DoorDash Launches Initiatives To Support Black Businesses
Share0 (Image via @samedayshop/Instagram) This week restaurant delivery service DoorDash unveiled its new initiatives to support Black-owned businesses. They include…
A Georgia Democrat Doubles Down On His Stance To Support Trump
Georgia State House Rep. Vernon Jones said he has more reasons not to support Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. Jones…
Javicia Leslie Becomes First Black Actress to Play Batwoman
Share0 (Image: Instagram) Javicia Leslie will play Batwoman, making her the first Black actress to play the DC Comics role,…
Philadelphia Union Soccer Players Wear Names of Blacks Killed by Police
A Major League Soccer game between Philadelphia Union and New York City FC featured Union players displaying the name of…
Lady Antebellum Sues Black Blues Artist Anita ‘Lady A’ White
Last month, the country group Lady Antebellum announced it was changing its name to Lady A because of the former…
MSNBC’s Joy Reid Named Host of ‘The ReidOut’ Making Her First Black Woman to Host Nightly Evening News Show
It’s official! MSNBC has formally announced that news anchor Joy Reid has been named host of The ReidOut, a new…
NBA Champ Rasheed Wallace Says He Wouldn’t Risk Playing During COVID and Frowns Upon New Player Jerseys
The COVID-19 pandemic and resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement have become defining movements of 2020. Both occurrences have…
Meet The Black Designer Behind Target’s New Luxury Fashion Collab
Luxury fashion brands typically span across European countries such as Italy and France that are looked at as the epicenters…
Facebook’s pitch to Civil Rights Groups Fall On Deaf Ears
Facebook’s top executives Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg met with civil rights groups to discuss the ad boycott against the…
Bank Of America Partners With iHeartMedia For Black News Network
This week Bank of America announced its new partnership with iHeartMedia to launch the Black Information Network (BIN), the first…
Black Woman-Owned Book Store in Chicago Overwhelmed With Book Sales
Danielle Mullen, the owner of Semicolon Bookstore, a Black-owned book store in Chicago, says that the global Black Lives Matter…
Founder of Black-Owned Smart-Vending Startup Makes History, Raises $2.3 Million Through Crowdfunding
• PopCom is an automated retail company that leverages facial detection, machine learning and blockchain technology to help retailers collect…
Microsoft Will Help 25 Million People Gain The Digital Skills Needed Post COVID-19
Share0 (Image: Microsoft) Microsoft Corp. has announced that it is launching an initiative to help 25 million people worldwide acquire…
This New Crowdfunding Platform Is Designed To Support Women Entrepreneurs Globally
Gaining startup capital for a new business can be extremely challenging. Women and minorities are often cut out of lucrative…
California Police Looking for White Couple who Vandalized Black Lives Matter Mural on July 4th
Share0 (Image: YouTube Screenshot) There are vandals loose in California and the police are searching for them! Police in California…
Cop Challenges Anti-Cop Protesters To Fight, Backs Down After People ‘Pull Up’
A man claiming to be a cop, “peace officer, fitness trainer” posted a video on Tik Tok under the name…
Mississippi Election Commissioner States, ‘The Blacks are Having Lots of Events for Voter Registration’ Causing an Uproar
An election commissioner in Mississippi has made the news last week amid a report stating that she was having concerns…
Aurora Police Officers Fired For Reenacting Chokehold Used in Elijah McClain’s Death
After being reported for taking tasteless photographs at the site of a memorial set up for a young man who…
Bombay Sapphire Gin Reveals New Artist Collab For Black Lives Matter
Share0 Image via Bombay Sapphire Since the start of the protests sparked by the viral video of a police officer…
Armed Black Men in Louisiana Show Up at Courthouse to Counter Armed White Supporters of a Confederate Monument
In a scene not usually seen in America, a group of armed Black men came prepared, with guns out, to…
‘I’ll Deputize Gun Owners If Violent Protesters Erupt’
Share1 Clay County Sheriff Darryl Daniels (Image: YouTube/News4JAX) A sheriff in Florida said Wednesday he is ready to deputize gun…
Atlanta Hawks State Farm Arena Will Become a Voting Precinct for Upcoming Elections
The Atlanta Hawks have announced a partnership with Fulton County to transform the State Farm Arena into Georgia’s largest-ever voting…
Diddy Gifts 14-Year-Old Fashion Entrepreneur With $25K Business Grant On Ellen
Share0 Image via @ceotreybrown/Instagram Fashion isn’t the easiest industry to break into. One boy was not only able to beat…
This ‘CEO Chick’ Has the Antidote for Women Entrepreneurs
Coleen Otero knows what it’s like to walk through the storm as an entrepreneur and come out on the other…
Alabama Students Throwing ‘COVID Parties’ as a Contest to See Who Gets Coronavrius
There have been reports that there are students in Tuscaloosa, Alabama who are attending parties featuring known students who have…
White Woman Draws and Points A Gun At Black Woman And Daughter (Video)
“I am deeply disturbed by an incident last night where a woman pointed a cocked gun at another woman during…
Memphis-based, HBCU Receives Largest Beneficial Endowment in the School’s 158-Year History
LeMoyne-Owen College, the only Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in Memphis, Tennessee, has been named the beneficiary of an…
$1 Billion Was Slashed From the New York Police Department Budget
New York City moved to cut $1 billion from the New York Police Department (NYPD) and reallocate millions of dollars…
Colorado Police Officers Placed on Paid Leave After Taking Photos Where Elijah McClain Was Choked by Police
After an investigation was announced to revisit the police killing of 23-year-old Elijah McClain, it’s been reported that the police…
White Woman Calls Police on Black Neighbors for Building Patio on Their Own Property
A white woman apparently caused a ruckus by calling the police on a Black couple in New Jersey after questioning…
KKK Member Who Shot Daughter’s Black Boyfriend Is Freed On $500 Bail
