How I Built This with Blavity’s Morgan DeBaun

  Morgan DeBaun, the founder and CEO of Blavity, Inc., recently sat down with Guy Raz for an episode of “How I Built This.”  Blavity, founded in 2014, is a platform looking to appeal to the Black millennial market for travel, tech, politics, news, and...

Five Fifths Confidence

Educator and activist Brittany Packnett gave a TED Talk in 2019 where she presented on the importance of confidence.  We’re traditionally taught that knowledge and resources are the driving factors of success, but to her point, we’re in a world now where both are...

The Five: Black Businesses of the Week (Week of 7/6)

  THE FIVE provides a weekly spotlight on black businesses around the world: T.A. is a concept store that caters to the women-identifying community in New York City. T.A.focuses on providing products that present a renewed outlook towards luxury living. IMAN...
The Five: Black Businesses of the Week (Week of 6/29)

The Five: Black Businesses of the Week (Week of 6/29)

THE FIVE provides a weekly spotlight on black businesses around the world. Telfar, the 2017 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund winner, and “King of NYFW” has had his genderless designs on runways from White Castle to Milan.  Briogeo offers a high-performance, hair...