Jasmine Browley
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Michelle Obama Announces The Launch Of Her New Nutrition Company For Children
Michelle Obama is on mission to help us get healthier. Our forever FLOTUS recently announced the launch of her nutrition company PLEZi Nutrition — a food...
These Black Women Run The Only LGBTQ-First Streaming Platform
While searching for something good to watch on her 4th generation Apple TV, Alia Daniels noticed something missing: LGBTQ+ programming. At the time, 2015, there...
This Is How To Recognize If You’re Culturally Disconnected From Your Job — And What To Do About It
The Great Resignation––an economic trend where employees resigned from their jobs en masse beginning in 2021—pulled back a heavy curtain that longed veiled the grievances...
Lifting Every Voice: Radio Pioneer DeDe McGuire Is Empowering HBCU Students To Own Their Greatness Through Her Scholarship Foundation
Dede McGuire has woken up millions over the years. Since the 1990s her clear, soothing voice has poured over the radio airwaves via different iterations...
Quality Control—The Record Label Behind The City Girls, Lil Baby, Migos—Sells to Scooter Braun’s Hybe For Estimated $300M
The duo behind some of hip-hop’s hottest stars just made a major business move. Pierre Thomas (known as P) and Kevin Lee (a.k.a. Coach K),...
Gas Prices Could Fall To $3.50 Per Gallon According To Experts
Drivers, rejoice! A report from price comparison app GasBuddy has predicted that the average gallon of gas in the U.S. is projected to cost $3.49 this year,...
This Former Educator Launched A Coffee Brand That Shares The Power Of Black History With Every Cup
It all started when Jessica Taylor’s grandfather sneakily gave her a small sip of his strong coffee after her curiosity about the strong drink won...
A Cancer Diagnosis Empowered This Former Nurse To Launch A Clean Beauty Brand That Heals From The Outside In
Healing is in Ramone Reid’s bloodline. Her grandmother served 40 years as a nurse and a community curing woman known for using “bush medicine” to...
Black Founders Only Got 1% Of VC Funding In 2022–We Spoke To Tech Crunch’s Dominic-Madori Davis About The Concerning Disinvestment Trend
Since June 2022, Tech Crunch reporter Dominic-Madori Davis has been stirring up robust conversations around the abysmal state of diverse venture capital investment in minority-founded...
This Black-Owned Startup Received Jay-Z’s Support—Now It’s Poised To Be The Next Unicorn
Leave it to Jay-Z to spot emerging stars in music, sports and now…blockchain. The musician and prolific entrepreneur’s VC firm Marcy Venture Partners recently invested...