Business & Economy
While attracting customers is, of course, important year-round, consumers are more open to spending money and discovering new brands during the holidays; so, this is an excellent time to focus those marketing efforts!
The pandemic renewed an appreciation for that small business feel, and it renewed an understanding that our communities are empowered and enriched by entrepreneurs who were bold enough to open that boutique, barbershop, flower shop, small accounting firm – you name it – right there in your neighborhood.
As the NAACP turns 113, look for its voice to grow louder on issues like climate change, the student debt crisis and the ongoing response to the coronavirus pandemic — while keeping voting rights and criminal justice reform at the forefront of its priorities.
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose to the highest level in three months as the fast-spreading omicron variant continued to disrupt the job market.
It appears a new bill is being pushed in Florida that will prohibit schools and businesses from causing what's described as "discomfort" for white people when addressing past discrimination by way of Critical Race Theory, that is if Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has his way.
The drop in the jobless rate, from 4.2% in November to a healthy 3.9% in December, indicated that many more Americans found work last month as we still navigate a global pandemic.
More women came forward Tuesday to lodge gender-discrimination accusations against Black News Channel, now branding itself as BNC. They bring the plaintiffs to 13.
Airbnb is introducing a new experiment in Oregon to combat prejudice users from denying people housing rentals based on their racial background by making it so hosts only see the initials of potential guests.
The good people who run Heart and Soul Hospice, a Black-owned healthcare service out of Nashville, have made it their mission to make the end-of-life transition exceptionally meaningful for its clientele of grieving African American families.
A Black mother was recently slammed with an outpour of mixed reactions after a photo of her two children receiving a vending machine for Christmas went viral.
Nearly $100 billion at minimum has been stolen from COVID-19 relief programs set up to help businesses and people who lost their jobs due to the pandemic, the U.S. Secret Service said Tuesday.
Sharon Bowen has made history as the first Black woman to be appointed to serve as the board chair of the New York Stock Exchange.
