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Five Places To Go Other Than Postponed Coachella
Growing Coronavirus fears have forced Goldenvoice officials to postpone their annual Coachella Music Festival until October. The contagion may have delayed Travis Scott's headlining performance in desert but it doesn't mean you have to put-off your vacation. Here are five places - most near Coachella Valley - that you might want to check out this April instead. Idyllwild Nestled behind downtown Palm Springs is the San Jacinto mountain range. And up in those mountains is the idyllic town of Idyllwild.READ MORE
The Coronavirus Has Hit Africa The Numbers Are Surprising
The Coronavirus is beginning to spread throughout Africa, but not nearly at the rate as other countries. The contagion has claimed over 4,000 lives and infected over 114,029 people worldwide. The majority of those fatalities have occurred in China (75-percent) and Italy (463) but numbers elsewhere are growing by the minute. The respiratory disease is so bad in Northern Italy that the government has shuttered cinemas, theaters, concerts venues, sporting events, schools and universities. Africa has weathered their share of outbreaksREAD MORE
How Airlines Are Protecting Passengers From Coronavirus
In a matter of weeks the Coronavirus has infected over 100,000 people. The respiratory-disease is disrupting industries, governments, businesses and schools while morphing social interactions in the process. One of the hardest hit industries is the airline business. Delta saw a nearly 20-percent dip in their stock value over the last month while American Airlines' took a staggering 42-percent hit. Some domestic carriers have canceled international flights to China, South Korea and Italy, epicenters for Coronavirus transmissions. But while passenger manifestsREAD MORE
These Coronavirus Images From Around The World Are Terrifying
The Coronavirus has been detected in over 70 countries including the United States. There are 114 confirmed cases in 16 states. Fear of contracting the pathogen has disrupted the daily lives of millions. Schools in Italy and Washington State have been shutdown, tourists attractions like The Louvre have been temporarily shuttered. In the state of California, a cruise ship is not be allowed to disembark because of ill passengers. These coronavirus images show just how far spread the disease isREAD MORE
Eight Amazing Black Owned Hotels You Should Visit
James Wormley is often cited as being the first African-American hotel owner in US history. The ambitious entrepreneur opened The Wormley Hotel in 1869 Washington D.C. His hotel catered specifically to government officials and politicians and was the site of the historic Wormley Agreement. James and his family owned and operated the hotel located at 1500 H Street until the 1890s. The Wormley Hotel, Washington DC In the years following, other lodges with a focus onREAD MORE
Killer Mike, T.I. Reopening Historically Black-Owned Restaurant
It's been over a year since Atlanta said goodbye to Bankhead Seafood. The Black-owned restaurant's doors were open for 50 years before shuttering. Now, thanks to ATL rap legends T.I. and Killer Mike, Bankhead Seafood is getting a second lease on life. "We've been around the world, we've had a lot of fun, but essentially we're two kids from the Westside," Mike told local Atlanta news affiliate WSBTV. "We grew up seeing black ownership in our community, and we feltREAD MORE
Yes, Black People Can Contract The Coronavirus
Are Black people immune to the Coronavirus? In February 2020, Cityscrollz.com claimed Cameroonian college student Kem Senou Pavel Daryl contracted the infectious disease in China but was expeditiously "cured" because of his blood. The website also credited the young man's "black skin" because "the antibodies of a black are 3 times stronger, powerful and resistant compare to that of white." That sentence is copied directly from the article ... so there's that. TREATMENT OR DNA? While it is true KemREAD MORE
Peep The Best Costumes & Photos From Trinidad’s Carnival 2020
Trinidad's vibrant and energetic carnival is going down February 24th and 25th. TravelCoterie has been scouring social media for the costumes and photographs that standout. Nicki Minaj has consistently been one of native Trinidadians known for cutting no expense when it comes to her outfits. She certainly didn't disappoint this year. View this post on Instagram 🇹🇹🙏🏾 meet me on Tribe truck right now 😘🥰♥️ A post shared by Barbie (@nickiminaj) on Feb 25, 2020 at 8:29am PSTREAD MORE
Should Airlines Automatically Seat Parents With Their Children?
Call me radical, but the answer to the question posed in the title is a definitive YES! Parents and their children should fly seated next to each other and airlines should be responsible for making it happen. Burdening passengers and flight attendants with role of stand-in babysitter only exacerbates the usually already stressful experience of FLYING. If monitoring the travel news regularly tells us anything, it's that airlines seems to relish maximizing shareholder profits at the expense of human decency. ThisREAD MORE
Black History Month 4 of 29: The Tuskegee Airmen Memorial
The Tuskegee Airmen Memorial in South Carolina does a minimal job of honoring the massive, real world contributions made by an extraordinarily brave group of African-Americans. That doesn't mean the memorial is for skipping. Quite the opposite: it makes visiting even more imperative.These men and women (yes, there were women) comprised THE FIRST all-Black aviator squad in the U.S. armed forces. The 992 patriots were trained from 1941 to 1946 during World War II as part of a program championedREAD MORE
T.I.’s Trap Museum Is As American As Apple Pie
No African-American subculture has permeated the American zeitgeist as expeditiously as music. From jazz and funk to hip-hop and soul, music has offered outsiders an entry point into Black culture. That ticket has been both welcomed and protested - see Dolores Tucker. T.I.’s Trap Museum highlights some of the South’s contributions to hip-hop culture and perhaps in more understated ways, peels back the curtains for a glimpse inside one division of contemporary Americana. Located in Atlanta, the Trap Museum isREAD MORE
African-American Landmarks: Ben’s Chili Bowl
No movement can be successful with fuel and Ben’s Chili Bowl has been serving just that for over 60 years. This Washington, DC staple was opened by Virginia Ali and her husband Ben back on August 22, 1958 when Virginia was only 24. Located in the historically African-American neighborhood of U-Street, once known as the “Black Broadway,” the restaurant is as synonymous with Black DC today as it was during the Civil Rights movement. Ben’s Chili Bowl donated food during MartinREAD MORE