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This is an audio transcript of the Behind the Money podcast episode: ‘Indonesia’s secret to economic success’ Michela Tindera Let’s take a look at how economies big and small have performed recently. It hasn’t been pretty. For example, there’s been the start of Russia’s war in Ukraine that kicked off food and energy . . […]
Heading into its sixth weekend in release, Searchlight Pictures’ deliciously provocative thriller The Menu has proved to be a rare delicacy this year – an adult-skewing film that has prospered at the box office, serving up more than $65m worldwide and counting. Mark Mylod’s (Succession, Game Of Thrones) satire about a group of diners who […]
Geekz Ventures is a virtual pre-accelerator program geared towards underestimated entrepreneurs launching their first tech-enabled startup. The industry-agnostic accelerator is on a mission to play a major part in the change that is driving diverse entrepreneurship forward. We caught up with Geekz Ventures creator, Kunbi Tinuoye to find out more about her plan to empower the next […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is reinstating a task force that is aimed at helping immigrants and refugees integrate into the United States. The Task Force on New Americans will be run by the Domestic Policy Council and the focus will be workforce training, education and financial access as well as language learning and […]
How James Cameron’s latest blockbuster film fares in one of the world’s most restricted movie markets could determine whether Hollywood’s roller-coaster 2022 closes with a bang or a whimper. But it could also help mend fences between China’s government and its citizens who recently protested the country’s zero-COVID lockdown policies. Avatar: The Way of Water […]
Ryan Coogler pens letter to thank the fans for ‘Black Panther’ success Ryan Coogler thanked the fans on the success of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever with a heartfelt letter. “That is the only word that comes to mind for your support of our work in the film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. I am filled with […]
Ten years ago next week, 200 fast-food workers walked out at 20 New York City restaurants, demanding $15 an hour in pay. At the time, many observers scoffed at $15 as an absurd, pie-in-the-sky demand. As the movement’s anniversary approaches, the Fight for $15 movement has proven the naysayers wrong. Congress has failed to increase […]
November 3, 2022 Nearly 100 Black mothers are receiving basic income thanks to a new County program known as the Multnomah Mothers’ Trust Project. On Tuesday, Nov. 1, project leaders briefed the Board of Commissioners on the impact from the program’s first year. The program serves approximately 100 Black female-headed households with children currently receiving […]
Despite humble roots, I was born with a silver spoon because I was born in the United States and given opportunities not even available to royalty in other countries. So it is for millions of us in America. Some would dismiss my circumstances as privilege. I call them liberty. In the 1980s, I traveled the […]
As a young hockey player, Sam Uisprapassorn ’05 was always told that he’d make a great coach. For a player who dreamed of being in the National Hockey League, that’s the kind of backhanded compliment that wasn’t always great to hear. But now that Uisprapassorn is the head coach of the Colombian national hockey team […]