Business

With an abundance of free time during the COVID-19 pandemic, Shironda White turned her passion for baking for her friends into a sweet career pivot.

For 27 years, Lisa Simmons has been an integral part of the Roxbury International Film Festival (RoxFilm) as its executive and artistic producer. However, her roots in storytelling began when she was a theater actor, part of a greater legacy from a family deeply involved in cultural expression and the arts since the 1930s.

April 2025 marked another setback in a long line of economic challenges for Black women in the American workforce.

After 10 years of service to neighborhoods across Greater Boston, a local nonprofit community grocery chain officially closed its doors on May 12.

After a five-year pause, the federal government resumes debt collections for millions of borrowers who defaulted on their student loans.

In partnership with local officials and community partners, Comcast recently announced that it will award comprehensive grant packages to 100 small business owners in Greater Boston.

After almost 10 years of working to diversify the Boston tech startup workforce, Hack.Diversity plans to shut down this summer.

Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation is preparing to launch its HubHustle Collective Program during Small Business Week, May 4-10.

Target’s decision to scale back its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives has sparked a nationwide backlash that is taking a visible toll on the retailer — so much so that the head of Target recently sat down with Al Sharpton to see how he could right the sinking ship.

After getting a job as a financial analyst at a Seaport law firm, Ricardo Louis realized that working in corporate America was not for him. However, a meeting with a former customer at a restaurant he worked with as a valet parking attendant in college helped him to return to his true passion — working in the valet parking industry. 

Theophilus Apparel & Home Furnishings, an African American-owned Roxbury-based retail shop dedicated to affordable, upcycled goods and timeless style, will host its Grand Reveal Weekend from Friday, April 25 to Sunday, April 27, marking the culmination of a lifelong dream more than eight years in the making.

Artificial Intelligence is definitely a tool for financial empowerment, but not the key to economic growth since the racial wealth gap predates AI, experts explained.