By late last week, the old heads were already sounding the alarms as it became increasingly clear that “The Heart Pt. 6”—Drake’s limp, blackhearted response to Kendrick Lamar—would be the final salvo in their electrifying rap beef. Chuck D, the leader and frontman of politically minded Public Enemy, warned against indulging too much in the spectacle. “I was very clear on the boundaries of culture long ago,” he posted on X, the social media app formerly known as Twitter. “Gangster Rap was like dark hard liquor just because it’s sitting there doesn’t mean your narrow young ass can drink or...…By late last week, the old heads were already sounding the alarms as it became increasingly clear that “The Heart Pt. 6”—Drake’s limp, blackhearted response to Kendrick Lamar—would be the final salvo in their electrifying rap beef. Chuck D, the leader and frontman of politically minded Public Enemy, warned against indulging too much in the spectacle. “I was very clear on the boundaries of culture long ago,” he posted on X, the social media app formerly known as Twitter. “Gangster Rap was like dark hard liquor just because it’s sitting there doesn’t mean your narrow young ass can drink or...WW…

AdvertisementAdvertisementThe day after George Floyd was pronounced dead at a Minneapolis hospital, Tucson, Arizona, Police Chief Chris Magnus had seen and heard enough to weigh in on a growing national scandal.“Indefensible use of force that good officers everywhere are appalled by,” Magnus late Tuesday night. “This is contrary to how PROFESSIONAL police officers train & conduct themselves. Conduct like this anywhere makes it more difficult for police everywhere to build community trust.”Magnus was one of the nation’s first major law enforcement officials to weigh in on the...…AdvertisementAdvertisementThe day after George Floyd was pronounced dead at a Minneapolis hospital, Tucson, Arizona, Police Chief Chris Magnus had seen and heard enough to weigh in on a growing national scandal.“Indefensible use of force that good officers everywhere are appalled by,” Magnus late Tuesday night. “This is contrary to how PROFESSIONAL police officers train & conduct themselves. Conduct like this anywhere makes it more difficult for police everywhere to build community trust.”Magnus was one of the nation’s first major law enforcement officials to weigh in on the...WW…

AdvertisementAdvertisementOn March 9, 1998, John Lewis returned to the site of his bloodiest, most brutal confrontation in the fight for civil rights. Lewis had in Selma, Alabama, that day to commemorate the 33rd anniversary of the “Bloody Sunday” march, first with a dedication for the old church where the march started, and then to receive a key to the city. Waiting there for Lewis was an old, now-bowed adversary: Selma Mayor Joseph “Joe” Smitherman.Smitherman had only recently been sworn in as mayor when Lewis and 600 others were beaten by police while trying to cross the Edmund Pettus...…AdvertisementAdvertisementOn March 9, 1998, John Lewis returned to the site of his bloodiest, most brutal confrontation in the fight for civil rights. Lewis had in Selma, Alabama, that day to commemorate the 33rd anniversary of the “Bloody Sunday” march, first with a dedication for the old church where the march started, and then to receive a key to the city. Waiting there for Lewis was an old, now-bowed adversary: Selma Mayor Joseph “Joe” Smitherman.Smitherman had only recently been sworn in as mayor when Lewis and 600 others were beaten by police while trying to cross the Edmund Pettus...WW…

AdvertisementAdvertisementThere is a scene in The Last Dance, ESPN’s documentary on Michael Jordan and the Bulls, that has stuck with me. It was 1993, and the Bulls had just won the NBA Finals again. In a dark and quiet corner of the America West Arena in Phoenix, Jordan took a seat and rested his chin in one of his famously large hands, nearly alone in his triumph for a fleeting moment (or as alone as Michael Jordan can ever be). He wore a white cap and an oversize white T-shirt decorated with caricatures of himself and his teammates in celebration of their first three-peat, but he didn’t...…AdvertisementAdvertisementThere is a scene in The Last Dance, ESPN’s documentary on Michael Jordan and the Bulls, that has stuck with me. It was 1993, and the Bulls had just won the NBA Finals again. In a dark and quiet corner of the America West Arena in Phoenix, Jordan took a seat and rested his chin in one of his famously large hands, nearly alone in his triumph for a fleeting moment (or as alone as Michael Jordan can ever be). He wore a white cap and an oversize white T-shirt decorated with caricatures of himself and his teammates in celebration of their first three-peat, but he didn’t...WW…

AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementIn late February, three days before the South Carolina Democratic primary, Joe Biden’s presidential campaign seemed doomed. Biden had finished no higher than third place in the first two states, Iowa and New Hampshire, and come in a very distant second in Nevada. He desperately needed a strong showing in South Carolina to stay in the race.That’s when Rep. Jim Clyburn, the highest-ranking Black member in Congress, got behind a lectern in North Charleston, South Carolina, and vouched for his friend. “I know his heart. I know who he is. I know what he...…AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementIn late February, three days before the South Carolina Democratic primary, Joe Biden’s presidential campaign seemed doomed. Biden had finished no higher than third place in the first two states, Iowa and New Hampshire, and come in a very distant second in Nevada. He desperately needed a strong showing in South Carolina to stay in the race.That’s when Rep. Jim Clyburn, the highest-ranking Black member in Congress, got behind a lectern in North Charleston, South Carolina, and vouched for his friend. “I know his heart. I know who he is. I know what he...WW…

AdvertisementAdvertisementWhen Joe Biden finally pulled ahead of Donald Trump in Georgia on the Friday morning after Election Day, I texted Olivia Pearson, a Black city commissioner and voting rights activist in Douglas, Georgia. I wanted to ask Pearson, 59 and known around the small Coffee County town as “Ms. Libby,” how she felt now that the state appeared ready to turn blue for the first time since 1992, after years of grueling voter registration drives and an array of voter suppression efforts.AdvertisementPearson knows better than most about the latter: In 2012, she was charged with...…AdvertisementAdvertisementWhen Joe Biden finally pulled ahead of Donald Trump in Georgia on the Friday morning after Election Day, I texted Olivia Pearson, a Black city commissioner and voting rights activist in Douglas, Georgia. I wanted to ask Pearson, 59 and known around the small Coffee County town as “Ms. Libby,” how she felt now that the state appeared ready to turn blue for the first time since 1992, after years of grueling voter registration drives and an array of voter suppression efforts.AdvertisementPearson knows better than most about the latter: In 2012, she was charged with...WW…

AdvertisementAdvertisementAfter almost 30 years as a pioneering neurosurgeon, you could have had a glorious—and prosperous—retirement. You were already a living Black History Month hero, an example to any child whose dreams were bigger and better than their circumstances. You had in a West Palm Beach country club. You were a sought-after speaker and author, someone whose inspiring life story had been turned into . You even had political aspirations of your own, launching a presidential campaign in your hometown of Detroit in 2015. You had options.Advertisementwhen you announced your...…AdvertisementAdvertisementAfter almost 30 years as a pioneering neurosurgeon, you could have had a glorious—and prosperous—retirement. You were already a living Black History Month hero, an example to any child whose dreams were bigger and better than their circumstances. You had in a West Palm Beach country club. You were a sought-after speaker and author, someone whose inspiring life story had been turned into . You even had political aspirations of your own, launching a presidential campaign in your hometown of Detroit in 2015. You had options.Advertisementwhen you announced your...WW…

AdvertisementAdvertisementThere is a scene in The Last Dance, ESPN’s documentary on Michael Jordan and the Bulls, that has stuck with me. It was 1993, and the Bulls had just won the NBA Finals again. In a dark and quiet corner of the America West Arena in Phoenix, Jordan took a seat and rested his chin in one of his famously large hands, nearly alone in his triumph for a fleeting moment (or as alone as Michael Jordan can ever be). He wore a white cap and an oversize white T-shirt decorated with caricatures of himself and his teammates in celebration of their first three-peat, but he didn’t...…AdvertisementAdvertisementThere is a scene in The Last Dance, ESPN’s documentary on Michael Jordan and the Bulls, that has stuck with me. It was 1993, and the Bulls had just won the NBA Finals again. In a dark and quiet corner of the America West Arena in Phoenix, Jordan took a seat and rested his chin in one of his famously large hands, nearly alone in his triumph for a fleeting moment (or as alone as Michael Jordan can ever be). He wore a white cap and an oversize white T-shirt decorated with caricatures of himself and his teammates in celebration of their first three-peat, but he didn’t...WW…

Finding space in your budget to save and invest isn’t easy for everyone. In fact, a found that 40% of Americans have less than $300 in savings. As such, plenty of Americans are facing a retirement where their only source of funds is a monthly check from the Social Security Administration.Cash App Borrow: Find: Still, living on a fixed income doesn’t mean you have to miss out on a satisfying retirement. In the right place, you might discover that you can stretch your budget further and spend your golden years enjoying yourself. To help you find such a place, a GOBankingRates study...…Finding space in your budget to save and invest isn’t easy for everyone. In fact, a found that 40% of Americans have less than $300 in savings. As such, plenty of Americans are facing a retirement where their only source of funds is a monthly check from the Social Security Administration.Cash App Borrow: Find: Still, living on a fixed income doesn’t mean you have to miss out on a satisfying retirement. In the right place, you might discover that you can stretch your budget further and spend your golden years enjoying yourself. To help you find such a place, a GOBankingRates study...WW…