Chicago Mayor Wants to Grow Marijuana in City-Owned Co-op
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot would like the city to start growing marijuana to give minorities a chance to learn the business and share the wealth.
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Classana Founder Will Lucas Talks Educating Yourself Outside the Classroom
Tech entrepreneur and founder of Classana, Will Lucas, talks non-traditional ways of educating yourself and the importance of technology
Black Cannabis Business Owners, Pioneers, and Trailblazers to Celebrate on 4/20
The cannabis industry is filled with lucrative opportunities as public policy and popular opinion shift towards marijuana reform and prohibition. Here's a roundup of black entrepreneurs and trailblazers paving the way in cannabis culture and profiting from the "green rush."
Nikkia McClain’s Pow(H)er Initiative Empowers Black Women To Be Unapologetically Themselves
McClain and her growing collective of “disruptors” seek to break any ceilings that limit Black women from being the gamechangers the world needs.
Akon’s Tech Utopia
In his breakout hit single “Locked Up,” hip-hop star, producer, and songwriter Akon Thiam sings “Freedom ain’t gettin’ no closer.” Yet, Akon’s philanthropic work and vision for an empowered African diaspora are all about freeing others from economic barriers and creating opportunities.