Source: martin-dm / Getty Back to school is right around the corner, which means parents and kids are looking for backpacks! Backpacks are becoming more and more expensive as the years go by, but you also get what you pay for. To reach a happy medium, we’ve done the research to find some of the coolest book bags for under $35 that will surely make you friends say, “Where’d you get that?” 1. Lightweight Canvas Backpack Set, 3 in 1 Fashion Rucksack Travel Laptop Backpack Bookbag with Lunch Bag $29.99 This backpack is stylish and comes 3 in 1: Travel Laptop Backpack, Lunchbag, clutch ______ 2 . Keenstone Rucksack Satchel Backpack With USB Charging $35.99 This is a travel Computer Backpack with USB Charging Port, Water Resistant College School Bookbag Fits 14 Inch Laptop and Notebook. _______ 3. LuckyZ Backpack Lightweight Canvas Leather Daykpack $26.98 Roomy space for carrying laptop, clothes, books and other everyday essentials. or well as a bookbag for school or college. Simple backpack for outdoor or traveling. _____ 4. Vintage Backpack Modoker Canvas College School Messenger Rucksack $26.99 USB CHARGING PORT: With built-in charging cable and external USB charging port, this college backpack offers an easy way to charging your phone when walking. _____ 5. Classic Lightweight Water-Resistant College School Travel Backpack $28.89 Durable, classic, lightweight and comfortable backpack. Plenty of room for your keys, cellphone, wallet, etc. CLASSIC LOOK _____ HERE’S A FEW MORE CHOICES
Source: martin-dm / Getty Back to school is right around the corner, which means parents and kids are looking for backpacks! Backpacks are becoming more and more expensive as the years go by, but you also get what you pay for. To reach a happy medium, we’ve done the research to find some of the coolest book bags for under $35 that will surely make you friends say, “Where’d you get that?” 1. Lightweight Canvas Backpack Set, 3 in 1 Fashion Rucksack Travel Laptop Backpack Bookbag with Lunch Bag $29.99 This backpack is stylish and comes 3 in 1: Travel Laptop Backpack, Lunchbag, clutch ______ 2 . Keenstone Rucksack Satchel Backpack With USB Charging $35.99 This is a travel Computer Backpack with USB Charging Port, Water Resistant College School Bookbag Fits 14 Inch Laptop and Notebook. _______ 3. LuckyZ Backpack Lightweight Canvas Leather Daykpack $26.98 Roomy space for carrying laptop, clothes, books and other everyday essentials. or well as a bookbag for school or college. Simple backpack for outdoor or traveling. _____ 4. Vintage Backpack Modoker Canvas College School Messenger Rucksack $26.99 USB CHARGING PORT: With built-in charging cable and external USB charging port, this college backpack offers an easy way to charging your phone when walking. _____ 5. Classic Lightweight Water-Resistant College School Travel Backpack $28.89 Durable, classic, lightweight and comfortable backpack. Plenty of room for your keys, cellphone, wallet, etc. CLASSIC LOOK _____ HERE’S A FEW MORE CHOICES
R evolutionary activist and author Angela Davis has been instrumental in evoking social and political change. Just a year after it was announced that her collection of work would be added to Harvard University’s library , the Alabama native will now be inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame, the University of California Santa Cruz reported. UC Santa Cruz emerita professor Angela Davis will be inducted into @WomenoftheHall alongside Gloria Allred, Sonia Sotomayor, Flossie Wong-Staal and more in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment. https://t.co/YbzRptwKgm — UC Santa Cruz (@ucsc) July 12, 2019 The former UC Santa Cruz professor will be honored during the institution’s centennial celebration of the women’s suffrage movement. Davis—a former member of the Black Panther Party—has utilized her platform to spread awareness about racial inequality and mass incarceration. She also served as a member of the Students Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and was jailed in the early 70s after for allegedly trying to help free imprisoned activist George Jackson . After being acquitted in 1972, Davis turned to education and lectured around the world about history and consciousness. She also penned ten books that were focused on feminism, race and incarceration. “I would say that as our struggles mature, they produce new ideas, new issues and new terrain on which we engage in the quest for freedom,” she said in an interview with The Nation . “Like Nelson Mandela, we