Category: KOLUMN Magazine

Celebrated artist Derek Fordjour, inspired in his youth by St. Jude and its embrace of art, is donating an original painting to raise money for the cause. — David Williams, St. Jude When the artist Derek Fordjour toured St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital last year at the invitation of former Memphis Mayor A C Wharton, it was […]

— Ashley Williams, Atlanta Black Star A new Atlanta-area food ordering and delivery service is helping customers support Black-owned businesses with just one click of a button. Rhandi and Jonathan Altidor launched the website The Better Buggy in June as people began staying home and out of the stores to help reduce the spread of […]

— Shanique Yates, AFROTECH Michelle Greene Rhodes is helping women start their own businesses, one nurse at a time! Rhodes is the founder and CEO of Michelle Rhodes Media LLC, located in Tampa Florida, and uses her business to help nurses to personally meet their big goals outside of traditional roles along with their own […]

Six men had been discussing taking Ms. Whitmer, a Democrat, hostage since at least the summer, the F.B.I. said. — Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, Shaila Dewan & Kathleen Gray, The New York Times Six men motivated by anti-government views were charged with plotting with a militia group to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, hoping to carry out the kidnapping […]

“People often assume what is best for Black girls without directly asking us for our own input on the topic.” — DR. TAWANNA JONES MORRISON, Ms. Magazine Rosa Parks is a name known round the world—often dubbed the mother of the modern-day civil rights movement, and the inspiration for the Montgomery Bus Boycott. But far fewer […]

The administration has sought to downplay the spread. — Josh Margolin & Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News The coronavirus outbreak has infected “34 White House staffers and other contacts” in recent days, according to an internal government memo, an indication that the disease has spread among more people than previously known in the seat of American government. Dated Wednesday […]

Ms. Wiley, a former analyst for MSNBC, wants to distance herself from Mayor Bill de Blasio and cast herself as an outsider who looks different from past mayors. — Emma G. Fitzsimmons, The New York Times Maya D. Wiley, a former top lawyer for Mayor Bill de Blasio who has gained a national following as […]

— Dana Givens, Black Enterprise Motorcycles are often synonymous with masculinity, viewed as a male-driven pastime or activity. According to a recent survey, women make up 26% of millennial-aged motorcycle riders and 22% of Generation X riders. Now, one St. Louis woman is making history as the first Black technician for the famous motorcycle brand, Harley-Davidson.   —  Credits […]

Black cigar smokers had long faced exclusion from the broader cigar community. So they created their own. — Curtis Bunn, NBC News When America began its stay-at-home orders because of the coronavirus pandemic, Greg Willis found comfort by retreating to the deck of his Atlanta home to indulge in a cigar. He said enjoying an […]