US, African Development Bank Face Off
The Trump administration’s call for an independent investigation of allegations against the president of the African Development Bank elicited sharply...
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How U.S. Bank is Helping Black Communities Through COVID-19
Like so many organizations and corporate entities that have found unique ways to help communities of color recover from the...
COVID-19 is Hurting Black Americans More in Almost Every Way
COVID-19 is more likely to kill black Americans, and for those that survive, the pandemic will take a devastating toll...
A 1921 Massacre Destroyed ‘Black Wall Street’ in Tulsa. City Still Looking for the Dead
They marched into the thriving black Tulsa neighborhood on May 31, 1921, with shotguns and Molotov cocktails. Some wore masks,...
Fashion Fair Cosmetics, Once Queen of Black Beauty, is Planning a Comeback
Growing up in Trinidad in the ’80s, Patrice Grell Yursik remembers her mother smoothing on Fashion Fair face powder and...
Two African American Execs Sue McDonald’s for Alleged Racial Discrimination
Two African American executives filed a lawsuit against McDonald’s alleging they were passed over for promotions, subjected to a hostile...
Baltimore Looks to Join Wave of Cities, States Banning Hair Discrimination
Woman after woman has settled into Yasmine Young’s salon chair and explained that she needed to change her hair to...
Leadership In Diversity: Analytics Giant SAS Steps Up
As a legacy of separate and unequal education continues to hinder African-Americans from fully participating in and benefiting from today’s...
Diversifying Prosperity: Philanthropists Target Education
Influential billionaires, investors, and philanthropists are speaking more openly about the history of wealth in the U.S., tackling such issues...