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Military veteran Antonio Martin is elevating the vibes in Los Angeles. Martin owns Debonair Cigar Lounge, which he created to showcase Black excellence, bring the community together, and show people where the dapper men are in the area. “You come into the lounge, there’s jazz playing, it’s smooth,” Martin told

After kicking off the summer with the launch of her Saint Heron glassware company, Solange Knowles is closing out the season with a Crown Royal collaboration. The multi-faceted singer/songwriter hosted a boozy banquet in Los Angeles on Monday, August 28 to celebrate Saint Heron’s collaboration with Crown Royal, Yahoo News

New York has and will always be different in terms of, well, anything. Now with marijuana legal here, tennis players are noticing the plant’s distinctive aroma as they progress through the U.S. Open in Flushing Meadows, Queens. On Court 17 on Tuesday, eighth-seeded Maria Sakkari complained of the smell to

No elderly person will go without proper care under the watch of these five siblings. The Grant siblings run their own affordable housing and senior healthcare center called The WellNest Co. to look after their elderly family members and the loved ones of others in the Bay Area. According to Essence,

Coolidge Ball, the first Black student-athlete in the history of the University of Mississippi, has passed away at the age of 71. Ole Miss Sports reported Ball signed his letter of intent to play basketball at Ole Miss in 1970, rebuffing offers from other universities across the nation. The Indianola,

Five families in Montgomery, AL had their homes vandalized with swastikas and racial slurs. On August 26, Black homeowner Otis Ramos heard dogs barking outside his home at 3 or 4 am. When Ramos went to investigate, he found a swastika and a racial slur spray-painted on his house and

Michael Pugh, CEO and president of Carver Federal Savings Bank, one of the biggest Black-owned banks in the country, talked to Forbes during National Black Business Month about ways Black-owned business owners can successfully navigate financial institutions to meet their business needs. ­One of Pugh’s suggestions is for Black-owned businesses

A white man armed with a shotgun has been accused of threatening two women before attempting to enter a predominantly-Black Greater Dominion Church in Amherst, Pennsylvania. CBS Pittsburgh reported Jeffrey Harris was allegedly pointing a 12-gauge shotgun at two women at the intersection of Duss Avenue and Fourth Street at approximately

Jamila Robinson is adding to the diversity at Condé Nast’s executive board. The writer has been announced as the new editor in chief of the media company’s culinary brands, Bon Appétit and Epicurious. Fashion Week Daily reported the news, as the newly-appointed executive will provide over 20 years of experience,

Director Antoine Fuqua may have a real-life drama to focus on as his former collaborator Paul Lozada is claiming that the filmmaker failed to make good on paying for his contributions to several of his major screenplays. According to Variety, Lozada, who was once a San Francisco police officer, acted as