Announced on May 14th, Jaden announced that he will expand his I Love You food truck initiative into a restaurant to allow homeless people to have access to free and healthy food.

Research shows that the rate of firearm deaths have increased approximately 42% since the early 1990s. The fight for gun control has been a back and forth battle for well over 10 years and it seems as if there is no push in the political office to take accountability and pass gun-control laws.

The Liberate Meditation App is composed of over 40 meditation teachers with sessions that range from 5 to 20 minutes. Rivera’s focus for this app is to create safer healing spaces for the black community as well as build deeper relationships with each other.

Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby made the announcement on Friday, March 26th, stating that the city will no longer prosecute for prostitution, drug possession, and other low-level offenses.

The City Council voted 8-1 to distribute approximately $400,000 to eligible households. To break this down further, each qualifying household would receive $25,000 for home repairs or down payments on property.

The “Count It” Campaign will highlight the league’s major milestones and initiatives in the sport over the last 25 years. The campaign will also celebrate current and past players who have helped evolve the league into what it is today.

The factory plans to bring approximately 5,000 jobs to the county ranging from operational to managerial positions with an annual average salary of $47k. This initiative gives Austin a great economic boost for residents that need good paying jobs.

Golden Globe-nominated film Judas and the Black Messiah was released early last month to display a dramatic and historic story of a plan to destroy the Black Panther revolution from the inside. Actor, Daniel Kaluuya, won the 78th Golden Globe award for best supporting actor in a motion picture. With all the success, this movie would not have come to fruition without the creative minds of the Lucas brothers.

In the early 90s, black women being the face for major brands were far from an anomaly when it came to sports and streetwear fashion.

Texas is the second largest state in the US with an approximate population of 28 Million residents and counting. Needless to say, Texas has encountered multiple natural disasters with the Tax Day Flood, Hurricane Harvey, and now the winter storm that has impacted us all this week. The main question that all of us Texans have is how did this happen and why didn’t the government prepare ahead of time?

We are all asking “Where’s the stimmy Joe?!” After a long dragged out battle to get the remaining portion of the stimulus relief it appears as though lawmakers are in the final stages of passing the relief package through.

On January 27th, the Austin City Council voted to purchase a hotel and convert it into permanent housing for people experiencing homelessness. Further details in this plan show that the city will spend approximately $6.7M from its Housing and Planning Department’s bond and a recurring $6.5M fund will be taken from the police department’s budget to provide annual services to the residents of the hotel.

Let’s keep it simple. Racism still exists to this day. Despite the hard and diligent works of our past heroes like Malcom X, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Shirley Chisholm, Whitney Young, Elaine Brown, John Lewis, Angela Davis and many more, we are still living in a society filled with white supremacy.

So why is 2021 such a pivotal year? I’d like to think that since we’ve been through the time where the world has literally stopped then there is no limit to what we can accomplish in our life.

For decades, black families have been torn apart both physically and mentally whether through social injustices, drug abuse, government-aided stipulations, etc.

If you were raised in Atlanta like myself, the legendary verzuz between Gucci and Jeezy brought about endless middle/high school and college memories.

USA Today reports that black homeowners are twice as likely to lose their homes and have to return to renting than whites.

If you are a music head like myself you would appreciate the combination of meaningful verses over tight beats.

The 2020 United States Presidential Election is in 7 days! I repeat, 7 days!

The topic today is based on my personal experiences and thoughts over the past two weeks that I thought would relate to many people.