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Republican billionaire Rick Jackson secured the Georgia governor nomination after spending over $90 million of his own money, defeating a Trump-backed opponent. He will now face former Atlanta Mayor and Black Democratic nominee Kesha Lance Bottoms, setting up a high-profile and costly election.

Rick Jackson spent more than $90 million of his own money on his campaign and secured the Republican nomination, facing Kesha Lance Bottoms in November.

Jay-Z announced a partnership with Target for the 30th anniversary of his 'Reasonable Doubt' album, releasing collector's editions. This move drew criticism from some fans who accused him of steering Black consumer spending to a company that faced backlash in 2025 for scaling back diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.

Jay-Z is sparking criticism from some of his fans after announcing a partnership with Target to celebrate the 30th anniversary of his Reasonable Doubt album. The backlash comes from criticism that Target faced in 2025 after scaling back several diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.

Lindsay Walker, author of 'Thriving Through the Storm' and a Stage 4 Hodgkin's Lymphoma survivor, asserts that thriving is a conscious choice even in uncontrollable situations. She emphasizes the critical role of a supportive community and vulnerability in asking for help as essential steps to navigate and overcome personal crises.

I think the biggest piece, Britney, is understanding that thriving is a choice. I had a choice in a in a storm, in a situation that was beyond my control. I could either choose to allow it to consume me, or I could choose to thrive... It's a matter of community. You have to have people around you that are going to be able to be a huge support system.

Solomon Jones, an award-winning columnist, argues that Black history is intrinsically American history, citing examples like newly freed Black individuals initiating Memorial Day by burying Union prisoners. He warns that erasing this history not only harms Black people but also America as a whole, as it prevents the nation from recognizing and learning from recurring patterns of injustice and backlash against progress.

Our history is not just black history. It really is American history. Remember Juneteenth came about uh toward the end of the Civil War... that's how Memorial Day started. Um that is an an an important aspect of black history, but it's an aspect that's often erased. And so we need to understand that our eraser doesn't just hurt black people, it hurts America in general.

Solomon Jones characterizes the current racial climate as more tense than previous generations, marked by a fundamental struggle between those who desire to revert to a time of inequality and Black and Brown people who insist on upholding the rights and privileges they have fought and died for. He views this as a cyclical backlash against progress, similar to post-Reconstruction eras.

I think that this is a a more tense racial climate now because you have some people who want to go back to a time when uh when we were not treated equally... And then you have black and and brown people who believe that uh we should have the the rights and the privileges um as citizens that we have fought for, that we have died for, that we have bled for throughout the history of this country.