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First Black-Owned Urgent Care Center opens in Chicago
May 9, 2019
Premier Health Urgent Care, the only urgent care facility in the Southside’s Hyde Park neighborhood, and the only Black-owned urgent care possibly in the…
Mom Follows Her Sons to FAMU and Earns Her Degree
May 3, 2019
In most cases, college-bound students find themselves counting down the days, eager to leave the home nest and parents behind, to move on campus,…
Where are the Black Hemp Farmers?
May 2, 2019
Clarenda Stanley-Anderson is one of the few Black hemp farmers in the country. She and her husband, Malcom, own Green Heffa Farms and were…
28 Year Old Mayor Is Giving His City’s Poorest Residents $500 a Month
May 2, 2019
At age 28, Michael Tubbs easily qualifies as a political wunderkind. He’s received two degrees from Stanford, interned at the White House, secured a…
This Black Owned Farm is Changing the Narrative on Farming for Black Youth
May 1, 2019
The Freedom School is a Black owned, year-round vegetable farm managed by a core group of 37 children and their adult mentors. At New Light…
Legal and Life Lessons Learned From the Passing of the Great John Singleton
April 30, 2019
I remember as a child watching Boyz in the Hood with mixed emotions. Although I could not relate to many of the characters’ issues, as a…