The first African American female journalist to anchor a major network newscast (ABC-TV)
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No Sunday Brunch in NJ
As a born and bred Jersey boy, a splashy watering hole for Happy Hour and an equally delightful epicurean spot to Munch on Brunch have become weekly staples for me. I was shocked last week when I saw that New Jersey ranked as one of the worst places in the country to have Brunch–with the […]
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Fenty Beauty–Two New Launches
“Hella Thicc’s formula gives my lashes that buildable, voluptuous volume with every swipe, and the brush is so precise that you can get into every little lash to create different looks. This formula was made to make any and every lash Thicc!”– Rihanna I rarely brag about my Mascara. To be frank, most of them […]
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A Fat Ham is A Phat Play
Just as “one man in his time plays many parts,” stories live many lives as creators offer their takes on long-told stories. Fat Ham is a Pulitzer-Prize-winning play from acclaimed, Philadelphia-based playwright James Ijames, offering a loose reimagining of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. In Bard’s original story, the titular prince of Denmark attempts to unmask his uncle […]
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THE CITY: Raccoons eating lasagna, ghosts in the window: the wildest NYC 311 calls of last 20 years
By Katie Honan, THE CITY This article was originally published on Mar 9 5:39pm EST by THE CITY. Sign up here to get the latest stories from THE CITY delivered to you each morning. Using 311 in Battery Park. April, 2019. | Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY It’s the city’s catch-all hotline, and for 20 years the […]
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Rashida Jones
President of the cable news network MSNBC. Jones is the first Black woman to lead a cable news network
Posted inBusiness & Finance
Governor Murphy signs legislation to support New Jersey small businesses
TRENTON, N.J. – Governor Phil Murphy signed three bills into law to support New Jersey small businesses. The legislation, signed on Monday, March 20, 2023, enhances the customer service experience at the New Jersey Business Action Center by establishing a publicly available small business manual and collecting and disseminating customer assistance metrics and information. In […]
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Daisy Bates
Founder of The Arkansas Weekly and leader of the Little Rock Nine, students who led school desegregation efforts in 1957
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Family begs for answers in death of New Jersey Councilwoman
On Wednesday afternoon, family members of slain New Jersey Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour pleaded for answers from the police and the public in the unsolved murder of the 30-year-old woman nearly two months ago. “The fact is we haven’t had much interaction with them,” said Karl Badu of the Church Of Pentecost. Badu is the personal […]
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Josephine Baker
Most of her career was spent in Europe where she was dubbed “Black Venus” and “Creole Goddess” for her erotic beauty as an actress, singer, and dancer in a short skirt of artificial bananas and a beaded necklace