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A few years ago, award-winning chef Sammy Davis pitched a bold new concept to Baltimore’s Deirdre Campbell: an Asian twist on Southern staples. Alongside her best friend and finance expert Ashlee Mack, Campbell opened Yeiboh Kitchen in 2024, aiming to serve inventive dishes while challenging long-standing stereotypes about Black-owned restaurants.
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After serving more than 3,000 Baltimore families, Bmore Empowered is closing its doors, citing ongoing funding challenges. The nonprofit’s founders say the decision was painful but necessary as capital for Black women-led organizations becomes increasingly scarce.
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Floyd Wesley Brown was a trailblazing football player and a guiding light for his younger brother, who remembered him fondly for his independence, love of football, and example as a husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather.
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A new report from the McKinsey Institute for Economic Mobility highlights the importance of quality, affordable housing as a gateway to economic opportunity, especially for Black families, and suggests that closing the nation’s housing gap would require an investment of $2.7 trillion, but could generate nearly $2 trillion in GDP and create almost two million jobs.
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Kevin Epps was found not guilty of first-degree and second-degree murder, but guilty of voluntary manslaughter and a felon in possession of a firearm, raising questions about the application of self-defense and the issue of wrongful convictions of innocent Black Americans.
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