Beyond the Umbrella: Why Black Skin Needs Sunscreen Too
The question lingers: Do people with darker skin tones actually need sunscreen? That’s the question I posed to the team behind Black Girl Sunscreen.
The question lingers: Do people with darker skin tones actually need sunscreen? That’s the question I posed to the team behind Black Girl Sunscreen.
Twelve years after the launch of The Lip Bar, Melissa Butler’s brand is continuing to raise the bar and challenge the status quo within the beauty industry.
Two buses pulled up to the Target in Culver City, where 75 of Santa’s little helpers entered looking for gifts for their parents, friends, loved ones and pets. Ages 2-6, the pint-sized youth and Centinela Christian Child Development Center (CCCDC) staff took off throughout the store looking for the perfect gifts.
Target will spend a total of more than $2 billion at Black-owned businesses by 2025 as part of its effort to advance racial equity.
The Los Angeles Brotherhood Crusade has been providing much needed resources and assistance to the African American community and all people of need and support for over 50 years. Their mission of self-help and determination has never been more apparent and needed than through their work over the past year in helping the community navigate through this COVID-19 pandemic.
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted today in favor of drafting an ordinance that would require national grocery and drug retailers operating in unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County to pay frontline workers an additional $5 per hour in “hero pay.”
“This is a moment in time for Americans to move past our divisions to come together and reach our full potential as a nation,” Ken Frazier, the chairman and CEO of Merck and a OneTen founder stated. “Our country’s workforce of the future will be an increasingly diverse one,” Frazier proclaimed.
During these times, their company wants to stay on top of everyone’s minds, and being in sports and entertainment has helped them thrive. Cheurlin Champagne partners with 450 NBA players, and it has helped them reach an audience of over 2.5 billion people. Thomas says, “Using the social media platform that they have and ours, we were able to stay on top of minds and expand our brand reach.” He also says sports has a way of bringing people together. “Sports also has a way of helping you communicate and being a good teammate, meaning you have to have a accomplish a goal and set a vision.
“The launching of this new partnership and integration reflects a significant first for the Walgreens API team,” said Andrew Schweinfurth, Manager, Walgreens Developer Relations. “As we welcome Culture Greetings and founder Dr. Dionne Mahaffey, we acknowledge that she is the first African American female founder to join the platform.”
Hundreds of students expected to attend the UNCF Empower Me Tour
Hair Love, a new animated short showing the love between a Black father and daughter, is now in theaters. Premiering right before Angry Birds 2, the animation short gives insight and relatability of Black fatherhood to a broad audience.
Branch’s natural hair product line, Miss Jessie’s, continues to create clean, effective products to embrace a diverse spectrum of curly and textured hair types.
Nelson and Robinson settled with Starbucks for an undisclosed sum and an offer of a free college education. They also reached a deal with the city of Philadelphia for a symbolic $1 each and a promise from officials to establish a $200,000 program for young entrepreneurs.
Councilmember Harris-Dawson and Kortez honor the anniversary of the first hire of the Targeted Local Hire Program