In her debut novel, The Vexations, the author Caitlin Horrocks fictionalizes the life of the precocious French music composer Erik Satie. In her telling, Satie was talented and successful—and entitled. He made waves in music circles across Paris, but was also immature and cruel to many of the women in …

(Photo: Adobe Stock) Racism in the housing market is not new, but the ways entrepreneurs are using technology to overcome it are groundbreaking.  Blockchain technology offers a digital ledger system that can streamline the home lending process. Bryan Young, CEO and co-founder of Home Lending Pal, developed a website to …

Ulta Beauty CEO Dave Kimbell announced plans to spend $50 million on diversity and inclusion efforts this year, including investments to boost support for Black brands. According to a press release, the beauty and skincare brand will spend $50 million this year creating an accelerator program to mentor entrepreneurs of color. …

Show is the a patch on a Philadelphia correctional officer’s uniform at the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)Photo: Matt Rourke (AP) A Philly family is suing the city after what was supposed to be their relative’s brief jail bid for shoplifting ended up being a horrific death …

Early on in the pandemic, the Danish photographer Joakim Eskildsen captured an image of his son tilting his head toward the evening sky in the German countryside, where the family lives. The photo is moving in its simplicity and haunting in its loneliness. Dancing flames cast an orange glow on …

The leaders of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) organization will be held “personally liable” if they do not disclose information concerning the charity’s $60 million in donations. According to the Daily Mail, the group’s leaders have 60 days to release the information to the California Department of Justice, which alleged …

Spike Lee, left; Colin Kaepernick.Photo: Noam Galai for The Michael J. Fox Foundation/Leon Bennett for Netflix (Getty Images) On Wednesday night, Spike Lee and Colin Kaepernick were spotted sitting courtside on Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden as the New York Knicks took on the Memphis Grizzlies. What may have …

Every weekday evening, our editors guide you through the biggest stories of the day, help you discover new ideas, and surprise you with moments of delight. Subscribe to get this delivered to your inbox. Santiago Mejia / The San Francisco Chronicle / Getty Imagine it: The sun is warm, the …

MichiganBusiness.org 0 The former Michigan home of the late human rights activist Malcolm X, also known as El-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz, has officially been added to the National Register of Historic Places. On Tuesday, the Michigan Economic Development Corp. announced that the home Malcolm X lived in with his family during …

Wednesday morning a Black man was shot and killed by a white Minneapolis Police while being served an arrest warrant, reported the Star Tribune. Interim police Chief Amelia Huffman said the SWAT team was in the area on behalf of St. Paul police to find someone connected to a homicide. …