Olympic Committee Bans Athletes From Making Political Protests During 2020 Games

Any Olympic athlete thinking of taking a knee or raising a fist in Tokyo during the 2020 Olympic Games may have to think twice.

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The Saga Continues: Judge Orders Google to Turn Over Jussie Smollett's Data

Just when I find myself forgetting about the saga of former Empire star Jussie Smollett another thing occurs that makes me go “Oh. Right. This happened.”

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Guys Can Have a Little Swimwear, As a Treat

“Resortwear” is a dumb, outdated term that describes vacation clothes for rich old white women who still travel with hat boxes and carry two dollar bills to hand out to bellhops. That said, jetting away to somewhere warm when it’s cold out will never go out of style. And snow pants would look out of place poolside.

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Send Articles of Impeachment to the Senate

Over the past couple of weeks the House and the Senate have been in a standoff over the articles of impeachment. There has been much speculation over when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi would transfer the articles over to the Senate. Now, that speculation can be put to rest.

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Atlanta Hawks’ Trae Young Clears More Than $1 Million Medical Debt For Atlanta Families

Atlanta Hawks point guard Trae Young has partnered with RIP Medical Debt to help pay off more than a million dollars in past-due medical debts for Atlanta residents who couldn’t afford to pay them off.

“The city of Atlanta has welcomed me with open arms,” said Young in a press release. “Giving back to this community is extremely important to me. I hope these families can find a bit of relief knowing that their bills have been taken care of as we enter the New Year.”

Young made a donation of $10,000 through the Trae Young Foundation to help some families find some financial relief in the Greater Atlanta Area. Because of his charitable donation, $1,059,186.39 of the families’ medical debt has been erased. The average amount taken care of comes out to $1,858 for 570 people. The people who will benefit from this act were notified on Jan. 3 through the nonprofit’s branded RIP yellow envelope.

According to its website, The Trae Young Foundation, founded in 2019, “was formed with the goals of continuing education for mental health problems, particularly cyber and social media bullying. Children and adults on a daily basis deal with depression, anxiety, PTSD among other issues that are caused by cyber and social media bullying. With continued education and research, The Trae Young Foundation will inspire and help make a positive impact to all children and adults from all walks of life who suffer from mental health problems.”

RIP Medical is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that was started in 2014 by two former debt collectors. The company uses donated funds to purchase portfolios of bundled medical debt on the secondary debt market for pennies on the dollar. RIP works with individual donors, philanthropists, and organizations to provide financial relief for those burdened by impossible medical bills. RIP Medical specifically purchases accounts for those most in need (individuals two times or below the federal poverty level, insolvent, and/or with debts that are 5% or more of gross annual income). To learn more visit: www.ripmedicaldebt.org.

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