Food Hall Benning Market Is Slated to Open East of the Anacostia River

D.C.’s food hall boom is still going, and Northeast’s River Terrace neighborhood off of Benning Road is the next to get a Union Market lookalike. The Washington...

Chase Bank To Open In Historic Anacostia As Neighborhood Experiences Retail Transformation

JPMorgan Chase will replace a local restaurant in Historic Anacostia with a bank branch as part of its D.C. expansion. The deal is the latest in a series...

DC Black Film Festival returns to Miracle Theatre on Barracks Row

WASHINGTON — Launching a brand-new film festival can feel like a miracle achievement. It’s only fitting that the Miracle Theatre is hosting the second annual D.C. Black...

‘Black-Ish’ Creator Kenya Barris Sets Exclusive Netflix Deal

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Netflix says it’s signed “black-ish” creator Kenya Barris to an exclusive production agreement. The multi-year deal announced Thursday makes Barris the latest prominent...

Casting Call: “Men of Business” | September 22, 2018

The time has finally arrived! We are looking for the DMV’s most talented and ambitious men and women (ages 16 – 45) to take advantage of...

Stephen A. Smith: LeBron James can never surpass Michael Jordan | First Take | ESPN

Documenting ‘Slavery by Another Name’ in Texas

Americans who grew up with the fiction that slavery was confined to the South — and that the North had always been “free” — learned differently...

5 Reasons Why Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Are Essential in the Cannabis Industry Business

The cannabis sector is one of America’s fastest growing industries. Thirty states have passed medical marijuana laws, and nine of those allow adult use. Nearly two-thirds...

Will Smith and Kevin Durant are reportedly backing a brand-new Andreeseen Horowitz fund aimed at black celebrities

Andreessen Horowitz is launching a new $15 million venture fund backed by black celebrities, according to the Wall Street Journal. Will Smith, Kevin Durant, and Sundial...

45 GREAT MOMENTS IN BLACK BUSINESS – NO. 5: BET SELLS FOR $3 BILLION CREATING AMERICA’S FIRST BLACK BILLIONAIRE

BLACK ENTERPRISE celebrates the 45th anniversary of its roster of the nation’s most successful black businesses—The BE 100s. To commemorate the significance of this collective’s widespread impact on...

Kellyanne Conway struggles to name top African-American White House aides

Counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway struggled Sunday to name prominent African-American staffers who work in President Donald Trump’s White House. In an interview on ABC’s “This...

Huckabee Sanders apologizes for false statement about black employment

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders apologized late Tuesday for wrongly stating that President Trump has created three times as many jobs for black workers...