black businesses

The economic injustices faced by Black businesses, from redlining and urban renewal projects to discriminatory lending practices and exclusion from government support, underscore the urgent need for reparations.

Live Like a Local Tours founder Collin Knight has been inspired and guided by his community throughout his career. His tours take people out of the typical tourist spots of downtown Boston and into the city’s Black and brown neighborhoods to expose them to food, business and people that make each neighborhood unique.

Black businesses need to be top of mind for financial institutions every month, not just during August, which is National Black Business Month, according to Kimberly Lyle, the CEO of Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corp.

In 2020, the Boston Business Journal profiled several small businesses that were struggling to survive the pandemic. Four years later, we’re checking back in with some of them to find out what’s happened since.

When the NAACP National Convention came to Boston last summer, it coincided with a time of controversy for the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, as there were concerns around a lack of diversity and unequal treatment of Black staff and vendors.

Upcoming changes to federal community-lending regulations hold out the promise of expanding access to credit for Black businesses and potential homeowners, according to local bankers and lending experts.

A federal judge’s ruling in Texas that an agency created to help minority-owned businesses must extend its services to every race has New England business equity advocates concerned about the decision’s potential to impede their work.

As the holiday season approaches, I want to take the time to remind our Black community to buy products made by people of color, and to buy them from stores owned by Black people in your community.

mong many proposed initiatives to address the wealth gap, the idea of reparations generates significant interest and debate. The goal of reparations shouldn’t be just to compensate for slavery but also to mitigate ongoing discrimination. Here are the major reasons Black businesses, specifically, deserve reparations.

Authorities are on high alert after signs bearing the website of the white supremacist group Patriot Front were discovered outside two Black-owned businesses in Oak Bluffs on Martha’s Vineyard.

To encourage more Black entrepreneurs to found businesses in Boston, we need a plan, a champion and a coalition of stakeholders.

Small businesses are what make Boston the city we know and love, and my administration is working tirelessly to make sure they are front and center in our economic recovery.