The Abrams Machine Is Not Done Yet | The Atlantic
Stacey Abrams is not conceding. That’s what she said at a press conference in Atlanta on Friday. “This is not a speech of concession,” she told supporters and reporters, “because…
Meet the Only Black Woman in the U.S. Who Owns Her Own Bank | Black Business.Org
48-year old Kiko Davis is the majority stockholder of Detroit-based First Independence Bank, one of the top 10 largest Black-owned banks in the United States. This makes her the only…
Former Astronaut Mae Jemison over the Moon for ‘Mars’ | The Network Journal
The second season of the National Geographic series “Mars,” set to debut Monday, will continue to blend fictional storytelling with fact to present a look at what the efforts to…
23 Black Chefs You Should Know About | Shoppe Black
Although the number of Black chefs is increasing, there’s still plenty of progress to be made in terms of representation in the culinary industry. We’d like to take a moment…
Taraji P. Henson Launches Foundation for Mental Health Awareness | Los Angeles Sentinel
Oscar-nominated actor Taraji P. Henson launched the Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation in honor of her late father, on Sept. 23 at a private estate in Beverly Hills to raise awareness…
A Portrait of Black Mental Health in Hues of Black and Blue | Hyperallergic
Artist Malik Roberts has conceived a blue period of his own, drawing from the likes of Pablo Picasso to Renaissance sculpture, to undo mythologies and misconceptions surrounding mental health in…
Decades before Stacey Abrams, these black women risked their lives to register black voters | The Washington Post
Annell Ponder is one of those fearless black women whose names may not be widely known but whose courage in fighting against voter suppression in Georgia and across the South…
Kerry James Marshall named most influential contemporary artist | The Guardian
Kerry James Marshall, the American figurative painter who set a record at auction this year for the most expensive work by a living black artist, has been judged the world’s…
Black Creative Talent Present at New York Comic Con 2018 | The Network Journal
TNJ was at the 2018 edition of New York Comic Con (NYCC), held Oct. 4-7 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. An annual New York City convention dedicated to…
The Newest Jim Crow | The New York Times
In the midterms, Michigan became the first state in the Midwest to legalize marijuana, Florida restored the vote to over 1.4 million people with felony convictions, and Louisiana passed a…