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WATCH: Black Enterprise Reports from the #MillionHoodieMarch for Trayvon Martin
Trayvon Martin, an innocent young black man assumed guilty because of his hoodie (Image: File) Where there is action, there is opportunity for progress. Yesterday, hundreds descended on New York’s...
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Social Media Responds to Supreme Court Healthcare Ruling
Today, June 28, the Supreme Court decided to uphold President Obama‘s Affordable Care Act, which will give millions of Americans access to health insurance. When news broke that #SCOTUS, as the highest...
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Rep. Darrell Issa To File Lawsuit Against Atty. General Eric Holder
(Image: Darrell Issa) House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa said House Republicans plan to file a lawsuit against Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday in an attempt to obtain documents...
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Robin Roberts to Begin Medical Leave Friday
(Image: File) From New York Daily News Good Morning America coanchor Robin Roberts informed viewers earlier this summer that she would be taking a temporary departure. Roberts announced Monday she...
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NAACP Urges Police to Stop Macing Students
From The Root The NAACP is not staying mum about recent reports that high schoolers are being unfairly policed in Birmingham, Ala. The country’s most prominent civil rights group responded to notice...
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Will.i.am’s New Song to Debut from Mars
Black Eyed Peas frontman will.i.am announcing his collaboration with Intel (Image: Intel, Bob Riha,Jr.) It’s fair to say that the Black Eyed Peas frontman’s influence is out of this world. (No,...
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Google Unveils Enterprise-Friendly Features for Its Apps Users
Apps users can now add Hangout to a calendar event (Image:Google) The web search giant announced Wednesday that it is granting Google Apps users access to Google+’s enterprise offerings. In what the...
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McNair Scholars Program Fights to Keep Funding
University of Chicago Charter School English teacher Quinetta Bellows-Miller spent countless hours working overtime to prepare her classroom for the new school year. Bellows-Miller earned her...
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Do Young People Care About the Media?
Paula Poindexter, a journalism school professor at The University of Texas at Austin College of Communications has a new book, Millennials, News, and Social Media: Is News Engagement a Thing of the...
View ArticleWinnie Madikizela-Mandela, South Africa’s Revolutionary Anti-Apartheid...
Nomzamo Winifred Zanyiwe Madikizela-Mandela, a stalwart in South Africa’s fight against apartheid passed away at a hospital in Johannesburg on April 2. She was 81. Born the fourth of eight children in...
View ArticlePastor Kirbyjon Caldwell Says He’s Not Guilty Of Fraud
Just days after being charged by federal prosecutors, Rev. Kirbyjon Caldwell, Houston megachurch pastor and longtime spiritual adviser to former President George W. Bush, took to the altar of his...
View ArticleWalmart Awards $4 Million to Diversity Causes and Groups
The Walmart Foundation—the company’s philanthropic arm—announced it has awarded $4 million to 12 organizations including several that are committed to helping communities of color. “The Walmart...
View Article‘My Mistake,’ Says Contrite Zuckerberg About Cambridge Analytica
On a Q&A phone call with the media on Wednesday, CEO Mark Zuckerberg outlined Facebook’s plans to make the social media platform more secure for its users. “At the end of day, this is my...
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Black Small Business News Weekly
Just in case you’ve missed some of the news content we published last week, we’ve got you covered. Here’s a roundup of some of the small business stories published on BlackEnterprise.com. Black-owned...
View ArticleMy Public Divorce Announcement from Starbucks [Opinion]
By now, you have either seen or heard what went down at a local Starbucks in Philadelphia. Some were shocked. Others were not. The idea that you can get arrested in the birth city of our nation simply...
View Article#DiningWhileBlack Veteran Kicked Out of Cracker Barrel Files Federal Suit
#DiningWhileBlack, a black Air Force veteran and entrepreneur is suing Cracker Barrel, the combined restaurant and gift stores chain, after he was kicked out of the establishment under false pretenses....
View ArticleBlack Small Business Weekly: Cosby Convicted; Uber’s Diversity Problem;...
Just in case you’ve missed some of the black small business and other news stories we published last week, we’ve got you covered: Bill Cosby’s Fall from Grace After more than two weeks of emotional...
View ArticleHow A $2 Act of Defiance Can Bring Waffle House To Its Knees
A nationwide boycott of Waffle House set for Friday has now been issued by the Atlanta branch of Black Lives Matter. As part of the boycott, protesters are being asked to stage a $2 sit-in at Waffle...
View ArticleNorth Carolina Teen Awarded $4.5 Million In Scholarships, Gets Accepted Into...
When Jasmine Harrison graduates from The Academy at Smith on May 24, she will have 113 college and university offers waiting for her—three of which are full rides, including $4.5 million in...
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