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Book Your Hotel Room With An Emoji

Marriott is making hotel bookings easier with a new Slack messaging app extension that lets groups find and book hotel…
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Michigan College Offers Marijuana Degree

Northern Michigan University offers a four-year degree program to train experts for the rapidly growing legalized marijuana industry.
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Sound The Alarm: Wall Street Black CEO Void

Fortune 500 CEOs have never been more diverse, but they will take a major hit when American Express' Kenneth Chenault…
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$72 Million Award Dismissed In Johnson & Johnson…

Jacqueline Fox, 62, of Birmingham, Alabama, who was Black, died in 2015. She alleged that Johnson & Johnson baby powder…
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Crisis For African-American Student Loan Borrowers

An analysis of Education Department data reveals that African-American student loan borrowers are in crisis.
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Apple Diversity VP Apologizes

Apple VP of Diversity Denise Young Smith apologized for saying '12 white blue-eyed blonde men' could be a diverse population.
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Apple VP: White Men Can Be Diverse, Too

Denise Young Smith says diversity is about more than race. 12 White men can also be diverse.
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Megyn Kelly's Poor Ratings Drag Down NBC Lineup

Low ratings for “Megyn Kelly Today” is ruining NBC’s “Today” show franchise.
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Chicago Schools Get Economic 'Lyft'

Chance The Rapper has joined forces with the ride-share service, Lyft, to give an economic boost to underperforming Chicago schools.
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10 Products Owned By Dove’s Parent Company, Unilever

Since Dove has been accused of racist advertising before, is it time to apply pressure to its parent company, Unilever?
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Tech Industry Still Struggling To Achieve Diversity

Facebook Global Director of Diversity Maxine Williams admits that Facebook's pace of change in diversity is too slow.
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Trump Supporter’s Dating App With Income Filters Available…

Herbert Eng's HighBlood app has income filters and ads that promise "no banglas."
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Black Lawmakers Admonish Twitter

Two African-American House members strongly advise Twitter to actively police its network to prevent racist ideology on its platform.
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Teen Developing App To Prevent Police Brutality

A teenage tech entrepreneur is focused on using technology to change how the world views race.
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Ready To Buy A Home?

Though the Pew Research Center released a recent study revealing that more and more Americans are renting now, home ownership is…
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6 Black-Owned Bed & Breakfasts That Feel Like…

While numbers for Black Bed & breakfast owners remain low, here are six options to jumpstart your trip-planning.
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These Are The Best Places For Black Businesses…

Memphis, Tennessee displaces Atlanta as the top city for Black entrepreneurship, BlackTech reports.
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Google Diversity Under Fire

For all of the technological progress that they have introduced, Silicon Valley companies like Google have become bastions of White…
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‘Hair Love:’ Animated Film On Natural Hair Raises…

Animated film project 'Hair Love' raised almost $300,000 in 30 days.
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Time Inc. Seeks Buyer For Essence

Time wants to keep a smaller interest in the African-American women’s publication and refocus on its other core brands.
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