On the sidewalk under an I-95 overpass in Overtown, Barry Alston flinched as a doctor pushed a swab far up his nostril. Alston did not feel sick Friday, but the 58-year-old homeless man was trying to prove a point to others who were skeptical about why the doctor was there....

The $2.2 trillion stimulus package – S. 3548 The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act – passed in the Senate on Wednesday, March 25th and will be voted on by the House on Friday, March 27th.  The bill contains measures directed toward providing relief to workers, including stimulus checks, expanded...

How do we protect loved ones, community and self? Here are a few tips. Loved ones Help loved ones adjust to the change. Discuss health, wellbeing, washing hands, etc.Anxiety can be good & bad; help to lower the anxiety of your familyHelp provide prospective, balance, advice or just listenSet a...

Dr. George James, a licensed marriage and family therapist, discussed different coping strategies for dealing with anxiety during uncertain times on Good Day Philadelphia.

The recent outrage over the OneUnited Bank limited-edition Harriet Tubman Card is an important opportunity for a conversation. Yes, art at its best evokes passionate emotions, which we respect. However, in celebration of Harriet Tubman Day, March 10, we would like to expand the conversation to focus on Harriet Tubman’s economic empowerment...

“Freedom is experienced as deliberation, decision and responsibility.” —Martin Luther King Jr. It’s time for black leaders to end our Stepin Fetchit approach to racial equity. Overemphasizing our failings has unified friend and foe in defining black people by poverty, pathology, and problems. While we’ll never ignore those conditions, they have never...

Along Detroit’s Avenue of Fashion, a historic shopping district on Livernois Avenue between McNichols and 8 Mile roads, construction is making it next to impossible to find a place to park near Three Thirteen, a boutique founded and curated by Clement “FAME” Brown that features all Detroit brands. The months-long...

Last week, the trailer for The Banker was released, which is a film that tells the story of one of the first Black banks in America in the 1950-60s. Over fifty years later, OneUnited Bank is the largest Black-owned bank in America and recently they announced BankBlack X, a nationwide plan to close...

Patriotism. Veteran. Service. What comes to mind when you hear these words? With a quick Google search of the word “veteran,” the image that seems to become redundant and often engrained in the minds of most is not that of a Black veteran. Black men and women have always been...

On a daily basis we are bombarded with negative news and alarming statistics about Black individuals and communities. The negative representation of Black people is well documented, and reverberates through the representation of Black entrepreneurs.  Too often, governments and leading organizations concerned about Black entrepreneurship and startup ecosystems tend to...