work, including just as many microaggressions as they did two years ago — all of which contribute to stress and burnout.
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Haiti gang wants $17M ransom for kidnapped American and Canadian missionaries
The gang that kidnapped a group of 17 American and Canadian missionaries in Haiti has asked for $1 million each for their release, a top Haitian official told CNN Tuesday.
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Justice Sonia Sotomayor deals with 'manterruptions,' too. Here's how we can stop them
At a diversity and inclusion conference last week, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said that part of the reason the court had to change the format of its oral arguments was that female justices kept getting interrupted by men. Indeed, a 2017 study of three Supreme Court terms in which there were four women justices found that the three justices who were interrupted the most were all women.
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Family Still Looking For Answers in Death of Jelani Day
The funeral for 25-year-old Jelani Day, an Illinois graduate student whose body was identified nearly a month after he was reported missing, is expected to be held Tuesday at 10 a.m. in Danville, Illinois.
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FDA planning to allow mix-and-match Covid-19 vaccine boosters
The US Food and Drug Administration is planning on allowing Americans to receive a different coronavirus vaccine for their booster shots than their original dose, according to two sources familiar with the current thinking inside the agency.
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96-year-old Nazi war crimes suspect who absconded last month now goes on trial
The trial of a 96-year-old former Nazi concentration camp secretary has finally began in Germany, weeks after she went on the run just before she was due in court.
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Biden and Harris hit the phones to bolster support on voting bill as Democrats face another GOP roadblock
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have been working the phones to try and bolster support for voting legislation teed up for Senate consideration this week, even as the bill is set to run into a Republican blockade.
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Zac Brown talks new album and recovering from Covid-19
Zac Brown's new album is aptly called, "The Comeback." The country star's latest project dropped Friday, as Brown just recently recovered from Covid-19 which sidelined several dates of their latest tour.
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US Capitol Police officer pleads not guilty to obstruction of justice charges in connection with January 6
US Capitol Police officer Michael A. Riley pleaded not guilty Tuesday morning to two counts of obstruction of justice in connection to the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol. Riley was arrested on Friday, becoming the first police officer on duty on Capitol Hill on January 6 charged with allegedly attempting to help a rioter.
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US Capitol Police officer Michael A. Riley, seen here in Washington, DC in 2011, pleaded not guilty on October 19, to two counts of obstruction …
Published on October 19, 2021
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CITY COLLEGE CENTER FOR THE ARTS CELEBRATES THE TEMPTATIONS’ OTIS WILLIAMS
The only surviving, original member of The Temptations, Otis Williams, is about to be 80! And in honor of this milestone, our client City College Center for the Arts is going to celebrate the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer and multiple Grammy Award®-winner with a special live, virtual conversation on Monday, November 1, at 7:30 p.m
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Apple expected to unveil new MacBooks
Apple is about to kick off its second big product event of the fall. At a virtual event on Monday at 1 pm ET, the company is expected to show off two high-end MacBook Pro laptops powered by its next-generation silicon chip, the M1X. The line is rumored to come in two sizes and feature thinner bezels, improved displays, longer-lasting batteries and more memory options.
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Got a job offer but hoping another one comes through? Here's what to do
You've been interviewing with three different companies that all sound promising, and Company A is the first to give you an offer. You're excited, but you are still interested in what Company B and C might have to offer. What do you do?
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Man arrested for raping a woman on a SEPTA train while other riders failed to intervene, authorities say
A man was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman on a SEPTA train in Philadelphia last week, even as a number of witnesses failed to stop the incident or call police, authorities said.
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A man was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman on a SEPTA train in Philadelphia last week, even as a number of witnesses failed …
Published on October 18, 2021
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Biden administration launches roadmap to tackle pollution from widely used 'forever chemicals'
The White House on Monday announced a new plan to combat pollution from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), chemicals that can cause severe health problems and linger in the environment after being released.
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The White House on Monday announced a new plan to combat pollution from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). President Joe Biden is shown here at …
Published on October 18, 2021
