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Asking for a raise isn’t the most comfortable part of the job. But it helps if you’re a white male.
That’s according to the new “Raise Anatomy” report from compensation data and software provider PayScale, Inc., which found that people of color are up to 25 percent less likely than white men to receive a raise after asking for one.
Teen superhero Kamala Khan, also known as Ms. Marvel, is expected to make it to the big screen.
Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige confirmed a film starring the first Muslim American superhero “is definitely sort of in the works” in an interview with the BBC.
Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world. In fact, if current trends continue, Muslims will surpass Christians as the world’s largest religious group in the second half of this century, according to the Pew Research Center.
As of 2010, there were an estimated 1.6 billion Muslims around the world, making up the majority of the population in 49 countries.
Muslims around the globe are gearing up for the holy month of Ramadan, which begins after May 15 this year.
Throughout the holiday, observers fast from sunrise to sunset and partake in nightly feasts.
It was quite the weekend for Stone Mountain native Donald Glover and his musical alter ego, Childish Gambino.
The “Atlanta” actor had his “Saturday Night Live” debut as host this weekend with a star-studded cast featuring Ben Stiller, Alec Baldwin, Jimmy Fallon, Scarlett Johansson and even Stormy Daniels.
Marvel’s highly-anticipated “Avengers: Infinity War” film officially hits theaters Thursday night. Are you prepared?
The Marvel Studios film blazoned with superheroes, villains and warriors follows 10 years of such blockbusters. It’s the 19th movie and third “Avengers” film in Marvel’s decade-long history.
In an exclusive interview with Rolling Stone, Grammy-nominated singer Janelle Monae addressed her sexuality, a subject that’s long been speculated under the limelight.
Monae spoke to the magazine about being in relationships with men and women and said that while she initially identified as bisexual, after learning about pansexuality, she realized she identifies with it as well.
Christians believe Jesus was mocked publicly and crucified on a solemn Friday two thousand years ago. Today, the calamitous day is celebrated as Good Friday.
New research from the United States Census Bureau, Stanford University and Harvard University reveals that even if black boys come from wealthy families, they’re still more likely than their white counterparts to live in poverty as adults.
In fact, even when both groups grow up in the same neighborhoods, black boys fare worse than white boys in 99 percent of America. And the disparity is even greater in neighborhoods promising low poverty and good schools, researchers said.
The Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the world’s approximately 20 million Shiite Imami Ismaili Muslims, arrived in Atlanta Tuesday evening as part of a yearlong celebration commemorating 60 years of his leadership, also known as his Diamond Jubilee.
His last visit to Atlanta was in 2008 in honor of his Golden Jubilee — 50 years of leadership.
Black men hoping to lower their high blood pressure may want to pay their favorite barber a visit — and bring a pharmacist along.
That’s according to new findings from the Smidt Heart Institute published Monday in the New England Journal of Medicine, for which a team of scientists studied 319 African-American men at high risk of heart attack and stroke recruited from 52 barbershops in the Los Angeles area.
