Tag: Racism
Everybody’s Business: Ex-elite football player tackles gym ownership
At 212 Health & Performance Corp., Kerry Taylor seems like just another gym employee in fitness attire getting ready for the next appointment, greeting...
Everybody’s Business: Durrett brings Carolina flavor to Becky’s BBQ in Middletown
(Editor’s note: This is the 57th installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
We must confront the past to move forward
Here in school districts across Rhode Island, like many across the nation, our schools, our educators and the teaching of truth have been under...
Crisis ‘insurmountable’ for some minority businesses
Jhonny Levya is president of Heroica Construction Inc., growing what was a family business when he purchased it in 2009 into a multimillion-dollar company....
Five Questions With Bishop Jeffery Williams
Bishop Jeffery Williams | Member, Providence Mayor Jorge O. Elorza’s African American Ambassador Group
1. What is the African American Ambassador Group? It is a...
Racism is everybody’s business
What matters to Rhode Island’s minority business community matters to the rest of the state’s businesses and its economy. It’s common sense and also...
Racism hinders COVID-19 care for some
As the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the U.S., the virus hit African Americans disproportionately hard. African Americans are still contracting the illness – and...
Is it time to remove “and Providence Plantations” from the state’s...
Ten years ago, Rhode Island voters overwhelmingly rejected eliminating "Providence Plantations" from the state's official name.
Statehouse leaders have said they'll pass legislation giving voters...
For blacks, housing crisis endures
Here’s one way the 2008 financial crisis is still very much with us: For black Americans, homeownership is more out of reach than it...
RWU law student named Skadden fellow
MICHAELA BLAND, a third-year student at the Roger Williams University School of Law, was recently awarded a Skadden Fellowship to pursue a career in...
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