An executive data firm released a report that shows despite efforts, corporate boards still lack representation Amid the push to get U.S. boardrooms to look more like companies’ customers and employees, advocates are finally seeing just how steep the task will be. Boards of directors at publicly traded U.S. companies are much more white and…
Source: 4kira4moms / 4kira4moms On April 12, 2016, Kira Dixon Johnson and her husband Charles Johnson IV arrived at Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles for a scheduled cesarean section. The couple was excited to be welcoming their second son Langston to the world. What was supposed to be a moment of joy instead turned into…
Stanton, a highly experienced and trusted attorney at Butler Snow LLP, takes the helm in Tennessee’s lethal injection investigation. Ed Stanton III is set to review Tennessee’s lethal injection protocols after the state called a temporary halt to all executions this year “due to technicalities,” according to The Commercial Appeal. On Monday, Tennessee Gov. Bill…
The global eyewear market was valued at around $140 billion in 2020 and is forecast to ballon to $197 billion by 2027. A growing number of Black entrepreneurs have entered the arena. Two are friends Tracy Vontélle Green and Nancey Harris. They launched Vontélle eyewear brand in October 2020. Tracy Vontélle Green (L) and Nancey Harris…
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Although the coronavirus is still a factor, federal money for care is drying up For the first time, the U.S. came close to providing health care for all during the coronavirus pandemic — but for just one condition, COVID-19. Now, things are reverting to the way they were as federal money for COVID care of…
OneUnited Bank has teamed up with a Black-owned financial technology company to help Black entrepreneurs maintain capital and build wealth. OneUnited Bank, the largest Black-owned bank in the U.S., has partnered with Lendistry, a Black-owned financial technology company, to offer business loans of $50,000 up to $5 million to help Black entrepreneurs maintain working capital…
Marlon Wayans has used comedy to maneuver through various, sometimes serious, situations in the past. During a recent interview with Big Boy TV, the “White Chicks” star used that similar tactic when introduced to his fourth cousin, Sean Valentine. Valentine, who is a white man, is one of the radio hosts for Valentine in the…
Like most families, people argue and disagree, but recently “Family Matters” star JoeMarie Payton claimed that some members of the television show’s tribe almost got physical on set. Payron interviewed with “Entertainment Tonight” as part of the program’s “Mother’s Day celebration of Iconic TV Moms.” The 71-year-old actress, who starred as Harriette Winslow on the…
Researchers say that a rare cancer is particularly aggressive, especially among Black women A rare but aggressive kind of uterine cancer appears to be driving an increase in U.S. deaths from the disease, particularly among Black women, researchers reported Thursday. Over eight years, deaths from the aggressive type rose by 2.7% per year, while deaths…
