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Category: Business

Hip-hop icon Jay-Z (right) joined with Twitter founder Jack Dorsey for a "Bitcoin Academy." (Photo courtesy of LatestLY)
Posted inBusiness

Experts: Jay-Z Bitcoin Academy Should Benefit All Underserved Communities

by Stacy M. Brown June 22, 2022June 22, 2022

Hip-hop icon and business guru Jay-Z recently teamed with Twitter founder Jack Dorsey to announce a new “Bitcoin Academy” for underserved residents — particularly those in Brooklyn’s Marcy Houses where the rap pioneer grew up.

Avocado Toast made with a guacamole-type spread, hard-boiled eggs and diced tomato drizzled with hot sauce that is a lighter offering on the menu at Butter Me Up, an all-day breakfast eatery in Montgomery Mall in Bethesda, Md. (Photo courtesy of Butter Me Up)
Posted inBusiness

Breakfast All Day at Butter Me Up

by Brenda C. Siler June 15, 2022June 15, 2022
Indianapolis Children’s Museum offers a Juneteenth-inspired watermelon salad. (Courtesy photo)
Posted inBusiness

Tone-Deaf Corporate America Blasted for Trying to ‘Own Juneteenth’

by Stacy M. Brown June 15, 2022June 15, 2022
Posted inBusiness

Greater Washington Partnership Launches Regional Blueprint for Inclusive Growth

by WI Web Staff June 13, 2022June 13, 2022
Paul Winestock, owner of His & Hers, poses with Ward 5 Council member Kenyan McDuffie. (Courtesy of McDuffie via Twitter)
Posted inBusiness

His & Hers Caters to Both Powerful and Lesser-Known D.C. Residents

by James Wright Jr. June 8, 2022June 9, 2022
Products from Tones of Melanin (Courtesy of Ashley Jones)
Posted inBusiness

HBCU Streetwear Clothing Brand Lands in Major Retailers

by Sarafina Wright –Washington Informer Staff Writer June 1, 2022June 2, 2022
GenZ and younger millennials are speaking up about what they want their workplace to look and feel like — something that no other generation has done. (Courtesy of Jacob Lund, stock.adobe.com)
Posted inBusiness

Generation Z Sparking ‘Great Resignation’ as Employers Face Shortages

by Stacy M. Brown June 1, 2022June 2, 2022
Through the DC Rebuild Bond Program, Charles Garris (center) of Innovative Recordings, LLC can expand programming that features Capital Kidds (left). (Courtesy of SMBX)
Posted inBlack Experience, Business, Local Business

D.C. Bond Program Benefits Small Black-Owned Businesses

by Sam P.K. Collins June 1, 2022June 2, 2022
Posted inBusiness

Leadership Conference Pushes FCC to Eliminate Digital Discrimination

by Stacy M. Brown May 25, 2022May 25, 2022
Rents and mortgages in America's major metro areas have proven out of the reach for many Black residents, according to a new report. (Courtesy photo)
Posted inBusiness

Major Metropolitan Areas Pricing Out Black Americans

by Stacy M. Brown May 18, 2022May 18, 2022

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