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Big Dave's Cheesesteaks founder and CEO Derrick Hayes
Success

Big Dave’s Cheesesteaks CEO grew up in ‘survival mode’ selling newspapers and bean pies—now his chain sells a $12 cheesesteak every 58 seconds

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August 30, 2025
Hella Cocktail Co founders
Success

This Gen Xer turned $2,500 on a credit card into a multimillion-dollar business and quit his 9-to-5 for good

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June 1, 2025
Kendis Gibson in a blue blazer and white shirt
Mind

TV journalist Kendis Gibson says he secretly battled depression before psychedelics saved his life

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February 24, 2025
A traffic sign submerged in floodwater after Hurricane Delta made landfall in Louisiana.
Commentary

Climate disasters hit Black communities disproportionately hard. ‘Bluelining’ doesn’t help

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January 16, 2025
Man in a face mask walks away from his burning house
Environment

Real estate vultures eye middle-class enclave of ravaged LA

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January 16, 2025
Trump waves to a crowd.
Politics

Trump gained more women, Hispanic and Black voters in 2024

By Linley Sanders and The Associated Press
November 7, 2024
U.S. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) speaks on stage during the third day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on August 21, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois.
Politics

Black Women break a barrier in U.S. Senate, winning two seats

By Steven T. Dennis, Jarrell Dillard and Bloomberg
November 6, 2024
Black Americans still suffer worse health. Here’s why there’s so little progress
Health

Black Americans still suffer worse health. Here’s why there’s so little progress

By Fred Clasen-Kelly, Renuka Rayasam and KFF Health News
October 28, 2024
AUSTIN, TEXAS - MARCH 10: Jen Psaki speaks onstage during the 2023 SXSW Conference and Festivals at Austin Convention Center on March 10, 2023 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Amy E. Price/Getty Images for SXSW)
Success

What Kamala Harris is doing right—and wrong—in the lead-up to Election Day, according to former press sec. Jen Psaki

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October 25, 2024
Donald Trump closeup
Politics

Data shows migrants aren’t taking jobs from Black or Hispanic people, despite what Trump says

By Fatima Hussein and The Associated Press
October 12, 2024
Alphonso David, President, Chief Executive Officer, Global Black Economic Forum
Newsletters

A heated debate about DEI might be missing the point 

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October 11, 2024
The CEO of the Global Black Economic Forum says we’re ‘asking the wrong questions’ when it comes to DEI
Conferences

The CEO of the Global Black Economic Forum says we’re ‘asking the wrong questions’ when it comes to DEI

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October 9, 2024
DC United president Danita Johnson during an onstage interview at Fortune's COO Summit conference
Conferences

First Black president of an MLS team talks sustaining growth amid $775 million valuation and record attendance numbers

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October 7, 2024
Gov. Newsom kills bill to help return land to Black families
Politics

Gov. Newsom kills bill to help return land to Black families

By Sophie Austin and The Associated Press
September 26, 2024
Board members gather to discuss.
Leadership

Black and Latino directors think boardroom diversity is declining in a troubling sign for DEI at the top of the business world

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September 11, 2024

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