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WATCH: On the Front Lines of Occupy Wall Street
Wall Street protesters take to the streets of Manhattan's Financial District (Image: Janel Martinez) The Occupy Wall Street movement, which started Sept. 17, is approaching its third week, gaining...
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D.C. Students Being Paid To Attend Summer School
From the Washington Examiner A Washington D.C. program called “Summer Bridges” paid 305 students this summer to attend summer school. The program pays ninth-grade students $5.25 an hour to participate....
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Closing of DC Nightspot Raises Questions of Police Policy.
Washington D.C. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier ordered popular NW Washington nightclub 1920dc and adjacent Asefu’s Restaurant closed, after a man was fatally shot following a dispute inside the club...
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City Eats: Discovering Best Dishes in the Nation’s Capital
Muze (Image: Mandarin Hotel Website) Washington D.C. may be most notably known for its monuments, museums and political attractions, but it’s growing as a culinary destination for food enthusiasts. As...
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Congress: Washington Needs to ‘Get With the Program’ and Hire More Minority...
Some high profile members of Congress are joining forces to make sure that minority and women asset managers are in the mix when it comes to managing federal pension funds. Congresswoman Maxine Waters...
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Michelle Obama Calls on Top Female Executives to Support Girls Education
First Lady Michelle Obama (Image: Stuart Isett, Fortune "Most Powerful Women") Speaking to a room full of entrepreneurs, CEOs, and C-Suite executives at Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Summit in...
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[Political Snapshot] Clyde Williams Hopes to Fill Charles Rangel’s Shoes
Clyde Williams (Image: capitalnewyork.com) Name: Clyde Williams Party affiliation: Democrat Current or last position: Vice President at the Center for American Progress Notable political achievement...
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NFL Hall of Famer, Darrell Green, Hosts 26th Annual Christmas Event
NFL Hall of Famer and former Washington Redskins cornerback Darrell Green Service has been at the core of Darrell Green’s life since his youth, growing up in Houston, Texas. Strongly inspired by his...
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Principal to Lead D.C.’s First All-Male Public High School
Ben Williams, principal of all-male high school in Washington, D.C. (Image: Washington Post) Ben Williams had 30 minutes to convince a group of eighth-grade boys that they should go to a high school...
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5 Facts You Should Know about the Women’s March on Washington
Officials predict that thousands of women (and men) will descend upon Washington D.C. on Jan. 21; not for the Trump inauguration, but to protest by way of the Women’s March on Washington (WMW)....
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JPMorgan Chase Invests $10 Million to Expand Black Businesses and Growth in D.C.
Washington, D.C. is home to some of the most powerful people, business, and government entities in America. Paradoxically, the nation’s capital also has some impoverished neighborhoods with woes that...
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5 Women of Color Making D.C. The Next Impact Tech Hub
Being the nation’s capital, Washington D.C. is known for creating companies that possess impact at their core. These five women of color discuss why they chose the city to help lead the charge in each...
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D.C. Investor Launches Project 500 to Help Entrepreneurs Scale their Companies
Having a heart for minorities and tech entrepreneurs, venture capitalist, serial entrepreneur and professor Melissa L. Bradley of Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business, recently launched Project...
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New Co-Working Space in D.C. Region For Diverse Entrepreneurs Set to Launch...
There is a new co-working space coming to the Washington, D.C., area created by the founder of Because of Them, We Can, Eunique Jones Gibson. The space, called Dream Village, is defined as a safe...
View ArticleBlack Bookstore Opens In DC’s Historic Neighborhood After 20 Year Hiatus
Anacostia, a historic African American neighborhood in Washington, D.C. has been starved of a bookstore for over 20 years. Ramunda Young and her husband Derrick, have both stepped up to meet that need,...
View ArticleAnago Commercial Cleaning Franchise Partnership ‘Cleaning Up’ in DC
When Darren Williams, his younger brother Michael, and longtime friend Roscoe Hamilton purchased the master franchise rights to the Anago commercial cleaning franchise in Washington, D.C., in 2002,...
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Happy National Waffle Day! Owner of Capital Chicken & Waffles Thrives in the...
In honor of National Waffle day, here is an interview Black Enterprise conducted with a young, black woman waffle food truck owner, a few years ago. Her food truck, Capital Chicken & Waffles still...
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This D.C.-Based Summit is Bringing Creatives of Color to the Forefront
Real-life connections and face-to-face interactions are coveted opportunities for many millennials in today’s digital world. Instead of merely scrolling through everyone else’s highlight reel on social...
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Creatives Learn a Lesson in the Business of Creativity and More at the...
Over 200 creatives of color gathered at the Foreground Summit in Washington, D.C. earlier this month, where they heard from a range of speakers, successful entrepreneurs, and industry leaders. Many...
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