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When Taneshia Nash Laird stepped in as executive editor of Project REAP, a national real estate nonprofit, back in August, she had an ambitious plan that included building community among alumni and revamping the organization’s communication channels.

Spanning across the Charles River, there are many bridges — physical and metaphorical. Now there’s a new link as the cities of Boston and Cambridge are, together, aiming to increase opportunities for diverse businesses in an agreement between the two municipalities, announced last week.

The crowd roared in applause and cheers as Pinky Cole Hayes came out to greet the audience, dancing to “Back That Thang Up,” by hip-hop artist Juvenile, as the keynote speaker for the 2024 Mass Black Expo conference, “Building Black Wealth, Empowering Black Voices,” held last weekend.

Pam and David Griffin, the husband-and-wife chocolatier team behind the Black-owned Chocolate Therapy, consistently push confectionary boundaries with bold and inventive chocolate recipes.

In the wake of the murder of George Floyd, and the protests that followed, companies and organizations across the country saw shifts in how they handled diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

By all measures, Larry Miller is a business success story. Miller is the former president of the National Basketball Association’s Portland Trailblazers and presently works as the chairman of the advisory board for Jordan Brand, However, Miller has had scraps with the law and served time for his crimes.

The Small Business Administration for the second time in just over a year is letting non-traditional lenders apply for one of its Small Business Lending Co. licenses.

Roxbury-based non-profit organization The Base recently announced the purchase of 150 Shirley St., the building in which the organization has resided since 2019. The purchase marks a historic step in the organization’s mission to establish a permanent home in the heart of Roxbury.

People across Massachusetts who want to get a birth control prescription now have about 400 more places to seek one.

Anyone wondering why it feels like grocery shopping requires taking out a small loan isn’t imagining things. Grocery prices, which soared due to pandemic-era inflation, are still just too blankity-blanking high, and the federal government suspects food producers might be engaged in some lucrative price-gouging.   

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.

As the cost of living continues to rise, a Bankrate survey found that over half of workers have taken on second jobs in the past three years.