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RYAN WILSON, TK PETERSEN -- THE GATHERING SPOT
July 17, 2023
Members of The Gathering Spot, a Black members-only club, reportedly aren't happy about a white man being named its CFO.
June 7, 2023
Black unemployment rates experienced a spike between April and May, particularly impacting Black women in the public sector.
May 13, 2023
A Florida jury found McDonald’s and a franchise holder are at fault after a hot Chicken McNugget caused burns on…
Black executive leaders program
May 12, 2023
The National Executive Leadership Academy is expanding to increase the number of Black executives in the workforce.
Florida medical marijuana industry
May 10, 2023
Black farmers in Florida could get another chance to obtain their medical marijuana license following the approval of a recent…
65th GRAMMY Awards - Show
May 9, 2023
Beyoncé's imminent "Renaissance" World Tour is estimated by Forbes to possibly outsell Taylor Swift's "Eras" Tour by $500 million.
Black owned bank Ohio
May 3, 2023
Kevin Boyce, an Adelphi Bank co-founder, said he talked with a friend about opening it after protests over the killing…
Companies fail at diversity
April 17, 2023
Nearly 40 suits allege that Wells Fargo & Co., Delta Air Lines and other companies made false claims about their…
Ben & Jerry's founder marijuana business
April 4, 2023
Ben Cohen of Ben & Jerry's has a brand new marijuana business, offering full-spectrum vapes and pre-rolls with low THC…
March 16, 2023
The recent failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank are causing great concern for America's Black-owned financial institutions.
Billboard Women in Music 2022 - Executive Arrivals
February 24, 2023
Sylvia Rhone, chairwoman and CEO of Epic Records, was named Billboard Women in Music’s 2023 executive of the year.
2013 BET Experience -Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar, J.Cole, Miguel and SchoolBoyQ  Concert
January 13, 2023
Grammy-winning producer-rapper Dr. Dre is selling his music catalog assets to Universal Music and Shamrock Holdings.
50th International Emmy Awards
December 7, 2022
Oscar-nominated filmmaker Ava DuVernay partners with Ben & Jerry's ice cream for Lights! Caramel! Action! flavor, dropping in January.
2022 Billboard Music Awards - Arrivals
September 7, 2022
Singer Teyana Taylor has been sued by the owner of the building that housed her former Harlem salon, Junie Bee…
50th Anniversary Celebration Of The Beatles "Abbey Road" In Hollywood
August 24, 2022
Capitol Music Group is severing ties with previously announced signing of virtual rapper FN Meka after backlash over Black stereotyping.
Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter thegrio.com
July 20, 2022
Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter, frontman of The Roots, is becoming a venture capitalist with the firm Impellent Ventures.
July 11, 2022
Ethan Nkana has turned the agent profession on its head by representing physicians during negotiations with hospitals.
Snoop Dogg NFT theGrio.com
July 6, 2022
The Snoop Dogg impersonator ‘Doop Snogg’ was hired to trick fans at an NFT conference to call out the culture…
June 29, 2022
CLIFTON PARK, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s recreational marijuana market is beginning to sprout, literally, with thin-leafed plants stretching toward
June 18, 2022
Kennesaw Councilman James “Doc” Eaton has resigned to protest the reopening of a Confederate souvenir shop in the city.