As one of the richest and most vocal celebrity supporters of the Occupy Wall Street movement Russell Simmons has been criticized for being a tad bit hypocritical. His detractors often point out the contradiction of Simmons advocating on behalf of the 99 percent while being a 1percenter himself...

President Obama scored big with the youth vote during the 2008 presidential race and he’s hoping this demographic will support him as he gears up for the 2012 election. With a Pew Research Center report showing 66% of voters under 30 voted for the commander-in-chief, it’s no surprise Mr....

Today Occupy Wall Street demonstrators are marching to New York’s Upper East Side to literally take their protest to the front doors of the wealthy bankers whom they hold responsible for the country’s economic crisis. But yesterday the protesters got a show of celebrity solidarity...

  If you’ve ever belabored over choosing what others might consider an insignificant detail, you’re not alone. Forty-one percent of women change their nail polish at least once a week. While most men (and some women) may overlook this minor detail, there’s more to the...

Vanessa and Angela Simmons, co-founders of the urban fashion venture Pastry Footwear, are featured in the Entrepreneur of the Week segment on this week’s edition of the Black Enterprise Business Report, hosted by Caroline V. Clarke. Vanessa, 27, and Angela, 23, are the daughters of...

Between 2002 and 2007, the number of Black-owned businesses launched increased by 61%, to nearly two million, the greatest increase among all minority-owned businesses during that period. With high levels of unemployment resulting from the Great Recession of 2008-2009, there’s no reason to...

Communications strategist Valeisha M. Butterfield always had dreams of creating an organization centered on women’s empowerment.  After Don Imus’ incendiary comments about the Rutgers women’s basketball team back in 2007 sparked fiery conversations and debates surrounding the...