Thinking About Black Wine Business Beyond Black History Month

Alder Yarrow, creator of the Vinography blog, reimagined one of the world’s most-used wine stock … [+] images. Vinography.com When the Black Lives Matter movement took hold and gained trac...

Disney+ Approach To Black History Month Was A Win

Disney+ premiered Wakanda Forever for the start of Black History Month. It’s marketing that works … [+] well because the brand – refreshingly – tends to highlight diversity all...

A Conversation With Sommelier Tonya Pitts On Wine/Food Pairing And Black History Month

Tonya Pitts, Sommelier and Wine Director of One Market Restaurant, CA Hardy Wilson Tonya Pitts grew up in St. Louis, Missouri and remembers her grandmother and great-grandmother enjoying a glass of re...

A U.S. Vice President, Atmospheric Scientist, And Oceanographer

US Vice President Kamala Harris, right, speaks at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, … [+] Georgia, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. Photographer: Erik S. Lesser/EPA/Bloomberg © 2023 Blo...

HBO Max Highlights Black Talent In Sizzle Reel For Black History Month

Steve Toussant portrays Corlys Velaryon in House of the Dragon on HBO Max. Ollie Upton/HBO For Black History Month some networks will scramble – or have scrambled in the past – to produce ...

JC Penney Celebrates Black History Month

JCPenney retail store getty JC Penney celebrates its one-year anniversary of Hope and Wonder, its private brand label for Black History Month. Black History Month is celebrated throughout February and...

Federal Reserve may cause recession from fewer Bond Asset Purchases

Members of the Federal Reserve are debating how quickly to reduce the central bank’s portfolio of bonds, without starting a recession. Heading into the second quarter of 2022, the balance of Fed...

What’s stopping Black-owned banks from thriving

Big banks and corporations like Yelp, Netflix, and Microsoft have announced major investments in Black-owned banks. Yet Black banks are far from thriving. Americans who identify solely as Black or Afr...

CNBC interview on new HBO show ‘Game Theory’

Bomani Jones onstage during “Colin In Black And White”, Netflix, And Dreamville Present Path To Power Summit at Clark Atlanta University on November 04, 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia. Paras Gri...

Hip-hop star Jim Jones talks equity, opportunity for his software firm

Hip-hop entertainer Jim Jones says he has a $1 billion idea — and now he’s seeking investors for his software company, Quarantine Studios. Jones spoke with CNBC sports business reporter Jabari Y...

Black families are achieving upward mobility in high-opportunity areas

Families have long sought to move toward better neighborhoods and schools to put their kids on the pathway toward success. A study from the Census Bureau is providing fresh insight on where to look. I...

Black-led VC fund aims to even the playing field for minority health-tech start-ups

Scientist analyzing medical sample in test tube. Morsa Images | DigitalVision | Getty Images Dr. Derrell Porter knew he had a good idea: a company that provides a platform to help researchers develop ...

Bob Johnson says Biden’s Build Back Better bill needs to direct money to Black-owned businesses

BET founder Bob Johnson told CNBC on Tuesday the Biden Administration needs to take additional steps in its Build Back Better plan to tackle the wealth gap between Black and white Americans. “Wh...