A Black-owned retail store in Michigan is building a special relationship with other Black businesses in the community. While offering the latest fashion trends at her Basic Bee store in Grand Rapids, ...

Conventional philanthropy lacked representation, diversity and inclusion within its grantmaking and infrastructure, but a yearslong change has been building. Since the racial reckoning after the ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A Black-owned business along Grand Rapids’ Wealthy Street is working to share opportunities with other small businesses. Basic Bee is located at 804 Wealthy St. near ...

The most popular segment so far from GBH News Rooted, a new digital-first video and television series geared toward a Black audience, focused on last month’s call for an economic boycott against major ...

Sickle cell disease can cause debilitating and ever-present pain. Treatments are limited and can be harsh on a person's body. In September, President Joe Biden declared National Sickle Cell Awareness ...

For a recent edition of the WGBH community affairs program “Basic Black,” four educators from the Boston school system took seats in a semicircle facing the studio cameras. In the middle sat Callie ...

Oscar Night, exactly a month ago, was a proud moment for African-American actors. A Life Achievement award to Sidney Poitier; Best Actor laurels to Denzel Washington; and the Best Actress statue to ...

The day before Daily Wire ended their relationship with the often controversial right-wing commentator, Candace Owens paid a visit to hip hop talk show The Breakfast Club, where she was asked a series ...

Ebony, a single mother of three, works two jobs to make ends meet and takes in around $11,000 a year. In addition to a part-time job at a beauty supply chain, she works as a communication specialist ...

Over the last few years, Basic Apple Guy has delivered amazingly detailed iPhone and MacBook Pro Schematic wallpapers. Now celebrating the new Space Black MacBook Pro, he’s released an all-black ...

Issa Rae knows she is committing a revolutionary act by simply creating a TV show centered on an average black woman's life. And she can't believe it. "Isn't it sad that it's revolutionary?" says Rae, ...