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May 25, 2025
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Black Press to Target: Your Silence Is Loud—and Costly
May 21, 2025
By Stacy M. Brown Black Press USA Senior National Correspondent Houston, Texas, USA – March 13, 2022: People walking into a Target store in Houston, USA. Target Corporation is an American big-box department store chain. Photo: courtesy of NNPA Even before Target publicly rolled back its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, the Black Press of America had requested a meeting with CEO Brian Cornell. Those requests—from National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. and NNPA Chairman Bobby Henry—have gone unanswered for nearly a year. Cornell has not spoken to either Chavis or Henry,
Black Women Shine at 2025 ESSENCE Black Women in Hollywood Awards
March 13, 2025
Cynthia Erivo, Teyana Taylor, Marla Gibbs, and Raamla Mohamed were honored at the 2025 ESSENCE Black Women in Hollywood Awards, with Tyra Banks receiving the inaugural Luminary Spotlight.
A Message to the Masses
January 30, 2025
All those that want to get rid of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), we will start by getting rid of you. Let’s start by not doing business with those who don’t want to support us.
JPMorgan Chase and Apple Remain Committed to DEI Programs
January 29, 2025
Costco, JPMorgan Chase, Delta Airlines, American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, and Apple continue to view diversity as a cornerstone of their workforce strategies, refusing to back down despite mounting pressure from conservatives and the White House.
County Commission for Women Honors Advocates for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
March 27, 2024
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and the Commission for Women held its 39th Annual Women of the Year Awards and Commemorative Celebration on March 18. The program was aptly themed “Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.”
Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at SoCalGas: Q&A with Erin M. Smith
March 20, 2024
Erin M. Smith, senior vice president, Chief Talent, Culture, and Operations Support Officer, explains how SoCalGas champions communities by advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in its business practices.
BMAC Hosts Grammy Events Highlighting Racial Equality and Justice
February 8, 2024
Black Music Action Coalition (BMAC) has continued to align with music companies and industry professionals to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion by hosting a slate of event programming during 2024’s Grammy week.
National Black Justice Coalition Stands Up for Inclusion and Empowerment
January 4, 2024
Since its inception in 2003, the National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC) has been America’s premier civil rights organization dedicated to the empowerment of Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer+, and same gender loving (LGBTQ+/SGL) people, including people living with HIV/AIDS through coalition building, federal policy change, research, and education.
New Children’s Book, ‘I Love My Daddy,’ Further Dispels Myths about Black Fathers
May 24, 2023
The stereotype of the absent Black dad remains quite ubiquitous in popular culture. It often takes the form of a dysfunctional family unit, but in recent years, studies have proven that the stereotype is nothing more than a myth. That legend is further vaporized in the new children’s book, “I Love My Daddy,” by Maryland social worker and military veteran Juanita Banks Whittington.
A Leader Without Authority: The Jamaa Fanaka Story
September 1, 2022
In a day and age in which up-and-coming filmmakers aspire to be the next Spike Lee, John Singleton, or Ryan Coogler, many are unaware that their forefather was Jamaa Fanaka. Once heralded as “The most famous unknown filmmaker in America” by Turner Movie Classics, Fanaka was a preeminent auteur (writer, director, producer) in the 1970s and ‘80s.
McDonald’s USA Teams Up with Marcus Graham Project to Provide Opportunities for Aspiring Marketing Professionals of Color
June 30, 2022
During the beginning of June, McDonald’s USA teamed up with the fifteen-year-old non-profit organization Marcus Garvey Project (MGP) to host their summer 2020 iCR8TM Bootcamp.
Lakers Carmelo Anthony Receives Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion Award
April 14, 2022
Los Angeles Lakers forward Carmelo Anthony received the NBA’s new Kareem Abdul-Jabbar trophy that was awarded to the league’s Social Justice Champion. The presentation was made on April 3, prior to the Lakers vs. Nuggets game.
Mount Saint Mary’s University Taps Hines-Gaither as V.P. of Equity, Diversity and Justice
February 3, 2022
Krishauna Hines-Gaither has the wide-ranging experience and education to lead this inaugural inclusion initiative at the only women’s university in Los Angeles.
Influenced by his dad and Tiger Woods, Wyatt Worthington II Hopes His Success Opens More Golfing Opportunities for People of Color
October 14, 2021
As a young teen, Worthington met woods during a First Tee and Woods Foundation event. Woods helped the young man with his swing and provided the kind of confidence that helped Worthington qualify to play for the PGA Championship in 2016.