Year: 2025

On Oct. 6, 1917, Fannie Lou Hamer was born in Montgomery County, Mississippi. She died March 14, 1977, at age 59, after aggressively fighting breast cancer. Starkly different from 2025, where advanced technology is used to successfully treat breast cancer and the current five-year survival rate for breast cancer is 91%, according to the American … Continue reading “Fannie Lou Hamer Was ‘Sick And Tired’ Of Racism, And Sick And Dying Of Breast Cancer “

After Sam De Brouwer’s AI company, doc.ai, was acquired by Atlanta-based Sharecare in February 2023, it went public at an IPO at a valuation of $3.9 billion. She then founded healthcare startup XY.AI Labs, offering AI automation for revenue cycle management (RCM), data entry, document processing, and scheduling, empowering providers to focus on care, not … Continue reading “More And Better Patient Care: An AI Platform CEO Predicts The Future Of Healthcare”

Despite an unintended break to defend himself in court, Atlanta recording artist Young Thug has picked up on business as adidas releases photos of a collaboration with the YSL rapper. The partnership, Sp5der x Adidas Superstar, will debut next year, and some preview photos were released and shared online. The exact date of the release … Continue reading “Young Thug Connects With Adidas For Sp5der Collaboration”

Stacy Davis Gates, president of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU), plans on fighting for more funding for schools and universities after being elected president of the Illinois Federation of Teachers (IFT), putting her in a dual position representing over 100,000 teachers, the Chicago Sun Times reports.  Davis Gates faced no challengers in the unanimous Oct. … Continue reading “Stacy Davis Gates Makes Power Move To Lead Illinois Teacher Unions”

Crystal Brown, co-founder of biotechnology company CircNova, is climbing the ranks as a Black woman in technology, an amazing feat all without having ever studied biology or tech, AfroTech reports.  Brown became the co-founder and CEO of CircNova, a biotechnology company generated by AI NovaEngine, in May 2023, alongside scientist Joe Deangelo, after starting a … Continue reading “Here’s How Crystal Brown Co-Founded Biotech Company CircNova Without Ever Studying Biology”

During the pandemic, a perfect storm of historically low mortgage rates, remote work, and a scramble for more space fueled an unprecedented homebuying frenzy. This created a white-hot seller’s market in which buyers were desperate to secure a home, leading to bidding wars and houses selling far above list price. One June 2021 CNN headline … Continue reading “Don’t Leave Money On The Table: The Single Oversight Costing Home Sellers Thousands”

Oct.  20 is dedicated as National Chicken & Waffles Day. The day honors the irresistible relationship between fried chicken and waffles, the comfort food that is steeped in African American tradition. This year, the focus lands on seven eateries scattered across the United States, where the chicken and waffles duo contributes to entrepreneurship and cultural pride. By choosing … Continue reading “Black-Owned Spots That Get It Cluckin’ On National Chicken And Waffles Day”