must be willing to embrace the long walk toward freedom.” Davis will be inducted along with nine other influential women who dedicated their careers to the advancement of women and fighting for equal rights. Amongst the 2019 inductees are U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor , women’s rights attorney Gloria Allred , scientist Flossie Wong-Staal , musician Laurie Spiegel , actress Jane Fonda , artist Rose O’Neill , former United States Representative Louise Slaughter , lawyer Sarah Deer and retired United States Air Force officer Nicole Malachowski . “We are pleased to add these American women to the ranks of inductees whose leadership and achievements have changed the course of American history,” Betty Bayer , President of The National Women’s Hall of Fame, said in a statement. The institution—which was founded 50 years ago—is the country’s oldest organization that has been dedicated to highlighting the accomplishments of women in different sectors. The induction ceremony is slated to take place on September 14. SEE ALSO: Angela Davis’ Collection Of Work Will Live At Harvard University Twitter Reacts To Angela Davis Being Accused Of Anti-Semitism [ione_media_gallery src=”https://newsone.com” id=”3882606″ overlay=”true”]
T he Black maternal health crisis has been an ever-growing issue within our country. According to a report released by the National Partnership for Women & Families, African American women in the U.S. are more likely to die from pregnancy and childbirth than women of any other race. Further research revealed that Black women are more likely to experience preventable maternal death than white women. Tennis star Serena Williams is determined to address these alarming trends. She recently invested in the maternal healthcare startup Mahmee , Black Enterprise reported. . @serenawilliams , @mcuban Invest in Black-Owned Maternal Healthcare Startup https://t.co/WQs7FUUIgc — Black Enterprise (@blackenterprise) July 17, 2019 For Williams, the matter is personal. She has been very candid about the complications she endured while giving birth to her now 1-year-old daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. She needed two surgeries after having a C-section due to a pulmonary embolism that had developed. The app—which was co-created by Melissa Hanna —connects patients with healthcare providers so that they can develop a solid prenatal and postpartum healthcare plan. Mahmee provides expecting parents with a comprehensive dashboard that tracks the health of the mother and child. Parents can also utilize the platform for educational resources. “Mahmee is a digital maternal health care company that uses predictive analytics to provide personalized, on-demand support to new mothers and infants. Women’s healthcare, in general, is substantially under-regulated. This is across the board. Maternity is just the glaring error of it all,” Hanna told The Helm in an interview. “There is so much work that we need to do on postpartum depression and women’s mental health in general.” Williams is proud to back the growing company. “I am incredibly excited to invest and partner with Mahmee, a company that personifies my firm’s investment philosophy,” she said in a statement, according to the news outlet. “Given the bleak data surrounding maternal death and injury rates, I believe that it is absolutely critical right now to invest in solutions that help protect the lives of moms and babies. Mahmee’s data-driven approach is the right solution to one of the most significant problems in the system: that of fragmented care.” Williams has been dedicated to investing in the futures of women entrepreneurs. In March, she joined forces with Bumble to provide women with capital to start and further their business ventures. SEE ALSO: Serena Williams Becomes Second Black Woman Tennis Player To Grace Wheaties Box Serena Williams Joins Forces With Bumble To Support Women Of Color Entrepreneurs [ione_media_gallery src=”https://newsone.com” id=”3882606″ overlay=”true”]
Kirk Franklin is touring the country on the heels of the popularity of his “Love Theory” single. Before he hits the stage in Baltimore on Tuesday, July 30th, the gospel great stopped by The Ko-Show to talk about the success of “Love Theory,” who should play Lil’ Kirk in his upcoming biopic and shopping for clothes in the boys section. Press play below. Join Our Text Club To Get The Latest Music, Entertainment, Contests And Breaking News On Your Phone. Text BALTIMORE to 24042 to join!
