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Lifestyle / News Talk - 9 months ago

5 Black-owned shops in Athens

Absynia absynia.info Absynia offers artisan jewelry inspired by the African diaspora handcrafted by designer Elle Lewis. Lewis got her start by repurposing broken jewelry, and soon began making her own using ethically sourced materials. Eyes, suns a...

Lifestyle / News Talk - 9 months ago

Reparations in Boston: Why Now?

As we continue into 2024 – a year that marks the 50th anniversary of the desegregation of public schools in the city through busing – Boston has a unique opportunity to be a leader in embracing an issue that cities and states across the country are...

Lifestyle / News Talk - 9 months ago

CUNY Med’s mission fits in Black History Month

Every day, I board the M101 bus on the East Side for my five-mile, half-hour commute to the CUNY School of Medicine in Harlem, where I am dean. The neighborhoods connected by this bus line offer a striking illustration of the health disparities that...

Lifestyle / News Talk - 9 months ago

This Week In Black History February 21-27, 2024

FEBRUARY 21 1933—Song stylist and activist Nina Simone is born Eunice Waymon in Tryon, N.C. She was a child prodigy who was playing the piano by age 4. She had numerous songs to her cred­it, but one of the most memorable was “Mississippi Goddam”...

Lifestyle / News Talk - 9 months ago

Supporting Black-owned business in Luzerne County

WILKES BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— Local business professionals gathered this evening at a networking event focused on supporting black-owned businesses within northeastern Pennsylvania. Wilkes-Barre Power meets monthly to network with fellow...

Lifestyle / News Talk - 9 months ago

How to succeed as a Black-owned business

Black people comprise more than 14 percent of the nation’s population but only 2.3 percent of businesses are Black-owned, according to recent U.S. Census Bureau figures. The most recent American Communities Survey shows that while Black busine...