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By Kimberly Wilson ·Updated April 16, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
For more than fifty years, a lot in North Portland sat empty after the city seized it from the Black community through eminent domain.
Anyeley Hallová is the one finally building something on it.
As founder and CEO of Adre, a Black women-owned, Portland-based B-Corp, Hallová is developing that 1.7-acre site into 20 homeownership opportunities, 85 affordable rental units, and
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By Kimberly Wilson ·Updated April 17, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
In 126 years, Dow has never had a Black woman as its chief executive. That changes on July 1.
Karen S. Carter, currently the company’s chief operating officer, was appointed CEO earlier this month by the board of directors, making her the first Black woman to lead the company in its entire history. She is also, as of this
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By Kimberly Wilson ·Updated April 17, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
Welcome to Black Wealth Watch, where we round up the biggest stories in Black business and economic news each week, the wins, the setbacks, the deals getting done, and the conversations we should be having about money, power, and who actually gets a seat at the table.
This week had a little bit of everything, so buckle up, baddies.
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By Kimberly Wilson ·Updated April 16, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
Diana Vreeland, the legendary editor who once declared that the bikini was more important to fashion than the atom bomb, used to call Carolina Herrera (the woman, not the brand, itself) “La Bomba.”
So when the house named their newest fragrance after it, they were honoring Vreeland’s read on Carolina Herrera herself. It was her way of saying that
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PARIS, FRANCE – MARCH 03: A’ja Wilson attends the Grand Dîner du Louvre at Musee du Louvre on March 03, 2026 in Paris, France. The purpose of this annual evening is to raise funds, all of which will go towards measures to safeguard the Museum’s heritage. (Photo by Stephane Cardinale – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images) By Kimberly Wilson ·Updated April 16, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
Las Vegas
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PARIS, FRANCE – MARCH 03: A’ja Wilson attends the Grand Dîner du Louvre at Musee du Louvre on March 03, 2026 in Paris, France. The purpose of this annual evening is to raise funds, all of which will go towards measures to safeguard the Museum’s heritage. (Photo by Stephane Cardinale – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images) By Kimberly Wilson ·Updated April 16, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
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By Kimberly Wilson ·Updated April 15, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
If you grew up in a Caribbean household, you knew Mauby before you knew its name.
Someone was either making it, drinking it or trying to get their hands on it. Duckens Nazon knows it that way too, which is why when it came time to put his name behind something, this was an easy decision.
Nazon joined Mabï
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By Kimberly Wilson ·Updated April 15, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
If you grew up in a Caribbean household, you knew Mauby before you knew its name.
Someone was either making it, drinking it or trying to get their hands on it. Duckens Nazon knows it that way too, which is why when it came time to put his name behind something, this was an easy decision.
Nazon joined Mabï
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MIAMI GARDENS, FL – MARCH 28: Coco Gauff (USA) looks on after a point played during the women’s final singles match against Aryna Sabalenka (not pictured) at the Miami Open on March 28, 2026, at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida,(Photo by Chris Arjoon/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) By Rachel Bervell, MD, MPH ·Updated April 15, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
When Coco Gauff appeared in Miu Miu’s latest