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Ranked Choice Voting Explained Using Your Favorite Artists
Voting is tomorrow, June 16th, and D.C. is doing something it has never done before: letting voters rank candidates instead of just picking one. If you’ve heard the term “ranked choice voting” tossed around and felt a little lost, here’s the plain-English version.How it used to work vs. how it works MVEMNT Staff

Voting is tomorrow, June 16th, and D.C. is doing something it has never done before: letting voters rank candidates instead of just picking one. If you’ve heard the term “ranked choice voting” tossed around and felt a little lost, here’s the plain-English version.How it used to work vs. how it works

Celebrate National Rosé Day With These Black-Owned Brands
Rosé season is officially here, and there’s no better way to raise a glass than by pouring something made by the people reshaping who wine is for. Black-owned wineries still make up a tiny fraction of the U.S. wine industry, but the founders below are changing that one bottle at a time, from luxury MVEMNT Staff

Rosé season is officially here, and there’s no better way to raise a glass than by pouring something made by the people reshaping who wine is for. Black-owned wineries still make up a tiny fraction of the U.S. wine industry, but the founders below are changing that one bottle at a time, from luxury

Showing Up: Real Ways to Support Black Men’s Mental Health
Every June, Men’s Mental Health Month asks a question that too often goes unspoken: how are the men in our lives actually doing? For Black men, that question carries extra weight. They navigate the ordinary pressures every man faces alongside the grinding stress of racism and a cultural script that Michelle

Every June, Men’s Mental Health Month asks a question that too often goes unspoken: how are the men in our lives actually doing? For Black men, that question carries extra weight. They navigate the ordinary pressures every man faces alongside the grinding stress of racism and a cultural script that

Afro Plus Fest Is Turning the DMV Into a Festival Economy Powerhouse
“We were raised in this county. This one’s for the people who raised us.”For Michael Awosanya, the founder and executive producer of Afro Plus Fest–widely known in the industry as “Legendary Mike“–that sentiment drives the strategic expansion of the festival’s sophomore return. Following a 2025 debu MVEMNT Staff

“We were raised in this county. This one’s for the people who raised us.”For Michael Awosanya, the founder and executive producer of Afro Plus Fest–widely known in the industry as “Legendary Mike“–that sentiment drives the strategic expansion of the festival’s sophomore return. Following a 2025 debu

You’re Blowing $10,000 a Year and Ain’t Even Know It
Twenty-seven dollars. That’s it. That’s the number that’s quietly running your pockets dry.Doesn’t sound like much, right? It’s a lunch. A quick Uber. A couple things tossed in the cart at Target because you were already there. You don’t even feel it leave. But $27 a day, every day, is $9,855 a year Jamaal Benner

Twenty-seven dollars. That’s it. That’s the number that’s quietly running your pockets dry.Doesn’t sound like much, right? It’s a lunch. A quick Uber. A couple things tossed in the cart at Target because you were already there. You don’t even feel it leave. But $27 a day, every day, is $9,855 a year