Source: PNP/WENN.com / WENN Yesterday, we reported that, according to TMZ, that things were over between rapper Fabolous and his longtime girlfriend, Emily Bustamante. TMZ even shared a picture showing Fab out on a date with some mystery woman. Hours after the story broke, Fabolous hopped on Instagram to dispute the story. He shared a couple of posts on his feed. Text “RICKEY” to 71007 to join the Rickey Smiley Morning Show mobile club for exclusive news. ( Terms and conditions ). View this post on Instagram I LOVE YOU EMILY That @tmz_tv story is fake. I never told anyone I split up from Emily. And I wasn’t on a date. That whole story is made up. #TMZ A post shared by Fabolous (@myfabolouslife) on Jul 25, 2019 at 10:44pm PDT Then threatened to sue. View this post on Instagram These blogs are making fake stories & breaking up families. Complicating people’s lives for a story!! For some clicks. @tmztv_ ran a baseless story with no confirmations from me or @emilyb_ I LOVE EMILY B. A post shared by Fabolous (@myfabolouslife) on Jul 25, 2019 at 11:00pm PDT Sign Up For Our Newsletter! Close Thank you for subscribing! Please be sure to open and click your first newsletter so we can confirm your subscription. Email Submit Later, he got on Instagram Live to share his thoughts verbally. See what he had to say below. “This is for the woman I love and I gotta do it. Especially if somebody trying to sabotage it, you gotta fight for what you love, right? TMZ ran a story today saying that I split up with Emily . That I…that I split up with Emily. Saying like I cut it off. Never happen. Never said that to anyone. Never said that to anything public, anywhere, to anyone. Me and Emily been together 15 years. I ain’t never… For TMZ to run a story like that without conformation from me or Emily, like that don’t even seem right. That ain’t even TMZ’s lane. Run a story saying I split up. Nah. With a pic just to make it look like that’s what I did. An old pic from a lunch meeting with a teacher from Brooklyn? That I was meeting about doing some sh*t in Brooklyn schools with inner city kids? Nah. Y’all coulda got a better pic than that but they wanted to use that pic so it could look like I’m on a date, like I’m dating, I guess. I don’t even know what it was for. To sabotage. Me and Emily have been through a lot. I know y’all have seen that. I haven’t always been the best but I love Emily. I love Emily to death. That’s the mother of my kids. I ain’t never see me go nowhere and say nothing. I might not go nowhere and said nothing before. (???) I never went ain’t went nowhere and said nothing against her. I love that girl. The narrative is that I love Emily. That’s t he mother of my kids. I’m not gonna let y’all f*** that up. For some fake sh*t? For what, a story just to click on? For everybody to talk about? Then whatever come behind it…then it looks like it’s on me. Whatever hapens, it’s ‘Oh yeah Fab…’ Nah. Especially when I’m trying to f*cking be with this woman. How the f*ck? Nah, this sh*t ill. I had to sit and marinate on this sh*t. Somebody did this, for some reason. So y’all stay woke. We ain’t even in the mix. Where did she come from? I ain’t in the mix. I ain’t been on no blogs.” The Neighborhood Talk captured these videos, which you can take a look at below. View this post on Instagram #Fab getting some things off of his chest tonight! A post shared by The Neighborhood Talk, LLC (@theneighborhoodtalk) on Jul 26, 2019 at 1:37am PDT SEE ALSO: Fabolous Pleads Guilty To Harassment In Emily B. Domestic Violence Case The response to the video is rather interesting. People don’t think Fab sounds all that convincing and are surprised that he jumped on the internet to address a rumor. I don’t know what to believe. You never know what couples will do, especially when abuse is a part of their relationship, as we have seen. But I can admit that there was something desperate about this video. And I can’t understand why Fab would say he would need to fight for his relationship by posting this video, if there was really nothing going on. Perhaps he really was on a date and is trying to save himself from having to deal with those consequences. Then again, this wouldn’t be the first time he’s stepped out on Emily. Meanwhile, Emily hasn’t said anything to address the TMZ story, which has people thinking that perhaps the two really are done and Fabolous is the last to know. What do you think is going on here? Do you find Fabolous’ video odd? This story was originally posted on madamenoire.com . [ione_media_gallery src=”https://rickeysmileymorningshow.com” id=”1591740″ overlay=”true”] ALSO TRENDING ON RICKEYSMILEYMORNINGSHOW.COM : 3-Year-Old Girl Killed By Her Father After Running Out To Greet Him A School District In Pennsylvania Turns Down Offer From Local Businessman To Pay Off School Lunch Debts Mo’Nique Says Until Oprah Publicly Apologizes, She Will Have A Problem With Her “‘Til The Day That I Leave This Earth” Follow @TheRSMS
