DENVER, CO – MAY 27 : Danya Strait show her passport at her apartment in Denver, Colorado on Tuesday, May 27, 2025. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post) Denver Post via Getty Images Even the mighty can fall. For the first time, the iconic blue United States passport has taken a significant step back, as…
The Treasury Department’s mock-up of the one-dollar coin with the image of President Donald Trump. Courtesy: Treasury Department Trump bucks may be closer than you think. The U.S. Treasury Department has taken the next step toward introducing a 2026 commemorative $1 coin featuring President Donald J. Trump. The Treasury’s move is in part due to…
LONDON, ENGLAND – NOVEMBER 07: Diddy performs at O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire in a special one night only event at O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire on November 07, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Samir Hussein/Getty Images for Sean Diddy Combs) Getty Images for Sean Diddy Combs Now that Sean “P. Diddy” Combs’ sentencing has come…
Actively Black founder Lanny Smith, co-founder Bianca Winslow, and Alfreda Smith. Courtesy: Texavier Henry Is the fashion industry ready for another shake up? When Lanny Smith, founder of Actively Black, closed out his third show at New York Fashion Week, he declared, “This is not a fashion show,” In the heart of Manhattan, Smith and…
KIGOMA – DECEMBER 22: Jane Goodall appears in the television special “Miss Goodall and the World of Chimpanzees” originally broadcast on CBS, Wednesday, December 22, 1965. Location, Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania. (Photo by CBS via Getty Images) CBS via Getty Images The world lost a legend as Dame Jane Goodall passed away at age…
Tilly Norwood Courtesy: Tilly Norwood Are AI “actresses” actual actresses? This week, during the Zurich Film Festival, multihyphinate (actor/comedian/producer) Eline Van der Velden unveiled and discussed something, or someone, that instantly divided Hollywood: Tilly Norwood. Tilly is the first AI actress from Eline’s newly launched AI talent studio, Xicoia, a spin-off from Particle6. Within hours…
tropical hurricane approaching the USA.Elements of this image are furnished by NASA. getty With Hurricane season in full effect, and Hurricane Humberto rapidly gaining strength over the Atlantic, have you ever wondered: How do tropical storms acquire their names—and how do those names reflect evolving conventions, culture, and global cooperation? Humberto has emerged as a…
Al Singer Xania Monet TALISHA JONES Seventeen million streams in two months. A multimillion-dollar record deal. A Billboard-charting single. These are the kinds of stats that typically belong to breakout human stars. But today they belong to Xania Monet — an AI-powered R&B singer who doesn’t exist in human form. Monet was created by 31-year-old…
Lisa Johnson, and her husband Andre Johnson, with their two children – the inspiration to start Private School Village (PSV) Courtesy: The Johnson Family Last weekend, over 3000 parents and students who attend private schools across Los Angeles, gathered at Exposition Park to celebrate the ‘Back to School’ season. The annual event was organized by…
Concept of H1b Visa for foreign workers showing wooden letters with US or United states flag as background getty The H1-B visa immigration program was born in 1990 and designed for highly-educated, high-skilled workers to enter, work and live in the United States. Today, it is being remade in ways that could permanently alter who…