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by Jeroslyn JoVonn May 22, 2025 Black travelers contribute nearly $150 billion to the travel industry, emphasizing the importance of targeting this market. Businesses in the travel and entertainment industries are being urged to engage the growing spending power of Black travelers. New research from MMGY Travel Intelligence, presented in
by Sharelle B. McNair May 22, 2025 Industry experts wonder if the SBA changes are really about safer lending or just a massive attempt to scrub away anything that Joe Biden worked on. Deals from the Small Business Administration (SBA) secured by Black-owned businesses are being terminated as new rules
by Jeroslyn JoVonn May 21, 2025 Renel Brooks-Moon received a quiet PA booth dedication after nearly 25 years with the San Francisco Giants. After nearly 25 years with the team, Renel Brooks-Moon, the San Francisco Giants’ first public address announcer, was quietly honored with a booth dedication. The newly named
by Jeroslyn JoVonn May 21, 2025 Isaac Wright’s solo gallery debut was cut short when the NYPD arrived to arrest him. Urban explorer photographer Isaac Wright had his solo show debut cut short due to an arrest. One onlooker said, “makes people hate the police even more.” Just two hours
After the nation’s largest antebellum mansion, Nottoway Plantation, burned to the ground in an unexpected and devastating fire, the owners are sharing what’s next. Last week, just days after the property’s main house was consumed in what authorities presume was an electrical fire, the property’s owner, William Daniel Dyess, an
Dawn Hughes, a board-certified clinical and forensic psychologist, testified on Wednesday in the federal criminal sex trafficking case against hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs. Hughes, who notably testified as an expert witness in the 2022 defamation trial of Amber Heard and Johnny Depp, said she was at court to provide
Tabitha Brown will always advocate for Black authors, Black-owned businesses, content creators, and creatives, regardless of what the haters may say. Following backlash after she spoke out about how the Target boycott impacts Black authors, on Tuesday, May 20, the 46-year-old internet personality and author doubled down on her support
President Donald Trump and White House officials were accused of engaging in political theater after clashing with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during a Wednesday Oval Office meeting over what he has repeatedly called a “genocide” against white South African farmers. Trump displayed printed articles about the alleged deaths of
The rapper known as Rod Wave faces more than a dozen charges, some involving a gun, after he turned himself in to sheriff’s officials in Georgia on Tuesday. Wave, whose real name is Rodarius Green, voluntarily surrendered to the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office on warrants stemming from an April 21
Republicans in Congress are racing to pass President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which would extend his 2017 tax cuts and make significant spending cuts to Medicaid and food assistance totaling nearly $1 trillion. The legislation, which is being advanced without any support from Democrats, is being slammed
by Jeroslyn JoVonn May 22, 2025 Black travelers contribute nearly $150 billion to the travel industry, emphasizing the importance of targeting this market. Businesses in the travel and entertainment industries are being urged to engage the growing spending power of Black travelers. New research from MMGY Travel Intelligence, presented in
by Sharelle B. McNair May 22, 2025 Industry experts wonder if the SBA changes are really about safer lending or just a massive attempt to scrub away anything that Joe Biden worked on. Deals from the Small Business Administration (SBA) secured by Black-owned businesses are being terminated as new rules
by Jeroslyn JoVonn May 21, 2025 Renel Brooks-Moon received a quiet PA booth dedication after nearly 25 years with the San Francisco Giants. After nearly 25 years with the team, Renel Brooks-Moon, the San Francisco Giants’ first public address announcer, was quietly honored with a booth dedication. The newly named
by Jeroslyn JoVonn May 21, 2025 Isaac Wright’s solo gallery debut was cut short when the NYPD arrived to arrest him. Urban explorer photographer Isaac Wright had his solo show debut cut short due to an arrest. One onlooker said, “makes people hate the police even more.” Just two hours
After the nation’s largest antebellum mansion, Nottoway Plantation, burned to the ground in an unexpected and devastating fire, the owners are sharing what’s next. Last week, just days after the property’s main house was consumed in what authorities presume was an electrical fire, the property’s owner, William Daniel Dyess, an
Dawn Hughes, a board-certified clinical and forensic psychologist, testified on Wednesday in the federal criminal sex trafficking case against hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs. Hughes, who notably testified as an expert witness in the 2022 defamation trial of Amber Heard and Johnny Depp, said she was at court to provide
Tabitha Brown will always advocate for Black authors, Black-owned businesses, content creators, and creatives, regardless of what the haters may say. Following backlash after she spoke out about how the Target boycott impacts Black authors, on Tuesday, May 20, the 46-year-old internet personality and author doubled down on her support
President Donald Trump and White House officials were accused of engaging in political theater after clashing with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during a Wednesday Oval Office meeting over what he has repeatedly called a “genocide” against white South African farmers. Trump displayed printed articles about the alleged deaths of
The rapper known as Rod Wave faces more than a dozen charges, some involving a gun, after he turned himself in to sheriff’s officials in Georgia on Tuesday. Wave, whose real name is Rodarius Green, voluntarily surrendered to the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office on warrants stemming from an April 21
Republicans in Congress are racing to pass President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which would extend his 2017 tax cuts and make significant spending cuts to Medicaid and food assistance totaling nearly $1 trillion. The legislation, which is being advanced without any support from Democrats, is being slammed