Source: E! Entertainment / Getty Tensions between Whoopi Goldberg and Mo’Nique have been high since the two went toe-to-toe on “The View” regarding Mo’Nique’s failed boycott of Netflix over contract negotiations. Now the comedian is talking about their relationship again, this time citing Whoopi’s reportedly inappropriately low salary on “The View.” Text “RICKEY” to 71007 to join the Rickey Smiley Morning Show mobile club for exclusive news. ( Terms and conditions ). “When I get Whoopi Goldbergo n the flip saying f*** them little ones coming behind you. You better give a damn about you. That crushed me that day in her dressing room. Because Whoopi Goldberg told me the salary she makes from ‘The View.’ And that hurt my feelings. You’ve been there for 10 years and you accept them paying you that? And you’re telling me, ‘Don’t worry about the little one coming up? Damn if I ain’t gotta be worried about you too. Because you accept that salary, it makes it hard for me. And how hard do you think it’s gonna make for the one who ain’t here yet, because you accept that salary?” Mo told Comedian Hype. Sign Up For Our Newsletter! Close Thank you for subscribing! Please be sure to open and click your first newsletter so we can confirm your subscription. Email Submit “What if Moms Mabley didn’t worry about you? What if those ones didn’t make it better for us? So, I tried not to take it personal, but it’s personal. Because these are the women I look to. So I don’t want the little girl who’s not here yet… or a little girl down the street at the juicebar… I don’t want her to walk away and say, ‘That ain’t who I thought she was.’” Goldberg reportedly brings in $5 million a year on “The View.” A few months back, Mo told Vulture why her dispute with Whoopi hurt her so deeply. “When you have a woman saying, ‘I could have schooled you,’ someone would say, ‘What was the schooling going to be?’ When I look at this woman you say is our icon and our legend — she is.” SEE ALSO: Mo’Nique Says Until Oprah Publicly Apologizes, She Will Have A Problem With Her “‘Til The Day That I Leave This Earth” Continuing, “But, how many things has Whoopi Goldberg executive produced? Whoopi Goldberg has always been the help, and I say that humbly. So what is it that you’re going to school me on? I’ve been doing it for almost 30 years.” This story was originally posted on madamenoire.com. [ione_media_gallery src=”https://rickeysmileymorningshow.com” id=”2002795″ overlay=”true”] ALSO TRENDING ON RICKEYSMILEYMORNINGSHOW.COM : 3-Year-Old Girl Killed By Her Father After Running Out To Greet Him A School District In Pennsylvania Turns Down Offer From Local Businessman To Pay Off School Lunch Debts Mo’Nique Says Until Oprah Publicly Apologizes, She Will Have A Problem With Her “‘Til The Day That I Leave This Earth” Follow @TheRSMS
Source: Ronald Martinez / Getty It’s been almost three years since we last reported on this story but we’re glad that there is now some good news to share. According to TMZ , former NBA player Lorenzen Wright’s wife, Sherra Wright, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for facilitating his murder along with her church friend Billy Turner. For those who don’t remember, Lorenzen was found shot to death in a swamp 10 days after he was reported missing back in 2010. Text “RICKEY” to 71007 to join the Rickey Smiley Morning Show mobile club for exclusive news. ( Terms and conditions ). …officials say Sherra called the shots in a diabolical murder plot. Sherra initially planned to kill Lorenzen at his Atlanta home but when that plan failed, she conspired with Turner to murder him in Tennessee instead, prosecutors say. Both Wright and Turner were charged with 1st-degree murder