Today: April 30, 2026
Zohran Mamdani’s campaign branding has redefined how New Yorkers engage with politics. On June 25, 2025, New Yorkers woke up to a political earthquake: 33-year-old Queens Assembly member Zohran Kwame Mamdani—long tagged a fringe “DSA kid with Wi-Fi”—defeated former governor Andrew Cuomo…
Twenty-five years after Girlfriends debuted and helped redefine what Black sisterhood looked like on screen, Tracee Ellis Ross has brought the beloved cast back together—not for a reboot, but for a brand commercial. Yes, a commercial. While we can’t ignore the power…
Who knew that achieving greatness starts with simply showing up? Everything else begins to align with that first step. Being in Pharrell’s orbit has sparked an uninterrupted creative flow in me—as a visionary, a founder, and a builder—and his investment in TANTV…
Institute of International Finance, Washington, D.C. — April 23 2025 U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent stormed the International Finance stage on Tuesday and lobbed a volley of accusations that rattled the very foundations of the Bretton Woods twins. Condemning the International Monetary Fund…
As diplomats finalize agendas for November’s COP 30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil—a gathering already overshadowed by 2024’s unprecedented 1.5°C temperature breach—I can’t help but think back to the first time I met Dr. Shirley Mo Ching Yeung. It was 2019 at…
As the Trump administration approaches the end of its first 100 days in office, seven key Republican senators appeared on Sean Hannity’s Fox News town hall to unveil their plans on Making America Great Again; The Trump 2025 Agenda, a legislative roadmap…
Morgan DeBaun has never been afraid to build her own table. As the founder and CEO of Blavity Inc.—the media company she launched from her San Francisco apartment in 2014—she’s built a cultural empire that centers Black voices, scales multi-million dollar brands,…
The 2025 AI Summit in Paris marked a critical moment in the global dialogue on artificial intelligence (AI), bringing together world leaders, tech innovators, and policymakers to address the opportunities and challenges posed by AI. While the summit highlighted groundbreaking advancements, it…
DEI initiatives have been under relentless attack in recent years. Corporations that once championed diversity efforts in response to the racial justice movements of 2020 are now retreating under conservative legal threats and political headwinds. The rollback is not just symbolic—it is…
The nationwide boycott of Target stores, launched on February 1, 2025, has garnered significant attention in response to the corporation’s decision to cut its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies. Activists and community leaders, particularly in Minnesota, are calling for a long-term…
