Economy

The Hood Incubator blends organizing tactics with legal and educational support and business connections to develop pathways for Black and Brown people who are typically frozen out of the growing legal weed economy.

BackersOfHate.org documents Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs, Uber and more companies’ ties to the Trump Administration and policies that negatively impact poor people of color.

Please take our first reader survey in many years. There’s good music in it for you.

“This new administration is attacking the hard-won protections of our climate, health, and communities…”

A flurry of Senate confirmation hearings for Trump’s cabinet nominees are happening this week. Here’s when and where to watch.

“I was arrested this week because it’s wrong for the richest nation in the history of the world to pay half its African-American workers and 60 percent of its Latino workers less than $15 an hour.”

#BlackOutBlackFriday will be supported by movie screenings and panel discussions in three cities.

Allen on his lawsuit against telecom giant Charter Communications: “This lawsuit was filed to provide distribution and real economic inclusion for 100 percent African American-owned media.”

A new Nielsen report says that Black millennials are closing digital literacy gaps, empowering social movements and promoting entrepreneurship—all while innovativing via digital media platforms.