among other charges and she was facing up to 100 years behind bars. But, Sherra cut a deal with prosecutors in which she agreed to plead guilty to facilitation of murder and facilitation to commit attempted 1st-degree murder. Sign Up For Our Newsletter! Close Thank you for subscribing! Please be sure to open and click your first newsletter so we can confirm your subscription. Email Submit Because of the deal, Sherra will be eligible for parole in 9 years. This story was originally posted on Bossip.com . [ione_media_gallery src=”https://rickeysmileymorningshow.com” id=”2041386″ overlay=”true”] ALSO TRENDING ON RICKEYSMILEYMORNINGSHOW.COM : 3-Year-Old Girl Killed By Her Father After Running Out To Greet Him A School District In Pennsylvania Turns Down Offer From Local Businessman To Pay Off School Lunch Debts Mo’Nique Says Until Oprah Publicly Apologizes, She Will Have A Problem With Her “‘Til The Day That I Leave This Earth” Follow @TheRSMS
Source: NurPhoto / Getty An Oregon sheriff’s department took to their Facebook page to share the details of its “weirdest DUI arrest of the weekend,” which involved law enforcement officials arresting a woman after she poured alcohol into a Taco Bell drive-thru employees mouth. The incident took place at around 1 a.m. on Saturday at a Taco Bell branch in Beaverton, Oregon, according to Washington County Sheriff’s Office. The suspect is 23-year-old Elianna Aguilar-Aguilar, who had a blood alcohol level of 0.12 percent, over the Oregon state limit of 0.08. Text “RICKEY” to 71007 to join the Rickey Smiley Morning Show mobile club for exclusive news. ( Terms and conditions ). The Sheriff’s Office wrote in its Facebook post that Aguilar poured the alcohol into the employee’s mouth “right in front of a sheriff’s office sergeant,” while she was “still in her car.” The Oregonian reported that the woman’s drink of choice was Hennessy Cognac, but Washington County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Brian van Kleef clarified that the Taco Bell employee didn’t actually consume the alcohol. “We talked to the employee after, and he said most of it was spilled on him and that he actually didn’t consume the Hennessy,” he told the publication. The driver and employee did not know each other. Sign Up For Our Newsletter! Close Thank you for subscribing! Please be sure to open and click your first newsletter so we can confirm your subscription. Email Submit While the police posted and made light of the incident on their Facebook page, some people didn’t agree that it was funny and spoke out in the comments section about how it’s inappropriate for the police to joke about the young woman. SEE ALSO: Taco Bell to Open Its Own Palm Springs Hotel This Coming Year “I understand this is comical but it’s at the expense of someone that made a mistake that will impact her life for a long time. Why are we shaming her?” one person wrote. “I’m disappointed that the sheriffs office thinks this is appropriate. People should still have to experience the consequence to their actions but kicking them while they’re down doesn’t seem like something that’s helping build community.” SEE ALSO: Aguilar-Aguilar was released from Washington County Jail on Tuesday. Taco Bell has not commented on the incident. This story was originally posted on Bossip.com . [ione_media_gallery src=”https://rickeysmileymorningshow.com” id=”2039883″ overlay=”true”] ALSO TRENDING ON RICKEYSMILEYMORNINGSHOW.COM : 3-Year-Old Girl Killed By Her Father After Running Out To Greet Him A School District In Pennsylvania Turns Down Offer From Local Businessman To Pay Off School Lunch Debts Mo’Nique Says Until Oprah Publicly Apologizes, She Will Have A Problem With Her “‘Til The Day That I Leave This Earth” Follow @TheRSMS
Source: Daniel Zuchnik / Getty Shaq was spotted living his best hot boy summer life on a yacht cruising around Europe with what clearly looks like his new bae. We don’t know who the new mystery woman is but from the placement of his hands she is def more than just the homie. There had been rumors that he had been hinting at reconciling with his ex wife Shaunie O’Neal but maybe he’s decided to go a different direction at least until his hot boy summer is over… See the pics the paparazzi caught HERE [ione_media_gallery src=”https://zhiphopcleveland.com” id=”4824125″ overlay=”true”]
