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Thursday 07.18.2019

Shaq Says He ‘Quadrupled’ Net Worth After Using An Investment Strategy From Jeff Bezos

Basketball superstar-turned-angel investor Shaquille O’Neal said he quadrupled his net worth using a simple investment strategy he learned from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

GOP Lawmaker Misappropriates POC: ‘I’m A Person Of Color. I’m White. I’m An Anglo Saxon’

When Donald Trump told four nonwhite Democratic congresswomen to “go back” and “help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came”, some GOP lawmakers defended his racist comments. Others ducked and dived for elevators to avoid reporters

Cannabis Company Exec Says Jay-Z Partnership Will Fuel National Growth

Shawn “Jay-Z”Carter didn’t become a billionaire by accident. Now the hip-hop mogul has expanded his investments into the cannabis industry – and the CEO of Caliva, the company he’s partnered with, welcomes the opportunity to further integrate into the culture that Jay brings.

Facial Recognition Technology Is Improving Thanks To Photos Of You On The Internet

Facial recognition technology has been getting better and better thanks to millions of pictures that have been collected of people, unbeknownst to them. Companies and researchers are compiling dozens of databases of people’s faces without their knowledge.

Despite Appearance Of Political Clout, Blacks Fare Worse Than Whites In Converting Policy Preferences To Law

More and more African Americans are being elected to political office. In fact, for “the fifth time in a row, the new Congress is the most racially and ethnically diverse ever,” Pew Research reported.