When we refer to working 40 hours a week, are we really working 40 hours—or are we waiting on colleagues to respond to emails, chatting with coworkers, and wasting away in meetings for a sizable chunk of that time? There are simply some hours that aren’t true work hours, even if they occur during the Read More…
Education
How To Clear Out Your Zombie Apps and Online Accounts
All those services you signed up for but forgot about? They’re a security risk. Here’s how to get rid of them. Brittany Hosea-Small/AFP/Getty Images In these predominantly digital times, it’s all too easy to build up a long trail of unused accounts that are now gathering dust: free trials that you never followed up on, Read More…
The Credit Bros Celebrate 5 Years Of Making Homeownership
Nationwide — Since their timely meeting in 2018, Christopher Watson and Aaron Steede, the founders of The Credit Bros, have been on a mission to help the underserved reach financial freedom. Their collaboration, using dual backgrounds in finance and engineering, created a platform for positive change in the Black community. Helping others is key, and Read More…
A Reading Guide For Grownups Who Don’t Read
Getty Images/iStockphoto Constance Grady is a senior correspondent on the Culture team for Vox, where since 2016 she has covered books, publishing, gender, celebrity analysis, and theater. A question I occasionally come across browsing through the bookish internet: I haven’t read a book since high school. I’m thinking of trying one. Where do I start? Read More…
A Judge Sentenced a 72-year-Old Black Woman to 6 Months
Sybil Garbow. Courtesy of Emily Baxter. A judge sentenced an older Black woman to 6 months after a jury convicted her of assault. Sybil Garbow, 72, said she acted in self-defense against a white coworker. Garbow lost her nursing job as a result and says she’ll struggle to pay the $50,000 in restitution. Get the Read More…
An Interview On The Montgomery Melee With Black Ancestors
(South Central Heaven, Paradise) — On Sunday morning, theGrio began receiving preliminary reports that the secret naval unit of Black America had been dispatched to Riverfront Park in Montgomery, Ala. The unit was responding to a skirmish that the Montgomery Advertiser would later describe as “racially divided,” after a dockworker asked pontoon boaters to move Read More…