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☆ Young Black activists are done waiting their turn for political office. They're taking on the 'John Lewis generation' of elder lawmakers who they say are out of touch.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Elvina Nawaguna | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +30 min

Most members of the Congressional Black Caucus are twice as old as the median Black person living in the US. The Congressional Black Caucus, a powerful voice for Black Americans, is significantly older than those it speaks for. Clay had replaced his father, William Lacy Clay Sr., a civil-rights icon and founding Congressional Black Caucus member who had represented the area since 1969. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty ImagesThe Congressional Black Caucus is reckoning with a leftward shift it's struggled to embrace. A spokesperson for the Congressional Black Caucus did not respond to Insider's request for comment.

☆ Chinese Port Lease Near U.S. Troops’ Australian Training Ground Draws Fresh Scrutiny
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Mike Cherney | Photographs Nicholas Gouldhurst For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

DARWIN, Australia—U.S. Marines use the commercial port in this northern Australian city to unload aircraft and other supplies for nearby training. But at the port gate, vehicles pass underneath a sign in Chinese. The sign, which says Landbridge Darwin Port in Chinese characters, is a reminder of a long-simmering controversy: the 2015 decision by local authorities to lease the port to the Australian unit of China’s Landbridge Group. Now, with competition between the U.S. and China intensifying in the Indo-Pacific, the 99-year lease—which some former defense officials and analysts say gives China a potentially valuable foothold in a strategically important area—is under renewed scrutiny.

The company can sell existing Yeezy Gap stocks until the sell-off period, the letter said. West, known as Ye, in 2020 signed a 10-year deal with Gap to create a line of clothing under the Yeezy Gap brand. 1/2 Rapper Kanye West talks on the phone before attending the Versace presentation in New York, U.S. December 2, 2018. Ties between West and Gap have been increasingly strained recently. Gap has been struggling to protect margins and pull in sales, blaming inflation and outdated styles at its Old Navy brand.

☆ Kanye West pulls an Elon Musk, sends Gap a letter terminating Yeezy deal
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-15 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The letter, which was viewed by Insider, said that Gap will still be able to sell current Yeezy Gap clothing. Ye's lawyer, Nicholas Gravante Jr. of Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft, told Insider that Gap "left him no choice but to terminate their agreement." Ye is arguing that Gap failed to make his Yeezy merchandise available in Gap's brick and mortar stores by an agreed-upon deadline, and that the company never opened dedicated Yeezy Gap stores. In 2020, Ye told Forbes Musk had offered to support him in his attempt to run for president. Earlier this week, the artist said on Instagram that he wants to open his own Yeezy stores starting in Atlanta, Georgia.

☆ Kanye West is walking away from his Gap deal — and up to $75 million in bonus payouts
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-15 | by ( Madeline Berg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Kanye West — the musician turned fashion designer — is walking away from his partnership with Gap, his lawyer confirmed to Insider. Ending the contract means West is walking away from up to $75 million worth of Gap shares — plus millions more of potential future earnings. In July, a full two years after the line was announced, the Yeezy Gap Engineered by Balenciaga line was released. The sparse line — that includes anoraks, hoodies, and bodysuits — was the first of the Yeezy Gap label to be sold in stores. The Journal also reported new Yeezy Gap items would roll out in stores this year and that the retailer could continue to sell existing products.

☆ Kanye West says he’s terminating his partnership with the Gap
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-15 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

“We wanted to address the headlines of today and the past several weeks related to Yeezy Gap. And we are deciding to wind down the partnership,” Mark Breitbard, president and CEO of Gap Brand, said in the email. As it now moves to wind down the partnership, Gap said existing merchandise from Yeezy Gap will continue to be sold in the company’s stores and its website. West also said that Gap was required to sell 40% of Yeezy Gap products in its retail stores, which hasn’t materialized, according to The Wall Street Journal. “While Kanye could have injected a dose of energy into Gap, the incompatibility of the two visions meant that frustrations were inevitable.

☆ Has the Phoenix Valley real estate market hit its pandemic ceiling? 7 industry experts debate if Phoenix's lofty home valuations are justified — or if there's a housing correction on the horizon for t
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-07 | by ( Lisa Kailai Han | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

Besides an overwhelming investor appetite, the surge in the Sunbelt's real estate prices can also be attributed to an influx of enthusiastic remote workers with deep pockets. "The Phoenix market was largely a COVID-19 pandemic market until about last summer," independent real estate market analyst John Wake told Insider, explaining that it was mainly owner-occupants driving the market. "In 2007, before the great recession, over 50% of our workforce was in real estate, construction, retail, and hospitality. Besides its investments into the biosciences and healthcare industry, Phoenix also has a stake in another global sector — semiconductor chip manufacturing. Eventually, Rounds forecasts a price correction of at least 25% for the Phoenix housing market.

☆ Made Men: A photo tour of the most notorious sites of New York Mafia history – and what they look like now
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-23 | by ( Andrew Lichtenstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +25 min

Andrew Lichtenstein for InsiderManhattan's Hell's Kitchen neighborhood, on the western edge of Midtown, got its name from its crowded tenements. On March, 13, 2019, Gambino family crime boss Frankie Cali was shot dead in the driveway outside his Todt Hill home. Andrew Lichtenstein for InsiderThe service road to the Belt Parkway runs through the northern edge of the Brighton Beach neighborhood. John Gotti's Family Home, Howard Beach, QueensThe home where John Gotti, the leader of the Gambino crime family. It's here that John Gotti, the leader of the Gambino crime family and thus the 'Godfather' of the American mafia, lived and raised his family.

☆ Actrița Allison Mack, din „Smallville”, condamnată la închisoare pentru apartenenţa la o organizaţie de sclave sexuale
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-01 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +3 min

Sursa foto: ProfimediaActrița Allison Mack, din „Smallville”, condamnată la închisoare pentru apartenenţa la o organizaţie de sclave sexualeActrița Allison Mack, cunoscută din serialul „Smallville”, a fost condamnată la trei ani de închisoare pentru apartenenţa sa la secta DOS, o organizaţie piramidală de sclave sexuale iniţiată de aşa-numitul guru al dezvoltării personale Keith Raniere. Actrița a primit o pedeapsă redusă după ce a colaborat cu autorităţile. Acuzarea a recomandat o pedeapsă cu o durată inferioară celei prevăzute de lege - între 14 şi 17 ani şi jumătate de închisoare - având în vedere colaborarea actriţei cu autorităţile pe durata anchetei. Allison Mack (38 de ani) a furnizat echipei procurorului federal din Brooklyn informaţii preţioase vizând mecanismul de funcţionare a DOS, precum şi asupra acţiunilor lui Keith Raniere. Înregistrarea, prezentată în timpul procesului, dovedeşte că ceremonia de însemnare a fost ideea lui Keith Raniere, lucru pe care liderul sectei l-a negat până acum.

Persons: Allison Mack, Actrița Allison Mack, Keith Raniere ., Judecătorul Nicholas Garaufis, Keith Raniere, Actriţa, Clark Kent Organizations: Agerpres Locations: Brooklyn

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