A South Florida man is using his winnings to preserve and revive Fort Lauderdale’s black business district.
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How it became a crime to be poor in America | The Guardian
In the United States, a system of modern peonage – essentially, a government-run loan shark operation – has been going on for years
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Black Female Entrepreneur Nets $48 Million For Robotic Pizza Startup | NewsOne
Julia Collins says she wants her company Zume to make high-quality, affordable food accessible.
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Black Executives Join Forces, Forming a PAC to Back Them Up | The New York Times
Once an informal network, a group of friends and associates is organizing a united political push on issues like education, employment and voting rights.
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There Are Currently 4 Black CEOs in the Fortune 500 | The Atlantic
Next year, that number is set to drop to three. What happened to progress toward diversifying corporations’ highest ranks?
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Black D.C. Org. Honors Public Relations Guru Ofield Dukes | AFRO
“My father taught me that we are Black first and foremost. As Black people, he understood that it is our obligation to pursue excellence in every endeavor,…”
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Online Roundtable: Judith Weisenfeld’s New World A-Coming | Black Perspectives
Black Perspectives, the blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), is collaborating with the Journal of Africana Religions* to host an online roundtable on Judith Weisenfeld‘s New World A-Coming: Black Religion and Racial Identity during the Great Migration (New York University Press, 2017).
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200,000 People Downloaded Her App Within Two Weeks, and Forbes Magazine is Calling Her “The Next Steve Jobs” | Business Women
Even more, Forbes has named her “The Next Steve Jobs”.
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New Starbucks COO Rosalind Brewer Is First Woman to Hold Position | NBC News
Former Sam’s Club executive Rosalind Brewer has been named the new chief operating officer and group president of Starbucks, the company announced Wednesday. Brewer is the first woman and African-American to hold the position.
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Where Race, Poverty, and the Opportunity Gap Meet in Rural America | Roll Call
‘Raising Bertie’ helps audience identify with three boys coming of age, even if they don’t come from similar backgrounds.
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