Business

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent – The workshop, titled “Zero Emissions: The Future of E-Mobility in Black and Brown Communities,” was a held at Friday, Sept. 18, as part of the […]

by Jae Jones – September 19, 2020 –  Samuel Cornish was an abolitionist and editor born in Sussex County, Delaware. Although he was born in Delaware, Cornish was raised in Philadelphia and New York City. Both […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted Black-owned businesses throughout the United States. A report released by the New York Fed revealed nearly half of small Black-owned businesses shuttered as a result of financial woes that […]

by BLACK ENTERPRISE Editors – Meet 51-year old Lashawn Flowers and her 35-year old daughter, Shanita Vickers, the new owners of the only Black-owned gas station in Hollywood, Florida, and possibly the only Black-owned gas station […]

By Elaine Hegwood Bowen, M.S.J. Black Public Media (BPM) is now accepting applications for the 2021 cohort of its 360 Incubator+ program. Created in 2014 to help BPM identify quality and innovative content by Black […]

(CNN)“Welcome to Freedom!” exclaims real estate agent Ashley Scott as she surveys the nearly 97 acres of land that she and a group of 19 Black families purchased in August. “I’m hoping that it will […]

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Wells Fargo officials said Dixon has been instrumental in helping the company take a number of new actions around D&I, including; helping create a new diversity leader role reporting directly to the […]

JACKSONVILLE, FL. September 9, 2020 – The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) named Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA) Chief Executive Officer Nathaniel P. Ford Sr. the Outstanding Public Transportation Manager for 2020. The APTA Awards program […]