Revelers all around the world are singing praise to the year 2023 because it is the official return of Carnival season. And Jamaica is next up…
Massachusetts-based Black-led startups are getting a $100 million boost from MassMutual’s second MM Catalyst Fund (MMCF). MassMutual announced that it is adding $100 million to its…
Source: Paras Griffin / Getty Ah, HELL nah! Conditions at incarceration facilities all across America have long-need to be examined and reformed and hopefully this story…
Solange Govia’s first memory of ‘playing mas’ was as a little girl in a shark fin soup costume…soup bowl and spoon included. She recalls being enamored…
By Aaron Allen, Word in Black If you’ve ever had a goal and had trouble sticking to it, you’ve probably gotten advice like this: find someone…
Black and Brown girls love hoop earrings. They’re the perfect addition to your wardrobe arsenal as they go with almost anything. Whether you’re into the small…
After creating several pop hits over the last few years, popular music icon Dionne Warwick is making a return debut in gospel with her latest album,…
Black creatives have always used their own environments and secondhand materials for both inspiration and materials for their art, tapping into whatever tools and resources are…
When Jamaican-born designer Matthew Harris first launched Mateo New York in 2009 ,men’s jewelry was his focus. The self-taught jewelry designer spent hours in the New…
Kwame Brathwaite, a trailblazing photographer who helped usher in the “Black Is Beautiful” movement has passed away, reports NPR. He was 85. His passing was confirmed…