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An incumbent goes down in Missouri as anti-establishment candidates make their mark

August 7, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

Liberal challenger Cori Bush defeated Rep. Lacy Clay, a longtime pillar of the Congressional Black Caucus, on Tuesday, underscoring the threat the activist wing of the Democratic Party poses to establishment members. Clay is one of seven House incumbents who […]

American Psychological Association Called on Facebook to Prohibit Hate Speech

August 5, 2020 admin 0

WASHINGTON — The American Psychological Association has called on Mark Zuckerberg to ban hate speech on Facebook, citing decades of scientific research demonstrating that such speech can cause significant psychological harm to the target audience, observers and society as a […]

How new guidelines could affect retirement investing

August 5, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

The U.S. Department of Labor proposed barring fiduciaries from investing in funds that prioritize certain values if the potential returns are lower than other funds. The proposed rule means the people who run private retirement funds may no longer have […]

Congress presses Big Tech on competition

August 5, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

The hostility toward Big Tech was on display from both Democrats and Republicans during last week’s antitrust hearing. And despite expectations, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle had thoroughly prepared. “It was not a great day for the tech […]

Congress grills tech execs on private messages

August 3, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

The antitrust suit against Microsoft more than two decades ago should have been a warning to today’s tech giants. The chief executives of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google came under fire Wednesday for their alleged anticompetitive behavior, hearkening back to […]

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USBC & Google Create “Black-owned” Virtual Badge

August 3, 2020 admin 0

Washington, D.C.– In honor of National Black Business Month the U.S. Black Chambers (USBC) has partnered with Google to release a first of it’s kind “Black-owned” virtual badge, which helps consumers easily identify Black-owned businesses when using Google Search and Google Maps.USBC President […]

Bernell Trammell supported Black Lives Matter and Trump. Police are looking for his killer

August 3, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

Bernell Trammell, a local personality of Milwaukee’s Riverwest neighborhood who was known for his political activism and religious proselytizing, was shot and killed in broad daylight. Trammell, a vocal Rastafarian sometimes nicknamed “Ras,” was best known to his neighbors as […]

Zimbabweans cashing in on car exhaust dust

August 1, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

Parked behind 50 other cars in front of a gas station in Bulawayo’s Central Business District, early on a Friday morning, 30-year-old Henry Chinula flicks through a magazine he keeps in the car to kill time while waiting for his […]

John Lewis’s final words.

July 30, 2020 admin 0

By John Lewis Mr. Lewis, the civil rights leader who died on July 17, wrote this essay shortly before his death, to be published upon the day of his funeral. While my time here has now come to an end, I want […]

News readership slips from its pandemic peak

July 30, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

People are getting tired of news about coronavirus. In the United Kingdom, the drop-off is strongest among women and younger people, according to a new study by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism — putting in jeopardy the […]

As SEC relaxes rules, small businesses raise money

July 30, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

Honeycomb Credit is a small crowdfunding company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It typically handles 10 inquiries a day from business owners seeking loans from the community. Since pandemic hit, it is averaging 30 to 40 daily. “We’ve completed about a dozen […]

A coast-to-coast protest

July 27, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

Amid a season of peaceful protests and angry riots erupting across the country and globe in response to the death of George Floyd, one man was quietly taking action for different cause in a different way. He decided to bring […]

Churches vandalized across the US

July 25, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

A rash of vandalism at churches has left a statue of Jesus Christ headless and some set ablaze. The reports come amid a national debate over what to do about offensive and controversial statues. President Trump signed in executive order […]

New Health Report Identifies a New Industry Sector – FemAging Tech- Women of Color (including African Americans and Hispanics) are Overlooked in Innovation Research, Investment and Development.

July 23, 2020 admin 0

Black Entrepreneur releases the First of its-kind report Health and Tech Research reveals that many FemAging Tech innovations are not meeting the needs of the 55% of U.S. women who are concerned about staying active, and independent as they age. […]

Squid brain could boost new technologies

July 23, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

Scientists have mapped a squid brain for the first time using an MRI in a study that could reveal how these cephalopods are able to camouflage themselves. Research conducted over the last four years to create the first-ever “map” of […]

Brawl at the Brooklyn Bridge: March takes a bloody turn

July 22, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

A cane-wielding man attacked several New York police officers taking part in a march last week, but one of the officers injured left the hospital three days later to applause from his fellow officers. The bloody attack on officers including […]