A white man who is reportedly a member of the hate group the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) shot his daughter’s…
BLM Protests Did Not Cause Spike In Coronavirus Cases
A team of economists published a study showing the protests against systemic racism did not cause a significant increase in…
White Georgia Police Officer Breaks the Wrist of Innocent Black Man
A Black man who was slammed to the ground in a case of mistaken identity is suing the Valdosta Georgia…
Netflix and Ava DuVernay to Focus on Kaepernick’s HS Years in ‘Colin in Black & White’
Streaming giant service Netflix announced that filmmaker Ava DuVernay and social activist/former professional football player Colin Kaepernick have joined together…
Trump Still Refuses To Rename Army Bases Named After Confederate Leaders
President Trump is standing by his refusal to rename military bases that are named after confederate leaders, saying their history…
Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani Called The BLM Movement A Marxist Group
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani called Black Lives Matter a “Marxist organization” that “has been planning to destroy…
Master Investor Ian Dunlap Shares How to Capitalize During the Crisis (Video)
Ian Dunlap is an investment expert with one of the highest win percentages in the country and the founder of…
Report: MSNBC Host Joy Reid To Become First Black Woman To Anchor a Prime-Time Cable News Program
MSNBC weekend morning anchor Joy Reid will reportedly take over the time slot that one-time host Chris Matthews occupied before…
Starbucks to Pull Ads From All Social Media Platforms
Starbucks announced Sunday in an online statement it will pause advertisements on all social media platforms over ineffective policing of…
Atlanta to Transform City Jail Into Justice and Equality Center Community Space
The City of Atlanta is moving forward with a plan to transform its city jail into a space for community…
Greedi Kitchen Owner Latisha Daring Left the Fashion Industry to Pursue Her Passion for Vegan Comfort Food
Being a successful entrepreneur is no easy feat. It takes determination, extraordinary effort, and the passion to see it through.…
There Are Still Billions of Dollars in PPP Loans Left for Small Businesses
If you are a small business owner who has not applied for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funding you can…
12 Year-Old Vegan Chef Omari McQueen to Release First Cookbook
Share0 Omari McQueen (Image via @dipaliciousltd/Instagram) Vegan food has become tremendously popular across the United States with sales continuing to…
A Restaurant That Denied Service To A Woman And Her Son Is Under Fire
A Baltimore woman has retained a civil rights attorney after she and her son were denied service at a restaurant…
Mississippi Votes To Remove Confederate Symbol From State Flag
There have been ongoing debates over the Confederate flag as critics argue that the flag is a symbol of hate…
Hulu Removes Episode of ‘The Golden Girls’ That Included ‘Blackface’ Scene of Actor Wearing Mud Facial Masks
The protesting of racial injustice and police brutality against Blacks has set off an awakening that includes Hollywood. According to…
American Airlines Gives Business Points To Entrepreneurs For Travel
The travel industry has been in complete disarray due to the spread of COVID-19, or the novel coronavirus, around the…
Target’s Laysha Ward Can’t Rest Until Systemic Racism Is Dismantled
Featuring a broad cross-section of women who have distinguished themselves across a rich variety of careers, our Portraits of Power…
Singer Elle Varner on Creating in Quarantine, Starting A Label, and COVID-19’s Impact on the Music Industry
While much of the nation was adjusting to the global COVID-19 pandemic and living in isolation, singer and songwriter Elle…
This Man Is Bringing World’s First African And Caribbean Rum To The United States
Rum is considered one of the staple drinks of the Caribbean with different islands each specializing in a different blend…
Singer H.E.R. Invests in Black-Owned Vegan Cookie Company Co-signed by Jay-Z
A year after Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter invested in Partake Foods, a Black-owned vegan cookie company, the healthy snack brand has…
Oprah to Speak With 100 Black Fathers About Racial Injustice in America
Oprah Winfrey will unpack the heightened racial tensions, consciousness, and civil unrest that have swept the nation in recent weeks…
Hennessy Offers $3M in Support for Minority Small Business-Owners
Hennessy is stepping up to help minority small businesses struggling with the effects of COVID-19 by providing immediate financial support…
Kevin Hart to Host and Produce ‘Celebrity Game Face’ on E!
In addition to being a superstar actor, stand-up comedian, and business owner, Kevin Hart is adding game show host to…
American Black Film Festival Founders Create New Nonprofit Organization
Share0 Hollywood has dealt with issues of diversity and inclusion for many years with campaigns like #OscarSoWhite illuminating the disparities…
Former Florida Police Officer Arrested After Video Reveals Him Placing Knee on Pregnant Black Woman’s Neck and Using Taser
A former Florida police officer has been charged with battery and misconduct after a video surfaced showing him putting his…
Puma Honors Former NBA Player God Shammgod and His Legendary ‘Shammgod’ Crossover With Signature Sneaker
More than 20 years after God Shammgod created an iconic ankle-breaking crossover, the former NBA player-turned-coach now has his own…
Travel Company Offers 100 Free Getaways to Black Activists
Share0 Activist Rachel Cargle (Image: Getaway) Getaway, the lodging company known for its tiny cabins situated in nature, is making…
Jenny Slate Departs Netflix’s ‘Big Mouth’: ‘Black Characters on an Animated Show Should Be Played by Black People’
White actress Jenny Slate will stop voicing Missy, a character of color that she plays on the Netflix animated show…
Dr. Fauci Confirms Institutional Racism Was A Factor In COVID-19 Impact
The spread of COVID-19, or the novel coronavirus pandemic, has disproportionately impacted Black Americans around the country, leading to new…