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For generations, Black Barbie has been a symbol of power, upward mobility, and imagination.

For generations, Black Barbie has been a symbol of power, upward mobility, and imagination.

Angela Williams, a black writer in her 40s, remembers receiving her first black Barbie doll like it was yesterday.“My first Black Barbie came as an inheritance from one of my sisters. I have three older sisters and I think she was probably six or seven when I got it,” she tells TODAY.com.Although the doll was missing some accessories due to her sisters' lack of consideration for the toy, Angela Williams said she still loved the doll like no other.“I think by the time it happened to me, his shoes were gone. But I didn't care that she didn't have shoes…
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A year later, US climate law is already boosting clean energy technology

A year later, US climate law is already boosting clean energy technology

FRANKFURT, Ky. — On a recent day in the hot July sun, three men attached solar panels to the roof of a spacious two-story home near the banks of the Kentucky River, a few miles upstream from the state capitol where lawmakers have promoted coal for more than a century.The US climate law that a year passed ago is offering a 30% discount on this installation through a tax credit, and that's helping boost clean energy even in places where coal still provides cheap electricity. For Heather Baggett's family in Frankfort, it was a good deal."To us, it's not politically…
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Netflix movie ‘Pain Hustlers’ release date and what we know so far

Netflix movie ‘Pain Hustlers’ release date and what we know so far

Pain Hustlers – Picture: Netflix Netflix's crowning achievement of the 2022 Cannes Film Festival is Emily Blunt's new feature film that will be released on Netflix globally in 2023. The new film, called pain scammerswill be in the vein of wolf of wall street. Here's a rundown of everything we know about the movie so far as it's premiering at the TIFF film festival. Picking up the "hot pack" of the Cannes Film Festival, THR noted that Netflix picked up the package for a reported deal of more than $50 million. The project had been in development at Sony Pictures…
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Kylian Mbappé’s team receive 0 million offer from Saudi Arabian club for French soccer star

Kylian Mbappé’s team receive $330 million offer from Saudi Arabian club for French soccer star

French soccer icon Kylian Mbappé could be headlining to Saudi Arabiaafter a club from the oil-rich kingdom made an unprecedented offer for the Les Bleus captain.Paris Saint-Germaine received a transfer offer of 300 million euros for Mbappé, which is about 332 million dollars, from the kingdom's Al-Hilal team. The Associated Press and sky sports both reported Monday.A transfer would open the door for Al-Hilal to open talks for an even more lucrative deal, even if it's just for one year.Mbappé, up World Cup 2022 goalscorerHe is under contract with PSG for the upcoming 2023-24 season and the 24-year-old is reportedly…
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