By Melissa Repko, CNBC
Target said it will hire more Black-owned companies, launch a program to identify and support promising minority entrepreneurs and add products from more than 500 Black-owned brands to its shelves or website. Continue reading Target says it will spend more than $2 billion with Black-owned businesses by 2025
By Pauleanna Reid, Forbes
Black women have outpaced white men in starting a business according to recent studies. Yet despite being among the fastest growing demographic of entrepreneurs, only 3% of Black women are running mature businesses. Continue reading Meet The Founder Who Has Helped Women-Owned Businesses Secure Over $14 Million In Funding
By Cara Anthony, NPR
When Ashlee Wisdom launched an early version of her health and wellness website, more than 34,000 users — most of them Black — visited the platform in the first two weeks. “It wasn’t the most fully functioning platform,” recalls Wisdom, 31. “It was not sexy.” But the launch was successful. Now, more than a year later, Wisdom’s company, Health in Her Hue, connects Black women and other women of color to culturally sensitive doctors, doulas, nurses and therapists nationally. Continue reading How Black tech entrepreneurs are tackling health care’s race gap
By ABC 7
A performing arts center at Compton High School that’s being built with the help of music mogul Dr. Dre is one step closer to becoming a reality. Continue reading Dr. Dre helps break ground on new Compton High School performing arts center
By Corein Carter, Forbes
Kevin Hart, trailblazing entrepreneur, executive, and entertainer, has now combined Laugh Out Loud and HartBeat Productions to create one of the leading sources of comedic storytelling and experiences with HARTBEAT, after more than a decade of leveraging his individual success to build the two high-growth companies. Continue reading Kevin Hart Signs $100 Million Investment Agreement To Create HARTBEAT, Which Will Be Led By An All Black Leadership Team
By Amiah Taylor, Fortune
The House of Representatives passed legislation on Friday, March 18, in a vote of 235-189, that would ban hair-related discrimination. Continue reading The CROWN Act highlights years of workplace hair discrimination finally being legally reprehensible
By ASHLEY JIMENEZ, PopSugar
Afro-Latinas are very much a part of the Black diaspora, yet there’s still a major lack of representation. Continue reading These Afro-Latina Beauty Influencers Know How to Celebrate the Wonders of Black Beauty
By JONATHAN FRANKLIN, NPR
Every February, the U.S. honors the contributions and sacrifices of African Americans who have helped shape the nation. Continue reading Here’s the story behind Black History Month — and why it’s celebrated in February
By Helena Andrews-Dyer, The Washington Post
Fans of high-society high jinks will instantly recognize the dazzling and dizzying characters of “The Gilded Age,” the long-gestating period drama from “Downton Abbey” creator Julian Fellowes that premiered Monday on HBO. But there is one conspicuous exception. Continue reading Because of Black women, the period drama ‘The Gilded Age’ has a Black story line done right
By Kyle Moss, Yahoo! Entertainment
On the eighth and final season premiere of Black-ish Tuesday, Michelle Obama made a guest appearance Continue reading Michelle Obama’s guest appearance on ‘Black-ish’ excites fans while also serving a purpose
The University of Oxford has made history by appointing Patricia Kingori to a full professorship, making the sociologist the youngest Black woman ever to receive tenure at Oxford or Cambridge. Continue reading The youngest Black female professor ever to be tenured at Oxford was born in Kenya
Many people still think that being a gamer and a Black woman is a juxtaposition. It’s not. Continue reading Black Women Gamers Aren’t Unicorns — They’re The Future
