Pop Smoke’s Family Announce Opening Of Coffee Shop, Pop’s Place, In Brooklyn
The family of recording artist Pop Smoke is opening a coffee shop in Brooklyn’s Canarsie neighborhood, the late drill rapper’s hometown. Obasi Jackson, the brother of the late rapper Bashar Barakah Jackson, announced that Pop’s Place, the coffee shop, is hiring baristas. “Pop’s Place is opening soon in Canarsie We’re looking for experienced baristas ready […]
Apple says no one using Lockdown Mode has been hacked with spyware
The tech giant’s claim that it has not seen any successful spyware attacks targeting Apple devices with Lockdown Mode enabled comes amid a leak of hacking tools targeting users running devices with older software.
We Show Up For The Funeral, Who Shows Up After?
By Kelly Edmondson In Black communities, we have always known how to show up for the funeral. The question we’re not asking loudly enough is: who shows up after? I know this grief intimately. As a trauma nurse, a certified grief counselor, and a nurse executive, I have spent my career sitting with people in the […]
Grand Slam Champion Coco Gauff Admits, ‘I Can Get Imposter Syndrome’
Following her victory at the 2026 Miami Open, tennis star Coco Gauff, in a rare, vulnerable, and introspective moment, admitted to sometimes having “imposter syndrome.” The 22-year-old Grand Slam winner opened up after defeating Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic (6-3, 1-6, 6-3) to reach her first career semi-final at her home-state tournament, becoming the youngest American to […]
Trump Pushes The Limit By Becoming The First Sitting President To Add His Signature To Paper Currency
For the first time in the history of U.S. sitting presidents, President Donald Trump’s signature will appear on paper currency, NBC News reports. The March 26 announcement from the Treasury Department said Trump’s signature will go on the bills in celebration of the country’s 250th anniversary, making a historic move as paper currency is known […]
Government Restrictions Prevent Tyler Perry’s From Giving Money to Unpaid Atlanta TSA Workers
Movie executive Tyler Perry’s attempt to give Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport some cash to offset their lack of paychecks during the current shutdown was grounded. According to 11Alive, the Madea actor went to the airport but was not allowed to hand workers any cash due to government restrictions. The partial shutdown […]
Surging Oil Prices Put Spotlight Back on Clean Energy
Experienced traders have seen this movie before. When oil prices surge, clean and renewable energy equities often follow suit. Due to the war in Iran, crude prices are indeed surging, trading around $100 per barrel with concern those prices will go higher. Broadly speaking, renewable energy stocks and ETFs are living up to the just […]
22-Year-Old Black Creator Launches ‘Synth City,’ An AI-Powered Animated Series From His Laptop
Originally published on BlackNews. While major studios debate how artificial intelligence will reshape Hollywood, 22-year-old Tierre Hummons has already built his own cinematic animated series called Synth City, which delivers studio-level quality without studio-level funding. The series is produced using AI, original music, self-built systems, and an independent distribution strategy — establishing a scalable blueprint for […]
‘Forbidden Fruits’ has trouble melding the old with the new
If there’s one thing you should know about the Fruits, it’s that they worship Marilyn Monroe like she was God herself. This is one of the running gags in Meredith Alloway’s new film, “Forbidden Fruits,” written by Alloway and Lily Houghton and based on Houghton’s 2019 play. The Fruits – a witchy sisterhood of mall […]
If Microsoft Is Ready to Rebound, Consider Trading This ETF
Caught up in the artificial intelligence software carnage, shares of Microsoft (MSFT) are down almost 23% year-to-date while residing nearly 33% below the 52-week. Analysts consider a decline of 20% from a previous high a bear market. Those data points would be enough for many traders to take a pass on the Direxion Daily MSFT […]
A New ETF Right for These Times
A new ETF can gain traction by offering advisors and other market participants an investment objective that’s conducive to the environment in which those funds are debuting. It launched last week so the jury is still out, but the Invesco QQQ Equal Weight ETF (QEW) could prove to be a beneficiary of good timing. That’s […]
This ETF Could Soar if Iran Tensions Ease
Amid military conflict in Iran, gold is belying its safe-haven status. The largest ETF backed by physical holdings of the commodity is off more than 14% over the past month. That performance plagues a host of competing funds. If there’s a silver lining — pun intended — it may be that gold’s recent slide is […]
