EXCLUSIVE: Rachael Hawk, in her second year at Facebook, influenced one of the most powerful companies in the world to better support Black people and their businesses Facebook’s wants you to #BuyBlack on Black Friday. Rachael Hawk is the reason why. Hawk’s pain birthed an idea that’s helping Black owned-small businesses get through a second…
OPINION: Employers need to start listening, ask questions, figure out the pain points and change the way they lead and work to combat burnout Burnout is not just exhaustion. It’s a syndrome. Here’s why. Was Solange singing about burnout in “Cranes in the Sky”? “I tried to keep myself busy/ I ran around circles/ Think…
Source: Portra / Getty Black-owned businesses are a very important aspect of black culture. They give us jobs, foster products that are geared towards us, and promote entrepreneurship in our communities. But without our support, many black businesses wouldn’t be able to survive. In this day in age, it might seem difficult to find local…
Source: StarterCAM / StarterCAM / Hotspotatl.com With the murder of Young Dolph still impacting many throughout the hip-hop community and his hometown in Memphis specifically, one person understandably going through it the most is his longtime girlfriend, Mia Jaye. However, it appears his untimely death has created an outpour of love that’s since translated into…
For many Black people — cryptocurrency has been seen as one of the tenants of true economic liberation In this news cycle, cryptocurrency seems to be the only thing anyone is talking about. It seems society has suddenly propelled back to the future as we have seen nations start to adopt a phenomenon known to…
Source: martinedoucet / Getty UPDATED: 9:15 a.m. Nov. 25, 2021 — No matter what, the holidays are a time for family. With the COVID-19 pandemic slowing and vaccines becoming a way of life, this feels like the first time in a while we can actually enjoy our families on Thanksgiving. With Black families comes…
All three white men convicted of killing Ahmaud Arbery while he ran through a Georgia neighborhood face life in prison. The three men were charged with one count of malice, four counts of felony murder, two counts of aggravated assault, one count of false imprisonment and one count of criminal attempt to commit a felony….
OPINION: Black businesses have been hit hardest by the pandemic. They deserve to be set up for success during and beyond this turbulent time. The public health impact of both COVID-19 and systemic racism continues to wreak havoc in Black communities. Even as circumstances have steadily improved since mass lockdowns were lifted, Black businesses, on…
Source: HBCU Week Foundation assets / HBCU Week Foundation The conversation around mental health in the Black community has been progressing in recent years but there is still a long way to go. Life circumstances such as social expectations, financial challenges, and systemic racial biases are still putting an immense amount of pressure on Black…
Source: NBC / Getty Fans of the 57-year-old media maven have been eagerly awaiting her return to her Fox TV hit daytime talk series The Wendy Williams Show, but the former Hot 97 personality’s health has struggled to recover since contracting a breakthrough case of COVID-19 in early September. The season 13 premiere of The…
