The City of Detroit, together with community organizations and the Rocket Community Fund, has started a new initiative to help small businesses in the neighborhood use modern technology and stay competitive in a quickly changing economy. According to the news release, the Detroit Small Business Technology Fund will give $1,000 technology microgrants to 140 microbusinesses […]
Brittney Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and WNBA player, co-founded Zennjet. Sennjet is a travel membership and support service that helps people safely travel with prescription. The company was inspired by her own terrifying experience of being detained in Russia. Her Russia Arrest and Detention Griner was playing professional basketball for UMMC Ekaterinburg during […]
Corporate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs are facing cuts across industries, often framed as budget decisions. But for many Black women in the workforce, these reductions have become a turning point. A moment to rethink careers, take control, and build something of their own. With mentorship programs, networking opportunities, and sponsorships disappearing, more women […]
Warren McVea, the electrifying running back who became the first Black athlete to receive a football scholarship from the University of Houston and later won a Super Bowl with the Kansas City Chiefs, died Oct. 19 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 79. His daughter, Tracy Ellis, said he died after a long […]
Today, Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie celebrates her 48th birthday. As a journalist who has followed her career, I can say she’s one of the most important writers of our time. Why She Matters Adichie burst onto the literary scene with Purple Hibiscus in 2003. But it was her 2013 novel Americanah that really put […]
