By Claire Ballentine and Alice Kantor Fallout from the new, potentially riskier COVID-19 variant detected in southern Africa is adding fresh frustrations for travelers, just […]

After years of only cooking for family and friends, Lesley Riley decided it was time to hop back in the kitchen. Now she’s the face of a […]

Although there are an estimated two million Black-owned businesses in the U.S., Black entrepreneurs are left behind when it comes to federal funding. A Guidant […]

By Srinivasan Sivabalan and Emily Graffeo U.S. stocks slid as a post-Thanksgiving selloff spread across global markets amid fears a new coronavirus variant identified in […]

Family-owned Heritage Fare’s authentic flavors of African-American soul food can be found nationwide. Founded in the early 1990s, Heritage Fare has prided itself on staying true […]

What started as a dream inside a garage-turned-“mad pizza science lab” is now a booming artisan eatery serving up slices of heaven. The Nashville-based Slim & […]

The story behind a growing NYC coffee cafe chain named Milk & Pull is more than just about successful business. The story is rooted in […]

After two years of paying a mortgage and believing that her home was fully paid for, one of Detroit’s most vulnerable is now facing eviction. […]

Like most 9-year-old girls, Zandra Cunningham loved feeling pretty, and lip balms were her kiddie cosmetic of choice. The balm boss has spent the past 10 years […]

The founder of a Black beauty company struggled for about two years to find a job that paid more than $15 an hour before she […]

By Alice Kantor Skyrocketing demand is hitting up against strict rent regulations in Berlin, sparking some unusual deal-making. Renters say they are being asked to spend small […]

Finurah will be bringing you a series of articles discussing the difficult choices associated with purchasing a home. Homeownership is one of the main ways […]

Seven years ago, two friends had the idea to open a small seafood restaurant in Brooklyn, New York. Fifi Bell Clanton and Gwendolyn Niles left […]

Melissa Hanna isn’t the typical Silicon Valley startup founder. She’s a woman, and a Black woman at that, and she didn’t have the kind of […]

Despite the national surge in homeownership, the rate of Black homebuying has changed very little over the last 20 years, a recent study shows. And the […]

Washington, D.C., native Karin Sellers opened the doors to Here’s the Scoop ice cream shop in 2019 in Columbia Heights. It was the community’s first creamery owned […]

The American dream isn’t just about owning a home with a white picket fence. It is about seeing homeownership as a means to accumulate and […]

Ever since she was a little girl, Dr. Tana M. Session said she always knew she was destined for greatness, for something far better than […]