E!: Do you feel like it’s easier to book guests now that you’ve become so popular or has being known for your honesty hindered who might come on? AC: No, it’s definitely helped. I think that people see the caliber of the interviews and just overall have a lot more respect for Call Her Daddy. It is a lot easier now, which I am very grateful for. E!: Out of all the guests you’ve hosted over the years, who would you say surprised you the most? AC: I genuinely hate that I have to say this, but I can’t answer that—only because of the…
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luxe.zen, in partnership with Moyo Gems, PACT International and the Tanzanian Women Miner’s Association, launched a mine-to-market raw gemstone jewelry collection that helps consumers purchase ethical pieces with confidence. With this new collection, the cutting-edge jeweler is challenging most jewelers, “who make ethical claims simply set stones in recycled gold, without addressing the social and environmental costs of the metal’s origins,” as described in a press release. As a Fairmined gold and silver licensed brand, luxe.zen is taking its stance on ethical sourcing even further. Thanks to its new partnerships, the brand can now trace all materials from the mine…
President Joe Biden is hosting the Second US-Africa Leaders Summit in mid-December 2022. The focus will be on eight areas: economic engagement; peace, security and good governance; democracy and human rights; regional and global health security (including recovery from COVID-19 and pandemic preparedness); food security; climate change; diaspora ties; and education and youth leadership. Of the 55 African heads of governments, 49 have been invited to the summit. Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali and Sudan are currently on suspension from the Africa Union due to coups d’etats, hence they were not invited. Western Sahara (officially called Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic), though…
Two million people on legacy benefits missed out more than £1,500 in extra Universal Credit support payments during the Covid-19 lockdown in the UK. Four claimants brought a challenge to the High Court in November 2021 in relation to the UK government’s failure to apply a similar increase to legacy benefits. Today, the Court of Appeal will heard the case. During UK national lockdowns between April 2020 to October 2021, people on universal credit received a £20 weekly increase from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). The increase was to help them pay for additional costs incurred during the pandemic…
Progressive lawmakers in Congress and outside environmental campaigners celebrated a defensive victory overnight and into Wednesday after a much-maligned oil and gas industry giveaway was left out of the major military NDAA spending bill introduced for passage in the U.S. House.”We cannot, and will not, stop until Manchin’s dirty deal is completely defeated.”The darling of Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), the latest version of the Energy Security and Independence Act (ESIA) is permitting reform legislation for energy projects that critics have dubbed a “dirty deal” that would undermine progress to fight the climate emergency while exposing vulnerable communities to harmful impacts…
More people are opting to go vegetarian or vegan as factory farming’s impact on the planet becomes more apparent. But one carnivorous delight they may not have to give up is bacon, especially if they’re willing to be a bit flexible. A Dutch startup has been working on cultured bacon for a few years now, and New York-based MyForest Foods is producing a bacon substitute made from mushroom roots. They’ll soon have a competitor that will tempt consumers’ palates with yet another variety, this one made from a most unexpected source: seaweed (though to be fair, mushroom root is a…
In 1989, the “Central Park Five,” a group of Black and Latino teens from Harlem, were wrongfully convicted of the rape and beating of a white woman after they gave false confessions to the police without lawyers present. Yusef Salaam, one of the Five who was wrongly imprisoned for nearly seven years, and other criminal justice activists are now pushing for a bill in Albany that would give minors more protections when questioned by police — citing at least 19 false confessions made by underage suspects since 1991.“We were not sophisticated enough to truly understand what was going on,” Salaam, who…
Earthquake swarm under Takawangha volcano, Alaska continues since mid-November. The Aviation Color Code remains at Yellow and the Volcano Alert Level at Advisory. The last known eruption at this volcano took place in 1550 CE (VEI unknown). The earthquakes are generally shallow, having preliminary depths of about 3 to 11 km (2 to 7 miles) below sea level. This activity may be due to the movement of magma beneath the volcano, the Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) reported on December 6. An energetic earthquake swarm was detected under the volcano on January 23, 2017. However, the seismicity over the next 24…
The decision follows a series of consultations with global experts. Both terms will be used simultaneously for a year before the monkeypox name is phased out. “This serves to mitigate the concerns raised by experts about confusion caused by a name change in the midst of a global outbreak,” the UN agency said in a statement. Concern and change Mpox is a rare viral disease that primarily occurs in tropical rainforest areas of Central and West Africa, but outbreaks emerged in other parts of the world this year. There have more than 80,000 cases, and 55 deaths, with 110…
“Years of warnings about the impacts of climate change have become a reality,” said Inger Andersen, UNEP Executive Director. “If we do not rapidly cut emissions in line with the Paris Agreement, we will be in deeper trouble.” Huge power drain According to a report from the UN agency, more than 34 per cent of global energy demand in 2021 came from the sector, along with around 37 per cent of “energy and process-related” CO2 emissions. Data crunched for the UNEP publication ahead of COP27 climate talks in Egypt, also found that 2021 CO2 emissions were five per cent higher than in…