Source: Cheng Xin / Getty In recent years, it’s become common for people to use buy now, pay later (BNPL) loans to purchase electronics, furniture, or other inessential but occasionally pricey items. Now, data reveals that a growing number of people are using BNPL loans to pay for essentials like groceries and rent. CBS News reports that nearly 30% of BNPL users said they used the service to pay for […]
Source: Peerakorn Chotthanawarapong / Getty Every Labor Day, we pause to honor the workers who keep this country moving. This year, I am thinking especially about Black women. I am thinking about the Black women who get up every morning to care for our children, teach in our schools, serve our communities, run businesses, staff hospitals, lead organizations and keep households afloat. And I am thinking about the Black women […]
Source: Monica Schipper / Getty CIA asset. Former Playboy bunny. The face of the feminist movement. Those are three ways headlines have described feminist Gloria Steinem since her passing at the age of 92. To read just those three things about a major figure like Steinem, it’s easy to draw conclusions about who she was. For Steinem, those three descriptors are more misleading than they are helpful. They completely miss […]
✕ Sybil Wilkes is back with What We Need To Know, delivering the stories that matter most to our community. From celebrity headlines to national developments, here’s a closer look at the stories she highlighted today. A Feminist Icon Passes at 92 Gloria Steinem, the feminist trailblazer and founder of Ms. Magazine, has died at the age of 92. Across decades of activism, Steinem never claimed the movement as her […]
Katelyn Mulcahy Racism in any form should never be accepted, and exposing it at the core is the best way to stop the spread of hate. Last week when Los Angeles Sparks forward Dearica Hamby received a disgusting text sent directly to her phone, we think she did the right thing by blasting the message on social media for all to see. Her actions not only helped trace it back to the original […]
Leon Neal / Pete Hegseth It has not been a last few days for the most highly unqualified Secretary of Defense in the history of the United States, Pete Hegseth. Spotted on Crooks & Liars via The Washington Post, Kegsbreath has been caught red-handed hiring an army of MAGA influencers for secret roles in the Pentagon, and he won’t say what exactly they are doing in those roles. Per Crooks […]
Source: NurPhoto / Getty Last week, a panel of federal judges ruled that AI-generated child sex abuse content is protected under the First Amendment. You know, I think Trent Reznor was onto something when he said God is dead and no one cares, because what the actual hell? WAFB reports that 42-year-old Steven Anderegg was arrested in 2024 after distributing images of child sex abuse that he created using a […]
Source: MARTIN BUREAU / Getty Celebrity hairstylist Frédéric Fekkai is facing allegations that he helped Jeffrey Epstein groom young women to fit the billionaire’s preferences. According to court documents obtained by TMZ, seven alleged victims claim they were sent to Fekkai for salon services that were allegedly dictated by Epstein. The complaint makes a particularly disturbing accusation, claiming Fekkai “groomed the victims to look as young as possible under Epstein’s […]
✕ Sybil Wilkes is back with What We Need To Know, delivering the stories that matter most to our community. From celebrity headlines to national developments, here’s a closer look at the stories she highlighted today. Tiger Woods Faces Five-Year License Suspension Golf legend Tiger Woods lost his driver’s license for five years after pleading no contest to reduced charges in a Florida courtroom Wednesday. Woods stood before a Martin […]
