Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) is exploring a run for the U.S. Senate seat held by fellow Democrat Ed Markey, according to reporting from Politico. If she enters the race and prevails, Pressley would become the first woman of color to represent Massachusetts in the Senate, a milestone that would mirror her 2018 breakthrough as the […]
Diarrha N’Diaye is a Senegalese-American beauty operator and brand builder whose work has helped redraw the industry’s center of gravity toward melanin-rich skin. Raised in Harlem above her mother’s salon, Aminata African Hair Braiding, she grew up inside the culture of beauty before starting her career at L’Oréal and later Glossier, where she honed product, […]
Chicago Sky forward and WNBA All-Star Angel Reese has officially trademarked her name, securing another pillar of a fast-growing business portfolio that now stretches well past basketball. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted the registration to Angel Reese LLC on Oct. 28, formalizing her ability to commercialize “Angel Reese” across apparel and other products. […]
Aid organizations are pressing the Trump administration to release nearly $9.7 million worth of U.S.-purchased contraceptives that have been warehoused in Belgium for months amid a broad freeze of foreign aid programs, warning the supplies could miss import deadlines and go to waste. The stock, pills, implants, injectables and IUDs bought under USAID contracts during […]
Louis Vuitton and men’s creative director Pharrell Williams have moved to dismiss Coogi’s copyright and trade-dress lawsuit, arguing the Australian knitwear label is seeking exclusive control over a “vague” look rather than a protectable design. In an Oct. 17 filing in Manhattan federal court, their attorneys contend Coogi is attempting to “monopolize an aesthetic,” adding, […]
