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Helaine Williams Helaine R. Williams is the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette’s Sunday Style editor, where her wit-and-wisdom column, Let’s Talk, can be found. She also lends her feature writing and photography skills to the High Profile section and, on occasion, other style sections. Her journalism career with the newspaper spans more than four decades. Source link

More than half of Hawaii’s Marshallese community lives in poverty. That’s according to a new state study of census data showing significant inequality among Hawaii’s different racial and ethnic groups. Although Hawaii has a reputation as a “racial paradise” and Asian-Pacific Islanders are often considered a single racial category, there are huge differences in socioeconomic well-being among Hawaii’s various Asian and Pacific Islander communities. Researchers at the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism reviewed American Community Survey data from 2011-2015 and broke down income, education, employment, housing and other measures across 14 groups. State economist Eugene Tian says long-time…

Designed to support black Cincinnatians, these resources and programs focus on helping business, cultural, and civil rights communities thrive. This is by no means an exhaustive list, but together, these groups represent 130 years of support for black people in greater Cincinnati.Revolution Dance TheatrePhotograph by Rene MicheoAfrican American ChamberThe membership-based African American Chamber provides programs, benefits, and resources for black business owners and members, all to grow and strengthen the black business community in Cincinnati and northern Kentucky. Access 2 Capital, for example, is for small- to medium-sized business owners in need of capital or loans for equipment and operations.…

McDonald’s steers Black franchise owners into locations doomed to fail, lawsuit says Kansas City Star Source link

Tulsa Juneteenth Festival honors Black history and culture on historic Greenwood Avenue News 9 Source link

The day before he was assassinated 55 years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. talked about creating a banking movement for African Americans. By pooling wealth and resources to Black-owned banks, he said, capital and opportunity would be injected into disadvantaged and underbanked communities.At the time, 135 Black-owned banks existed. In 2002, there were 47. Today, there are only 16 such banks, says Ashley Bell, former White House policy advisor and Small Business Administration regional administrator.Utah will soon be home to the nation’s 17th Black-owned bank. Redemption Bank will be formed when Redemption Holding Company acquires Utah-based Holladay Bank & Trust…

For the first time in its 131-year history, the state of Wyoming has a Black sheriff.Aaron Appelhans was appointed to lead the Albany County Sheriff’s Department in December. The department serves the college town of Laramie and the sweeping landscape that surrounds it in rural southeast Wyoming.It’s a challenging time to take on this new job: There are two pending lawsuits against the department after a fatal shooting in 2018. And the country is still on edge after the death of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minnesota.Appelhans says he’s got an eye on the trial of Derek…

Story Highlights One in four Black, Hispanic workers report recent discrimination at work Discrimination reports even higher among young Black employees Three in four Black workers say the discrimination they felt was race-based This study is brought to you by the Gallup Center on Black Voices. Sign up to receive the latest insights. WASHINGTON, D.C. — A national conversation on racism and injustice that received renewed attention last summer has permeated virtually all areas of American society, including U.S. workplaces. As employers consider their role in the conversation and the actions they should take, the Gallup Center on Black…

FlightStory and UK Black Business Show unite to form Legacy Black: a bold media joint venture Podnews Source link

Police took a 41-year-old man in Nebraska into custody after he brandished a chainsaw toward a Black woman on Saturday, according to police and news reports.  Daniel Stueck is accused of chasing and moving a chainsaw “up and down in a cutting motion” while using racial slurs toward his neighbor at her apartment building in Lincoln, Nebraska, on Saturday, the Kansas City Star reported citing the Lincoln Police Department.  The woman, 25-year-old Norma Nimox, told local news outlets that she saw Stueck with the chainsaw while walking up a flight of stairs. “I see a man with a chainsaw in…