Brooklyn Nets’ Kyrie Irving Commits $1.5M to Help Pay WNBA Players Who Opted Out
Jul 27, 2020 NEW YORK — Kyrie Irving is helping to make sure WNBA players can sit out the season and not stress about a paycheck. The Brooklyn...
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TN Woman Keeda Haynes to Run for Congress After 4-year Prison Sentence
July 21, 2020 The former public defender wants to represent a district that is nearly 25% Black, and has never had a Black congressperson Keeda...
Why a New Generation of Black Farmers is Getting Into the Business
Mon July 27, 2020 New York (CNN Business)W. Kamau Bell visits Oklahoma to learn how politics and economic disparity has impacted family and independent farmers....
HBCU Grads Launch Vegan Burger Company With Nationwide Delivery
22nd July 2020 There’s a new vegan burger in town and it’s ready to go beyond the impossible. Friends and business partners Duane Myko (Morgan State),...
This Woman Creates Coloring Books to Help Teach Black Children New Languages
By Dana GivensJune 17, 2020 There is great value is learning another language. Numerous studies have shown the cognitive benefits of raising a child in a bilingual household including...
Syracuse Couple Buys Historic Southside Church For $25K With Plans For $7M Investment
by Melanie JohnsonThursday, July 23rd 2020 SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A Syracuse couple will breathe new life into a historic church on the Southside of Syracuse. In October...
She Dreamed of a Black-Owned Bookstore in Inglewood. Now, She’s Going to Run One
By CHACE BEECHJULY 23, 20207 AM Asha Grant was always a bookworm. As a little girl growing up in Inglewood, she spent hours poring over stories...
Tracy McGrady, Jermaine O’Neal to Launch New Player Representation Agency
By Kurt HelinJul 20, 2020, 8:00 AM EDT There are former players who have had success as agents — BJ Armstrong right now, for example —...
Serena Williams’ 2-Year-Old Daughter is Now the Youngest Owner in Pro Sports
Jeva Lange, The Week•July 21, 2020 Hush little baby, don’t say a word, Mama’s gonna buy you … a professional women’s soccer team? On Tuesday,...
The First Black Owned Stock Exchange in U.S History is Opening Soon
By Dana Givens July 22, 2020 Investing in stocks and bonds has always been one of the core principles of wealth building within the finance industry. For one former...