Despite the current circumstances of the world and the approaching NBA season, professional basketball star Lebron James has found another way to give back to his hometown of Akron.
Continue reading The I PROMISE Village: How Lebron James is Helping His Hometown
Patrick Mahomes, the star quarterback of the Kansas City Chiefs and reigning Super Bowl MVP, has become a member of the new ownership group of the Kansas City Royals.
Continue reading Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes now part owner of Royals
The Television Academy nominated a record number of Black actors for Emmys recently, with 34.3% of the acting nominees being Black.
Continue reading Emmys 2020: Record Number of Black Actors Score Nominations
By Angelica Nwandu
The power of voice is an often-underestimated tool within the business world. Countless entrepreneurs have harnessed the power of their voices to create strong online brands that people trust.
Continue reading Using Your Voice as a Powerful Business Tool
When it comes to investing, estate planning, and overall generational wealth building, Black people are often at a severe disadvantage due to a shortage of knowledge, education, and access.
By Santura Pegram
Growing up, most of us were taught that brilliant innovators of everything from electricity to the lightbulb, automobiles, pharmaceuticals-medical devices, materials, alloys like steel-iron-aluminum-copper, and everything else under the sun were created by European (white) inventors.
Continue reading Why Diversity Matters: The Benefits of Recognizing Overlooked and Untapped Talent
The outbreak of COVID-19 may be stressful—it can be difficult to cope with fear and anxiety, changing daily routines, and a general sense of uncertainty.
Continue reading Supporting Mental Health During These Times
By Laurie Dowling, National Utilities Diversity Council
What do you get when a serial innovator merges her vocation and her avocation? You get Bronwyn Morgan, founder of Xeo Air, an outsourced AI-based drone services and data analytics company, and Airversity Drone Academy & Consulting.
Continue reading Who Said Woman Was Not Meant to Fly?
With the pandemic still raging amid the aftermath of George Floyd’s tragic death and subsequent nationwide protests, this summer will stand in the history books as one of definitive change. Continue reading Letter from the Editor—The Summer of Change
Congressman, freedom rider, and civil rights icon John Lewis has passed away at the age of 80 from stage 4 pancreatic cancer, which he had been fighting since December 2019.
By BWISE
What will the workplace look like after the long nightmare of Covid-19 is over? While there is no way to be certain of the changes to come, it will most definitely be much different than it looked prior to it.
Continue reading What Will the Workplace Look Like After Covid-19?
Charles Evers, a civil rights leader and historic Black mayor in Mississippi, has passed away. He was 97 years old.
Continue reading Civil Rights Leader Charles Evers Dies At 97
