New York Amsterdam News
'Joy Goddess, A'Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance' - a review
As described by the publisher, \"Joy Goddess: A'Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance\" is indeed a very fine book, a \"vibrant, deeply researched biography\" of the only daughter of Madam C.J. Walker, written by A'Lelia Bundles, her great-granddaughter. A dramatically engrossing tale, Bundles' saga of A'Lelia Walker (née Lelia McWilliams, later, after three marriages, Robinson, Wilson, and Kennedy; later dubbed the \"Joy Goddess of Harlem\" by Langston Hughes) is related with the assurance of the consummate storyteller.
6 min |
June 05, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Public Advocate rolls out mayor and comptroller endorsements
Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, the second-highest ranking elected official in the city, rolled out his endorsements for the mayoral and comptroller races last week.
3 min |
June 05, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
A Q&A with A'Lelia Bundles, author of 'Joy Goddess'
In a short twenty-year span, A'Lelia Bundles has written four biographies that document her larger-than-life, from rags-to-riches ancestors.
6 min |
June 05, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
The Thunder and Pacers bring a new paradigm of the NBA to the Finals
On the surface, the personalities of Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and his counterpart, the Indiana Pacers’ Tyrese Haliburton, may be dissimilar, yet they have much in common in uplifting their respective teams to the NBA Finals.
2 min |
June 05, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Mayor Adams rolls out youth summer program funding to bolster public safety
Mayor Eric Adams kicked off summer by announcing $13 million in community-based safety initiatives to keep the kids busy during the hottest — and most violent months.
2 min |
June 05, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
After crossing the border for better schools, some parents are pulling their kids and leaving the US
For the last two months of their life in the United States, José Alberto González and his family spent nearly all their time in their one-bedroom Denver apartment. They didn't speak to anyone except their roommates, another family from Venezuela.
4 min |
June 05, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
In Uganda, an affordable alternative to dirt floors is a big boost to human health
Simon Tigawalana JINJA, Uganda dreamed for years of doing something about the dirt floors in his small house, blaming them for making his family sick. But in a rural area in one of the world's poorest countries, making them over with concrete was simply out of reach.
3 min |
June 05, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Fire at historic Black church in Memphis was intentionally set, investigators say
MEMPHIS, Tenn. A fire that severely damaged a historic Black church that served as the headquarters for a 1968 sanitation workers' strike, which brought the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to Memphis, was intentionally set, investigators said Wednesday.
3 min |
June 05, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Dance Calendar June 2025
The Tabula Rasa Dance Theater tops this month's dance calendar with an evening titled \"Sin Fronteras - No Borders,\" \"...a bold contemporary dance program inspired by the heritage and lived experiences of Mexicans in both their homeland and across borders.
2 min |
June 05, 2025
Linux Magazine
Fast as Lightning
The WebSocket protocol helps browsers to immediately reload a page if the server-side content changes. In this month's column, Mike Schilli whips up his own WebSocket server in Go for this task.
9 min |
#296/July 2025: Pen Testing
Linux Magazine
Sparring Partners
If you want to check your systems for security vulnerabilities, you need the right tools and a massive helping of experience. Prospective pen testers can get some practice by breaking into prefabricated training VMs.
9 min |
#296/July 2025: Pen Testing
Linux Magazine
Renewed Unity
Exploring the Lomiri desktop environment
6 min |
#296/July 2025: Pen Testing
Linux Magazine
Data Pipeline
Nushell's data-first approach elevates shell scripting to a new level of clarity and precision.
6 min |
#296/July 2025: Pen Testing
Fast Company
JUST REWARDS
BILT, THE STARTUP THAT OFFERS LOYALTY PROGRAM POINTS FOR PAYING YOUR RENT, IS BUILDING A $1-BILLION-A-YEAR BUSINESS BY BECOMING THE REWARDS PROGRAM FOR LIFE'S EVERY EXPENSE.
10+ min |
Summer 2025
Fast Company
The Chatbot Cure
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST BECKY KENNEDY HAS BECOME THE PARENTING GURU FOR THE SOCIAL MEDIA ERA. CAN AI TAKE HER TEACHINGS EVEN FURTHER?
6 min |
Summer 2025
Fast Company
STATE THE OF UNIONS
LIZ SHULER, PRESIDENT OF THE AFL-CIO, SAT DOWN WITH FAST COMPANY EDITOR-IN-CHIEF BRENDAN VAUGHAN TO DISCUSS HOW THE LARGEST FEDERATION OF UNIONS IN THE UNITED STATES IS RESPONDING TO AN ADMINISTRATION THAT IS HOSTILE TOWARD LABOR.
