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Femicide Against Black Women Is A Public Health Crisis
1+ week, 1+ day ago (373+ words) What is going on?" I asked, my eyes welling with tears. I had just set my phone down in exasperation, my stomach knotted, after reading about Shamar Elkins, the man who shot his wife, Shaneiqua Pugh, in Shreveport, Louisiana, and,…...
We Love Us. Shop: It's More Than A Marketplace, It's A'Black Economic'Movement Powered By ESSENCE
5+ mon, 1+ day ago (324+ words) This platform transcends your traditional marketplace and is instead a movement grounded in the belief that we shop us. When we do, we build a stronger, more sustainable future for Black women, Black businesses, and Black culture. Launching Cyber Monday,…...
Corporate America Made Promises In 2020. Black Women Entrepreneurs Are Still Waiting
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (469+ words) Remember 2020? I know, I know" you're probably still trying to forget." But, besides the obvious, it was also a time when every major corporation posted black squares on Instagram and made sweeping declarations about supporting Black-owned businesses. Just six short…...
Emma Grede On Money, Mindset, And The Habits Keeping Too Many Black Women Playing Small
3+ week, 4+ hour ago (228+ words) Talk to Emma Grede for even just 5 minutes, and it will instantly make you want to go back and audit every excuse you've ever made. She went into this book thinking she knew exactly what she was writing. Turns out,…...
Kareem Edwards Left Corporate America To Become Chicago's First Black Chick-Fil-A Owner-Operator'And His Neighborhood Is Better For It
3+ week, 1+ hour ago (577+ words) Back in 2003, a nervous kid from Far Rockaway, Queens, showed up to De Pauw University two weeks before anyone else, already homesick, wondering what he'd gotten himself into." When move-in day finally came and the rest of the freshman class…...
OP-ED: Black Women Are Starting More Businesses Than Anyone Else. So Why Aren't They Scaling?
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (402+ words) Black women are consistently reported as the largest group of founders starting or running small businesses. Yet only a small fraction of those businesses scale into employer firms and build sustainable wealth. It cannot be said that this is due…...
Black Wealth Watch: Uncle Nearest Faces Foreclosure Risk, New Voices Survey Highlights Black Entrepreneurs, And No Black Athletes Make Forbes" Highest-Paid Winter Olympics List
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (221+ words) Welcome to Black Wealth Watch, where we round up the biggest stories in Black business and economic news each week. The wins, the setbacks, the deals getting done, and the conversations we should be having about money, power, and who…...
Black Wealth Watch: Paramount Buys Tyler Perry's BET+ Stake, Michael B. Jordan's Agency Goes Independent, Keith Lee Backs Brooklyn Dumpling Shop
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (87+ words) Welcome to Black Wealth Watch, where we round up the biggest stories in Black business and economic news each week " the wins, the setbacks, the deals getting done, and the conversations we should be having about money, power, and who…...
21 Essential Books That Fiercely Celebrate Black Womanhood
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (805+ words) Everyone has a desire to feel seen. For Black women? That desire is significantly magnified. Since books are the gift that keeps on giving, here are 21 titles that unquestionably help Black women not only feel seen but also heard and…...
Inside The 2026 ESSENCE Black Women In Hollywood Gift Bags
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (507+ words) Here's What's Inside The 2026 ESSENCE Black Women In Hollywood Gift Bags'essence. com Yesterday, Los Angeles" Fairmont Century Plaza was illuminated with the guests and honorees at ESSENCE 19th Annual Black Women in Hollywood Awards. While the blue carpet turned into a…...