The owners of the Hair Hive are sisters (L to R) Danielle, Brianna Lannie, and Lauren Jackson. (Photo courtesy of the Hair Hive.) It’s no secret the beauty industry is a multi-million dollar industry and that black women are a huge segment of the consumers. Despite their massive buying power, …
Read More »Zaya Wade Drops the Mic in Her First Interview Since Coming Out As Transgender: 'It Feels Great'
Dwyane Wade, Zaya Wade and Gabrielle Union attend the Better Brothers Los Angeles 6th annual Truth Awards at Taglyan Complex on March 07, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. Photo: Andrew Toth (Getty Images) In the weeks since NBA legend Dwyane Wade revealed that his daughter Zaya identifies as transgender, the …
Read More »What You Need to Know About the Coronavirus
Supply chains and retail workers have been relentlessly bombarded by panicked shoppers hoarding in anticipation of quarantines and closures. Unless you live in a remote area with few stores, a few boxes of pasta and a can or two of soup in the pantry is a more-than-sufficient stockpile for any …
Read More »NBA Suspends Season After Positive Coronavirus Test
In an unprecedented move, the NBA has announced it has suspended the remainder of its season after Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert tested positive for coronavirus. The suspension is to remain in place “until further notice,” the league said. The Athletic reported Wednesday that the Jazz was preparing for its …
Read More »VP Nadia Quarles Relies on Her Intuition to Take Risks She Won’t Regret
Featuring a broad cross-section of women who have distinguished themselves across a rich variety of careers, our Portraits of Power series is a celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Black Enterprise, and of black women. It’s a place for today’s businesswomen to share their own favorite images and their own …
Read More »The Killing of a Colorado Rancher
It was weird that no one had heard from Jake Millison in a few days. Maybe someone who didn’t know him, an outsider to Gunnison, a small Colorado town on the western slope of the Rockies, might assume he was flaky or unreliable. At 29, Jake still lived with his …
Read More »The Kick Back Couch – Happy Place
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Read More »Senate Tells Betsy DeVos 'Nah,' Over Rule That Makes Debt Relief Harder
Photo: Alex Wong (Getty Images) It’s very rare that we see the Republican-controlled Senate vote against the Trump administration. The only thing more surprising than Betsy DeVos still having a job is Republicans voting to repeal a rule she created. According to the New York Times, a rare instance of …
Read More »The Best Thing Bernie Sanders Can Do Is Drop Out
Bernie Sanders’s signature issue is Medicare for All: a vision of state-financed health care for every American. But Sanders’s defeat could drag his issue down with him, instead of it lofting him into the presidency. Yet he has an opportunity before him at least to advance his idea. The spread …
Read More »Coachella Music Festival Rescheduled For October
Coronavirus seems to have halted life as we know it, and now another major event — the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival — has been canceled this month. The annual event, which takes place over two weeks and draws crowds of millions, will be moved to October. Festival organizers …
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