10+ min |
Summer 2025
Fast Company
Foundr Mentality
GRINDR CEO GEORGE ARISON IS USING AI TO TRANSFORM THE APP, MAKING AN UNEXPECTED PIVOT INTO TELEMEDICINE, AND TAKING MANAGEMENT INSPIRATION FROM ELON MUSK.
10+ min |
Summer 2025
Fast Company
THE PRICE OF LIFE
GILEAD SCIENCES, THE LEADER IN HIV MEDICATIONS, HAS DEVELOPED A NEW DRUG THAT COULD EFFECTIVELY END THE DISEASE. BUT NOT ALL PATIENTS SEE THE COMPANY AS A HERO.
9 min |
Summer 2025
Fast Company
WORLD CHANGING IDEAS 2025
A PERUVIAN CEMENT COMPANY INVENTS A NEW KIND OF SIDEWALK TO HELP GUIDE THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED. A NEW HEALTHTECH PLATFORM LEVERAGES AI TO ELIMINATE INEFFECTIVE COUNTERFEIT ANTIBIOTICS FROM GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS. AND COSTCO CEO RON VACHRIS TAKES HONORS AS THE INAUGURAL VISIONARY OF THE YEAR. THOSE ARE JUST THREE OF THIS YEAR'S 100 WORLD-CHANGING IDEAS WINNERS.
4 min |
Summer 2025
Fast Company
How 'Business for Good' Went Bad
IT MAY SEEM LIKE THE SECOND TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SINGLE-HANDEDLY PULLED THE PLUG ON STAKEHOLDER CAPITALISM, BUT IN REALITY, IT WAS SPUTTERING FOR YEARS.
10+ min |
Summer 2025
Fortune US
WHY SANTANDER BANK CHIEF ANA BOTÍN FEELS FLIKE JEFF BEZOS'
ANA BOTÍN doesn’t have “normal” days. As executive chair of Banco Santander, one of Europe's largest banks by assets, she’s perpetually flying from one part of the world to another.
2 min |
June - July 2025
Fortune US
A SILENCE BROKEN ONLY BY THE WHISPERS OF ELVES
SUNLIGHT SCATTERED on the surrounding snow as we hiked single file, crampons strapped to our boots, up Sólheimajökull, Iceland's southernmost glacier—a 650-foot-thick tongue of solid ice spanning 17 square miles.
4 min |
June - July 2025
Fortune US
CAN ONE FOUNDATION CHANGE LIFE ON EARTH?
IT’s JUST a routine checkup, standard for participants in a clinical trial, but when Alice, a South African shop clerk in her forties, visits the Be Part Yoluntu Centre for research, she wears her best outfit: trousers, a blouse, and short heels.
10+ min |
June - July 2025
Fortune US
A Sure Thing
The PGA TOUR is all in on a new sports betting partnership.
3 min |
June - July 2025
Fortune US
UNITEDHEALTH FACES A RECKONING AFTER A $280 BILLION MELTDOWN
HOW SICK IS UnitedHealth Group?
4 min |
June - July 2025
Fortune US
MELINDA FRENCH GATES BELIEVES THE LIGHT WILL WIN
MELINDA FRENCH GATES, at 60, is setting her own agenda: Four years after her divorce from Microsoft founder Bill Gates, she is dedicating her resources to improving the lives of women and girls in the U.S. through her company, Pivotal Ventures.
4 min |
June - July 2025
Fortune US
BEND THE WORLD TO YOUR WILL
No billionaire owner. No safety net. Just 11.5 million subscribers and counting. Meet the New York Times CEO outmaneuvering tech, Trump, and an industry in crisis.
8 min |
June - July 2025
Fortune US
LEADERSHIP WARREN BUFFETT'S SECRET TO SUCCESS: HE KNEW HOW TO CHANGE HIS MIND
KNEW HOW TO CHANGE HIS MIND
5 min |
June - July 2025
Fortune US
ANYBODY LISTENING?
SiriusXM launched its first satellite in 2000, with the sci-fi promise of music and talk beamed to your car from space. But the newly independent company and CEO Jennifer Witz now face a very different landscape.
10+ min |
June - July 2025
Fortune US
BILL GATES $200 BILLION MOONSHOT
INSIDE THE BIGGEST BET ON HUMANITY A PHILANTHROPIST HAS EVER MADE
7 min |