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By Alejandra Reyes-Velarde and Jeanne Kuang, CalMatters Since the fires broke out, Hermelinda Guadarrama, shown outside of her Los Angeles apartment, has been out of work. Photo by Jules Hotz for CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Lea esta historia en Español When Hermelinda Guadarrama and her daughter went to work to clean Netflix Hollywood’s offices last week, they had no idea that it might be their last day.  An hour after they started, their employer told them to go home as the Sunset Fire ignited. A couple days earlier, Guadarrama’s other daughter,…

Detavio Samuels is on a mission. As the CEO of Revolt Media & TV, America’s fastest-growing Black-owned media company, his goal is to build the world’s largest ecosystem for Black storytelling. “I very much feel like I am in the right place, at the right time, doing what I’m supposed to do,” Samuels said in an interview with NY1. “And when I think about my future, the only thing I think about is scaling impact.” What You Need To Know Founded by Sean “Love” Combs, Revolt Media & TV is America’s fastest-growing Black-owned media company Detavio Samuels is Revolt’s CEO, and…

A few weeks ago, at the end of a Word of Mouth interview with English teacher and fitness instructor Courtney Marshall, we asked her: Did she have a question about the state that we could try to answer for our Only in NH series? “Right now in New Hampshire I’m trying to find another hairdresser. I’m in a state of emergency. I do not want to have to cross state lines to get a haircut.” Why is it so hard for a woman of color to get a good haircut in New Hampshire?  Editor’s note: The version of this story appeared on an…

TULSA, Okla. — One hundred years ago, one of America’s greatest success stories came to a crushing end.At the turn of the 20th century, the Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was more than 35 city blocks of thriving shops, hotels, theaters and more. And all of them were Black-owned.The district was founded by Black men and women — many of whom were descendants of slaves — and it became known as Black Wall Street.Greenwood was home to doctors, lawyers and entrepreneurs. For years, it was a beacon for African-Americans looking to escape the discrimination and violence of the Jim Crow…

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Executive Directory of Racial Equity, Xusana Davis. Courtesy photo. The State’s First Executive Director of Racial Equity by Joyce Marcel, Vermont Business Magazine A little over a year ago, Xusana Davis was hired by the State of Vermont to do something that more than a few people have called “humanly impossible.” Davis, 31, is the state’s first executive director of racial equity. In a state that is approximately 94 percent white, her job is not to undo 400 years of racism; it is not even to bring more diversity to state government. Instead, it is to bring our state government…

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Lines wrapped around department stores, fights over products and crowds so large they poured out of retailers’ front doors — this scene used to be par for the course on Black Friday, says Barbara Kahn, a professor of marketing at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. But in recent years, what defines the shopping event has significantly changed. There’s no more sprinting into stores before sunrise to snag 24-hour doorbuster deals. Now, Black Friday has to compete with Cyber Monday, so sales have largely shifted online, started earlier and stuck around longer. Some even say that Black Friday…

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CHICAGO (CBS) — During National Black Business Month comes a controversy over a sign that reads “Black Owned Business.” A mother-daughter duo who own three Kilwins shops in Chicago say they were asked to take theirs down. “We had a sign posted here, “Black Owned Business.” You can still see the tape residue on the window from where it was,” said Jackie Jackson. Last summer following civil unrest that left their store on Michigan Avenue broken, the Jacksons say the the “Black Owned Business” signs that went up in their storefronts after were part of the healing process. “Once we put…