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by Mitti Hicks January 30, 2025 Beyond their buying power, Black consumers are setting digital trends and leading engagement. Black audiences spend 32 hours on apps and websites on their smartphones and tablets. As some companies in America try to move away from diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts, a new report shows doing away with DEI initiatives could be costly. Black consumers have $2 trillion in buying power. As Black America continues to grow and embraces the nuances of its diverse identities, Black people are also looking for companies that reflect them to earn their business long-term. Companies risk missing…

HARTFORD, Conn. — 29-year-old Khamani Harrison of Inglewood, California, was searching for clarity in the midst of chaos unfolding in our country after several police shootings. “I went to a Black-owned bookstore and found a book that gave me the answers I was looking for and I was like ‘this is what people need to be doing,’” said Harrison. “I want to help become a vehicle of that experience and I wanted to merge it with technology. So, that’s how I came up with The Key Bookstore.” RELATED: Black History Month events held across Connecticut Her ideas came to fruition…

Workers fill bottles at First Commercial KitchenPeter KamLance WongBarb’s Local Style Black Bean SauceOhana Flavors Black Bean SauceBy Jim Mendoza – bio | emailWAIPIO (HawaiiNewsNow) – First Commercial Kitchen makes, bottles and bags sauces, salad dressings and seasonings.The secret recipes come from 185 clients that range from big businesses to well-known restaurants to mom and pop companies.One of its longtime customers is Barb’s Favorite Recipes, whose trademark sauce for seafood dishes is now being recalled.”If there’s any doubt of any kind of public health or safety concern, I believe action should be taken immediately,” First Commercial Kitchen owner Peter Kam…

EVANSTON, Ill. — Evanston, Illinois, on Monday became the first U.S. city to make reparations available to its Black residents for past discrimination and the lingering effects of slavery.The Chicago suburb’s City Council voted 8-1 to distribute $400,000 to eligible black households. Each qualifying household would receive $25,000 for home repairs or down payments on property.The program is being funded through donations and revenue from a 3% tax on the sale of recreational marijuana. The city has pledged to distribute $10 million over 10 years.Qualifying residents must either have lived in or been a direct descendant of a Black person…

LOS ANGELES – Imagine Duke Ellington and Count Basie performing at the home of the very first Black woman to win an Oscar, Hattie McDaniel. That was a reality decades ago at McDaniel’s home in a predominately Black neighborhood right in West Adams. The residents called it “Sugar Hill” in honor of the famous area in Harlem, New York. Those very residents had to fight in order to live in their homes and their fight helped changed an unjust rule in the entire nation. RELATED: Black History Month: When and how it got started Silver Lake resident Ivan Houston says…

As Black Women Face Unemployment Challenges, a Roundtable of Policymakers Searches for Solutions U.S. News & World Report Source link

Willie Stargell joined the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1962, 15 years after Jackie Robinson broke major league baseball’s color barrier. Six years later, Stargell bought a modest ranch house on Doak Street in Penn Hills. His choice was no accident. Since the 1920s, the western part of Penn Hills has been a preferred destination for Pittsburgh’s Black middle class. In the last century, Black Pittsburghers beat a path eastward, from the Hill District, through Homewood and into Penn Hills. “It was a pretty decent community with, you know, Black affluent people,” said Aaron Tipton, a Black man in his late 50s…

Data journalism teamBBC NewsGetty ImagesDonald Trump landed his historic second United States presidency thanks to small increases in support – but lots of them, reaching across the country.Votes are still being counted, but a picture is emerging of what tipped the balance in Trump’s favour. They include small but widespread gains from many sources.The map below shows in red the states where Trump won. Kamala Harris’s victories are shown in blue.Margins of victoryThe swing towards Trump happened across the country, as shown in the county level map below, although counting continues in many states especially in the west.Harris led by…

A couple of shoppers check out jewelry at Cool Jewels in North Conway Village. (Photo by Wiseguy Creative Photography) As if 2020 hasn’t been topsy-turvy and upside-down enough, now retailers are asking for prospective customers to stay away from their stores on Black Friday. Instead, many businesses across the Granite State are finding new and inventive ways to sell their goods on what has easily become the busiest shopping day of the Christmas season while keeping the visits to their stores at a minimum. “I don’t think, honestly, we will be that busy in the store,” said Mick Pratt, marketing…

FLETCHER, N.C. — Preston Blakely’s family has a deep history in Western North Carolina, and, as mayor of the Henderson County town of Fletcher, he says there’s no place he’d rather be. What You Need To Know The youngest mayor in North Carolina oversees the town of Fletcher At 28 years old, Preston Blakely leads the 8,000-resident town He also runs his family business “I planted my roots here after school and I’m really glad to be here,” Blakely said. At 28, he said he is the state’s youngest mayor. “I mean, walking into this office is pretty surreal and…