University of Georgia: Black Residents Displaced to Make Room for Dormitories Due An Estimated $5M In Reparations
Black residents who were pushed out of their Georgia homes in the 1960s for student housing are entitled to upwards of $5 million, a new […]
SportsCenter Anchor Sage Steele Sues ESPN. Claims Network Breached Her Contract and Violated Her Freedom of Speech
Sage Steele is not feeling her employer, ESPN. After a controversial appearance on a Jay Cutler podcast last year, Steele has felt her role diminished on […]
Hip-Hop Star Drake Loses $400K on a Sports Bet that Could Have Bagged Him $2.2M
Rapper Drake, an avid gambler, is filthy rich, but he still does not like losing and missing out on the opportunity to win big money. […]
Finurah Funding Friday: Entrepreneurs, Obtain Funding from these Accelerators, Competitions and Microbusiness Grants
Entrepreneurship is a demanding and liberating experience. Entrepreneurship presents several unique problems for the two million Black American business owners in the United States. One […]
Harvard Approves $100 Million Endowment Fund to Study the Ivy League Institution’s Ties to Slavery
Harvard, the oldest college in America, has made another effort to redress its ugly past. The ivy league institution has set up a multimillion-dollar fund […]
Billionaire Hip-Hop Mogul Jay-Z Pumps $33 Million Into Subscription-Based Beauty Brand Madison Reed
Billionaire hip-hop mogul Jay-Z is adding to his long list of investments. He has made a $33 million investment in hair-care company Madison Reed Inc. […]
‘We’re Going to Give People Access So They Can Tap Into Generational Wealth’: First Black-Owned Bank Opens In Minneapolis
Minnesota just got its first Black-owned bank as First Independence Bank opens in Minneapolis. Detroit-based First Independence Bank has opened its first-ever branch outside of Michigan. The […]
Employee Sues Texas Company For Fostering a Racially Hostile Workplace
A Texas man has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that he was fired for complaining about his co-worker’s racist behavior. Christoper Vickers’ supervisor at Bison […]
How This Money Maverick Went From Homelessness to Being Tapped By the Government to Help Small Business Owners Navigate Their Bottom Line
It took hitting financial rock bottom for Sharita Humphrey to realize that she needed to get serious about money management. “I had lost everything in […]
Funny Business Success: Comedy Star Kevin Hart’s Laugh Out Loud Network And Hartbeat Productions Merge and Land $100M Investment
Actor/comedian Kevin Hart is making major moves with his two entertainment businesses. He will be merging his two companies, Hartbeat Productions and Laugh Out Loud. They will become […]
Investors Are Snapping Up Homes, Purchasing 33 Percent of Properties on the Market
Traditional home buyers are not the only ones interested in purchasing properties in residential communities, reveals a recent analysis of public sales records. The analysis […]
NFL Star Derrick Henry Joins Minority Ownership Group Of Nashville SC Major League Soccer Team
Derrick Henry is stepping into the professional ownership box in Major League Soccer. Recently, Nashville SC announced that the Tennessee Titans running back and Nashville native […]
The Business of Hip Hop: Snoop Dogg Reveals He Charges A Quarter Of A Million for a Feature
Snoop Dogg knows his worth! The legendary West Coast rapper recently shocked fans online after revealing what he charges for musical collaboration — and it doesn’t […]
How a Black-Owned Bandage Company Landed on ‘Shark Tank’ and Raked In $130,000 In Six Days
It’s not unheard of to be familiar with someone annoyed by the challenge of finding bandages that match that person’s skin tone. As a solution […]
Black Homeownership Still Facing Obstacles Despite Crowded Housing Market, Especially In These Metro Areas
As mortgage rates hit 5 percent, homeownership is becoming increasingly challenging for Black Americans, who already lag sorely behind whites in homeownership. “The housing gap” […]
Black Entrepreneurs in California Forced To Show Proof of Store Ownership to Police Get $150K Settlement
A California town has agreed to pay a Black couple $150,000 and implement reforms to settle claims police officers racially profiled them in their own […]
Meet NASA Scientist Dr. Moogega Cooper, A Planetary Protection Engineer
A NASA scientist says she is a real-life “guardian of the galaxy.” The duties of her job include stopping earthly microbes from spreading to other planets, as […]
Former NBA Player Turned Entrepreneur Al Harrington Wants to Create 100 Black Cannabis Millionaires Through His Incubator
Al Harrington is a man on a mission to create 100 millionaires in the legal cannabis industry. The owner of Viola has led the meager 2 […]