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Freelancing Isn’t as Easy as Social Media Makes It Look—Here’s How to Get Your First Client

Winning your first freelance client takes more than learning a skill and creating a profile. You need a clear service, credible examples and a practical way to reach people who could use your work. A...

7 Career Assets Black Professionals Can Build Before Their Next Job Move

In a 2021 study by Korn Ferry and the Executive Leadership Council, more than 80% of the Black profit-and-loss leaders interviewed said a sponsor had been indispensable to their career progression...

Your Job May Be More Valuable Than Your Salary Reveals

In 1987, ophthalmologist Patricia Bath had an invention and a problem: moving it toward use in cataract surgery required clinical trials, and she said a major manufacturer would need to fund them. Her...

LeBron, Tiger, and the New Black Billionaire Athletes: How Sports Money Became Real Money

LeBron James is reportedly giving up a salary above $50 million for a two-year, $8 million deal with Philadelphia. At 41, he says he chose the 76ers for another chance at a championship. The decision...

The Black Chefs Redefining What “Black Cuisine” Means in 2026

When Virtue opened in Chicago’s Hyde Park in November 2018, chef-owner Erick Williams pushed back on the idea that it was simply a soul-food restaurant. “Cooking American southern food expands far...

Black Dandyism: Bold Style as Resistance—and Why It’s Back in 2026

At the 2025 Met Gala, A$AP Rocky arrived in a custom suit by AWGE, the creative agency he founded. Asked about wearing a Black designer, he pointed to the agency behind his own look. The moment...

12 Black Scientists and Innovators Who Are Changing Their Fields in 2026

Rockefeller University’s August 6, 2026 announcement came with a striking number: 2,710. That is how many genes Erich Jarvis’s team found in the first fully phased, complete songbird genome that...

Culture as Capital: How Black Digital Creators Are Monetizing Media Shifts

On September 30, 2025, Kai Cenat’s Mafiathon 3 ended with his Twitch channel at 1,095,265 subscribers. Guinness World Records recorded it as the highest subscriber count for a Twitch channel. For a...

How Kim Kardashian is Navigating Her Kids’ Social Media Under the Kanye West Legacy

North West got her own Instagram account in December, a few weeks after turning 12. Her brother Saint got his in August, at 10. Kim Kardashian’s kids are growing up with a public presence most...