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As the legalization of marijuana continues to increase amongst many states in the U.S, it is time to take a closer look at the war on drugs, specifically marijuana laws and charges that impact historically marginalized communities.    By Candis Caldwell   While the narratives and connotations around marijuana have shifted throughout the years, Black […]

Philadelphia City Council voted 14-2 to approve the Driving Equality Bill, an ordinance prohibiting police from stopping drivers for minor traffic violations, which was signed into law by Democratic Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney (Oct. 2021).   By Shayler Richmond   Across America, Black people are being shot and killed by the police at rates reaching […]

The public school system has continued to fail Black and brown communities since the United States’ education system was first integrated in 1954 (Brown v. Board of Education), leaving Black students and urban schools in cities such as Detroit most disenfranchised.   By Candis Caldwell   Education is a basic human right that every individual […]

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Since its conception the United States has discriminated against Black people in every way imaginable, including attacks on Black hair; the negative rhetorics around Black hair have residual impacts on the self-confidence and treatment of Black people in America and beyond.    -By: Candis Caldwell   Through colonialism, America inherited a social, political, and economic […]

Black people being the culture means Black people wield an innate duty to be responsible for furthering Black people because our prosperity is dependent on this collective obligation.     By Shayler Richmond   Black people helping Black people is a simply read concept, but remains foreign to some. Like any theory Black collectivism in practice […]

Physical chemist Dr. Jalaal Hayes grew up in Philadelphia, as a Black teenage boy growing up in the inner city he became drawn to illicit activities in his neighborhood, but before he went down a criminal path, his father helped him to understand the benefits of academia, and from that point forward he's been paving […]

Ahmad Barber and Darren Martin Jr. founded Bold Culture, a communication firm that focuses on providing diversity and representation within advertising spaces and throughout the workforce.   By Antonio Cooper   Bold Culture is a data-driven communications firm that operates to help companies and brands create fair and impartial workplaces and authentic multicultural campaigns. This […]

By TRF Dear Rich Fam, Eating the rich and giving 'Richness’ fresh purpose helps to create space for everyone. Centering Blackness includes centering Black wealth, eating the rich helps to ensure the wealth we are building is not intertwined with the same capitalist values that have crippled America’s ability to build equitable communities. Enrichment needs […]

By TRF Dear Rich Fam, The Rich Family is a collective where being informed meets intentional care and we actively create space for honest connections and storytelling.   We define intentional care as anti-privilege, anti-ignorance, never stating a problem without being willing to work toward a solution. This is who The Rich Family is, the […]

By Shayler Richmond Dear Rich Fam, Recognizing the signs of addictive behavior, developing an understanding of the reasons you become addicted, and breaking the cycle will lift your life out of toxicity. Be honest with yourself; any habitual behavior can be an addiction. Reframe how you think about addiction; if it isn't adding then it's […]

By Shayler Richmond   Imani Mixon, the Detroit-based and embraced writer and producer is defining dope through self-exploration and storytelling; she’s centering women in every conversation and empowering all to manifest their authentic self. Enrichment needs perspective. Already Rich Fam? Sign in Click Here to subscribe to RMD for $1 a month Subscribe for $12 […]