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Nikole Hannah-Jones shows us the value of Black excellence
Blackness has been under attack since whiteness has existed, however through evolution, community, and illuminating excellence, Blackness continues to resist and persist; there has been an increasing momentum of encouragement in spite of continued efforts of oppression — today, Nikole Hannah-Jones leads this equitable charge. By Shayler Richmond Journalist, educator, and MacArthur Fellowship […]

Minority-owned hemp-based company invested in agriculture and sustainability
Chyncia Rodgers and her husband Micholas Rodgers started a hemp business called HIE, which stands for Hemp In Everything. By Shayler Richmond “This is a life-changing holistic way of treating yourself to something good while not hurting any other parts of your body,” said Chyncia Rodgers. Enrichment needs perspective. Already Rich Fam? Sign […]

Bold Culture is showing modern professionals how to better utilize and support diversity
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 […]

Peace4Poverty is working to heal poverty from within
Peace4Poverty is a nonprofit Black-owned company based in North Carolina working to educate and uplift underserved communities through career training in various business avenues to stimulate successful entrepreneurship. By Shayler Richmond Joshua Proby generated the idea for his company while incarcerated; he was writing a self-help book titled Peace4Poverty when the vision came […]

Insurgency in Mozambique is further separating its people from resources and security
Government forces in Mozambique are fighting to regain control of the Cabo Delgado Province, soldiers are continuing to push back against fighters linked to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). By Dalila Da Silva Lopes The Cabo Delgado region in northern Mozambique, a southern African country, is staring at a […]

Fentanyl’s deadly contribution to America’s criminalized drug culture
There is a silent drug crisis in America, which escalated during the COVID-19 pandemic as illegal production of the synthetic opioid called fentanyl caused a spike in overdose deaths throughout the country. By Antonio Cooper Illegally made drugs sold through illicit drug markets created the current epidemic of Fentanyl overdoses. Enrichment needs perspective. […]

Defunding the police means reallocating funds
By Antonio Cooper The proper way to defund the police is through reallocating and redirecting funding away from the police department to other local taxpayer-funded Government agencies. “Defund the police” is both a slogan and a talking point among protests across the country. Emerging from the unjust killing of George Floyd, the idea […]

America’s crisis management has excluded systemic oppression
By Shayler Richmond Following the police killing of over 100 Black people in the first four months of his presidency, and the American COVID-19 death toll reaching almost 600,000 people, President Joe Biden addressed a COVID-safe Congress. Despite America’s inability to move on behalf of equity for Black people, President Biden said “America […]

Food deserts continue to put Black communities at-risk
Food deserts disproportionately deteriorate the health of Black communities due to the deficiencies in access to affordable healthy food options caused by this layered inequality. By Antonio Cooper Many Black neighborhoods in America have every available food option besides the food that will help keep them alive. Black people constantly see their communities […]

Mass shootings are an American issue
By Dalila Da Silva Lopes For the second time in less than a week, America has experienced another gunman’s deadly rampage. Mass killings are defined as four or more dead, not including the shooter if they are killed -- Monday’s attack in Boulder, Colorado at King Soopers, a local supermarket, was the 103rd […]

Georgia’s Black Congresswoman confronts voter suppression
Georgia State Representative Park Cannon is a Black Congresswoman whose liberties were seized by authorities in Georgia’s State Building, Mar. 2021, her seemingly ill-deserved arrest is the unjust reality of how the freedoms of Black and brown Americans remain unprotected, especially Black women. By Shayler Richmond Authorities apprehended Georgia State Representative while she […]

Seven killed in Atlanta shooting, including six Asians
By Dalila Da Silva Lopes Shootings at three separate massage parlors in Atlanta, Georgia left eight people dead on Tuesday, Mar. 16, 2021. Enrichment needs perspective. Already Rich Fam? Sign in Click Here to subscribe to RMD for $1 a month Subscribe for $12 a year