Category: Money

The Significance and History of Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are institutions of higher education that were established with the purpose to provide African Americans education....

Black News Channel First To Target African-American Audience Launches Monday

The nation’s first news channel that focuses on the black community is scheduled to launch Monday. Black News Channel will offer original programming...

New Weed Compound May Be 30 Times More Powerful Than THC

A newly discovered cannabis compound has been shown in the lab to potentially be 30 times more potent than THC, the most studied psychoactive compound in marijuana....

Far More Prevalent Than Previously Reported “Forever Chemicals” (PFAS)Contamination Found in Drinking Water Across U.S. Cities

New Detections of ‘Forever Chemicals’ in New York, D.C., Other Major Cities New laboratory tests commissioned by EWG have for the first time found the toxic...

Controversy Sparks Over Racist Marketing For ‘BLK MKT’ Cannabis Brand

A booth slogan at Vancouver’s Lift & Co. trade show last week sparked controversy over racism and diversity in the cannabis sector. At its centre was a booth from...

Some Cannabis Stocks Cutting Their 2020 Production

According to Motley Fool, 2019 has been a wake-up call for cannabis investors. Similar to all other next-big-thing investments over the past quarter of a century,...

Apple, Microsoft, Google, Dell And Tesla Sued Over Congo Cobalt Mine Child Labor Deaths

Five major U.S. tech companies have been accused in a lawsuit of being complicit in the deaths of children mining cobalt in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The...

Joe Horn and 9 former NFL Players Were Indicted In A Health Care Fraud Scheme

The U.S. Justice Department announced on Thursday that 10 ex-NFL players have been charged in a scheme that allegedly defrauded the Gene Upshaw NFL Player Health...

Jay-Z Celebrates his 50th Birthday by releasing a Limited Edition Barrel of Cognac House D’Ussé

The single barrel D’Ussé 1969 Anniversaire Cognac was gifted to Jay Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, for his birthday, which was yesterday (4 December). The rapper...

Racial Disparities in Opioid Addiction Treatment in Black and White Populations

Racial Disparities Still Occurring through Opioid Crisis Racial disparities in outcomes are still commonplace in the United States, and one way this is apparent is the...