Business

“We even considered shutting the business down altogether,” Marc openly shared in an Instagram post. “This is our main source of income and it’s been super tough.” Ima added, “We have been praying in the midst of all that for a breakthrough, for a sign to keep going, a miracle. We’ve had people really rallying around […]

A special military investigative team is on the scene of a deadly crash involving two Black Hawk helicopters that killed nine people in southwestern Kentucky, but weather conditions have slowed the early work, Army officials said. The team of about eight members from Fort Rucker, Alabama, arrived at the scene around 7 p.m. Thursday night […]

Inside the office of Allison Morgan Bryant, PhD, you will find glimpses of Howard’s past, present, and future. An “I LOVE MY HBCU” button is pinned to her graduation stole from the University’s 2001 commencement ceremony, where she earned her Bachelors of Business Administration in computer-based information systems. “The 1619 Project,” an in-depth examination of […]

EATONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A developer on Friday ended plans to purchase a 100-acre (39-hectare) property from the local school system in a historically Black town in Florida following a public outcry that the deal threatened the cultural heritage of the community made famous by Harlem Renaissance writer Zora Neale Hurston. Derek Bruce said in […]

Robert Armanini opened his birdseed store, Feed the Birds! in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, in 2010. He’d moved out of New York City 18 years prior, and a new home closer to nature sparked an interest in feeding wild birds, leading him to eventually start his own business. Feed the Birds! sells birdbaths, birdhouses, a multitude […]

States can start kicking people off Medicaid on Saturday if they no longer meet the program’s pre-pandemic eligibility requirements, which are based mostly on income. HHS estimates that as many as 15 million people stand to lose Medicaid coverage. Many individuals losing Medicaid are expected be eligible for other forms of health insurance, though some […]

“We even considered shutting the business down altogether,” Marc openly shared in an Instagram post. “This is our main source of income and it’s been super tough.” Ima added, “We have been praying in the midst of all that for a breakthrough, for a sign to keep going, a miracle. We’ve had people really rallying around […]

The power of an influential social media platform has transformed this couple’s business. The post Thanks To Help From Tabitha . . .

One day, Bread and Butter Shoppe owner Valour Cobbins stumbled across an ad for the Coalition to Back Black Business grant while scrolling through Facebook. Though she identifies as someone who is “not a social-media person,” Cobbins decided to apply for the grant after seeing it in her feed multiple times. The process felt quick […]

Ty West starts and ends her day with her two kissy-face furballs, Blossom and Bailey. In fact, they’re such a big part of her life that Blossom, her 6-year-old protective poodle mix, was also the inspiration behind the name for her online business ‘IBloomWeb.’  “I wasn’t thinking it would go this far,” she said. “I […]