Dejon, who was a co-host on the popular hip-hop show known as Video Music Box, is now focusing on his career in comedy. The Brooklyn native has been hosting several shows at various venues in New York. And now, he has opened a venue to bring relief to his hometown residents. “We are the first […]
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Images of Celestine Chaney’s shooting death in a hate-fueled attack inside a Buffalo supermarket made their way across the internet in the days that followed. At her funeral Tuesday, images from a treasured life filled the space, showing her smiling and holding her family close. Chaney, 65, was among 10 Black people […]
A gunman opened fire with a rifle Saturday at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, in what authorities called a “hate crime and racially motived violent extremism,” killing 10 people and wounding three others before being taken in custody, law enforcement officials said. The suspect was identified as Payton Gendron of Conklin, about 200 miles […]
http://www.ted.com Sharing powerful stories from his anti-obesity project in Huntington, W. Va., TED Prize winner Jamie Oliver makes the case for an all-out assault on our ignorance of food. Jamie Oliver is transforming the way we feed ourselves, and our children. Jamie Oliver has been drawn to the kitchen since he was a child working […]
Entrepreneur Robert Thomas opened the first Black-owned supermarket in Houston, Texas. The District Market Green Grocer opened on Black Friday located along Cypress Creek Parkway in Houston. “We don’t have any Black supermarkets that I know of,” Thomas told Fox26. Thomas’ told the news station he sells “fruit, vegetables, eggs, vegan meals for the vegan community. We have […]
Aldi, an international supermarket chain, has apologized for a racist attack that a Ghanaian-German shopper was subjected to inside one of its stores. In the video posted by Prince Ofori, a German-Ghanaian dance teacher, shows shoppers in a Berlin store can be seen yelling at Ofori in German. Then a man in a blue jacket […]