Hope muncher-in-chief is not a job title you come across often, but that’s how entrepreneur and Minneapolis native, Junita Flowers describes her position at Junita’s Jar.

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) named Meda (Metropolitan Economic Development Association) the top performing MBDA Business Center in the nation for the fourth consecutive year.

The Twin Cities Black Affinity group will host its spring biannual Twin Cities Black Affinity Network Development Day (TC BANDD) at the Cargill headquarters,15407 McGinty Rd. W., Wayzata this coming Saturday (June 22). 

The Metropolitan Economic Development Association (Meda) is accepting applications for its second annual Million Dollar Challenge for Minority Entrepreneurs. 

Kevin Lindsey joins the Minnesota Humanities Center (MHC) as its new chief executive officer.

Gary Cunningham will step down as president and CEO of the Metropolitan Economic Development Association (Meda), accepting the role of president of the Washington, D.C. based nonprofit, Prosperity Now.

Melanie Adams has been named the director of the Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum, effective Aug. 5.

Greater Twin Cities United Way announced John Wilgers will join the organization as President and CEO. 

For some, stress brings out the best.

Greater Twin Cities United Way (United Way) announced it is awarding $14 million in grants.

Village Financial Cooperative has formed a partnership with Square, Inc. and the City of Minneapolis. 

Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) has elected two new members to its board of trustees; Shawntera Hardy and Vivek Agrawal.

Al McFarlane: One of the things I appreciated about you, Congressman Ellison, was your simple but powerful impactful decision to locate your District office in North Minneapolis. Your office was a great tenant, a good paying tenant, for the Minneapolis Urban League’s headquarters building, t…

The International Ski Federation (FIS) has awarded the Loppet Foundation third place in its annual “Bring Children to Snow” international campaign for the Minne-Loppet, learn-to-ski program for elementary school children in North Minneapolis.

OMAHA, Neb. – Recent flooding in the Midwest has had a devastating effect on local communities and Wells Fargo announced a donation of $325,000 to aid in the flood relief efforts.

Meghann Oglesby is changing the face of classical music.

The Executive Leadership Council (ELC), an organization committed to advancing the role and contributions of Black executives, has inducted Gail Peterson, Ecolab vice president of Marketing for Global Healthcare, as a member of its 2019 class. 

During a star-studded evening complete with a red-carpet entry at the Newseum in Washington, D.C., Comcast formally announced the addition of two television networks that highlights the company’s commitment to diversity.

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is holding a career fair Friday (March 15), from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. for anyone interested in learning more about the career of a conservation officer. 

During a surprise Feb. 26 wine tasting at the San Francisco Delta Sky Club, Delta announced a new partnership with Brown Estate, the first and only Black-owned estate winery in California's Napa Valley.

Valleyfair in Shokopee is looking to hire 2,000 new associates for the 2019 season.

In the early nineties in Youngstown, Ohio, sixth grader Shawntera Hardy made a contractual investment that would change the trajectory of her life.

Marsha Pitts-Phillips has been named the Minnesota chapter of Public Relations Society of America’s (PRSA) diversity and inclusion officer.

Nine ethnic-minority business owners from across the country competed in the finals event for Meda’s $1 Million Challenge Powered by Chase at the Twin Cities Public Television (TPT) Studios in St. Paul.

The culinary business world is as cut throat as any other. 

While there’s no doubt that putting money aside with each paycheck is an essential component to a healthy financial future, it’s important to keep in mind that not all savings accounts are going to give you the same pay back or benefits.

With voter fraud and voter suppression the talk of the midterms, the Advancement Project at the NAACP national office joined with the African American Research Collaborative to provide the first comprehensive analysis of how Black voters voted this cycle and why.

“One of the most pernicious forms of racial discrimination and injustice in the United States criminal justice system is the racially-motivated use of prosecutorial peremptory challenges during the jury selection process,” said the Rev. Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., the president and CEO of t…

Acclaimed civil and human rights stalwart and educator, Dr. Josie Johnson will soon release her memoir.

Just two miles from the Minnesota State Fair Grounds on the University of Minnesota - St. Paul campus there is an internationally known scholar that operates within the Small Animal Hospital at the Veterinary Medical Center within the College of Veterinary Medicine. 

The FBI has released it’s 2017 hate crimes statistics, which revealed a 17 percent increase in incidents since 2016.

Blackwell Burke P.A. was honored with the 2018 3M Supplier of the Year Award.

LOS ANGELES – Revel Spirits, the maker of Revel Avila, an artisanal, award-winning agave-based spirit, further expanded its footprint in the U.S. with launch of a new market – New York. 

Much is known about many aspects of the history of the Civil Rights Movement in America, however, the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America provided one of the least often heralded but most essential roles in the movement’s success.

The face of technology and entrepreneurship is changing.

Lots of chefs dream of a true farm-to-table restaurant, but few pack-up and move to the farm to get it done.

I am a Vietnam Era veteran. In 1966-1968 I was a teenaged sailor stationed on a U.S. Navy destroyer.

Architecture is continuous.

Let’s get one thing straight right off the bat … shave ice is not a snow cone.