Black Owned Businesses

The Tree Yoga Cooperative, a Black and Latinx-owned business, opened its doors in South LA on Saturday.

Many Black and brown-owned culinary businesses were left out when the federal government established a revitalization fund to help businesses recover from the pandemic. That’s where the Feed the Soul Foundation comes in – offering grants to 30 minority-owned businesses this year out of 400 applicants. Other businesses can get an emergency $1,000 grant to help recover from a natural...

No one knows better than Brandon Byrd that running a business can be precarious: In his journey toward opening a storefront for Goodies, a frozen custard truck in the D.C. area, he’s rebounded from several setbacks. One of them being a worldwide pandemic that hit when he was preparing to remodel an old ice house for his storefront in Old...

Vicktor Stevenson founded Gourmonade in 2018. Now, as he finds new ways to sell his gourmet lemonade, we look to the future and meet the customers who’ve kept his business afloat through the pandemic, in the final installment of our 4-part series.

We’re kicking off Black History Month with a powerful woman who’s breaking barriers with a bold new fashion statement. Growing up as a queer Black tomgirl, Stoney Michelli Love struggled to find clothes in the women’s and men’s departments that fit her the way she wanted. Now, she’s channeling these personal experiences into her gender-free Stuzo Clothing Line to give...

There are only a few Black midwives in San Diego County and Nikki Helms, along with her business partner Darynee Blount are hoping to make their services more available to minority communities