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Brooklyn designer asks retailers to pledge 15% of their shelves to Black-owned businesses

View this post on Instagram @wholefoods @target @shopmedmen @walmart @saks @sephora @netaporter @barnesandnoble @homedepot I am asking you to commit to buying 15% of your products from Black owned businesses. . So many of your businesses are... Read More
The secret to improving homeschooling: Virtual tutors

As schools limp to the finish line of this semester, parents everywhere are breathing a collective sigh of relief. Soon there will be no more badgering kids to log into Google Classroom, no more overseeing Zoom meetings, no more... Read More
Summer reads following a springtime of quarantine

Outdoor concerts are canceled and vacations may be on hold, but reading is the one summer pastime that the pandemic can’t ruin. In fact, it may free up more time than you normally have to read. Given the urgency... Read More
Fixing on the lodestar of the future

Bonjour mes amis, and welcome to yet another week of this exceptionally strange life we all live now, this time with new and improved weather and a flatter curve. Over the course of the past week, it feels like... Read More
The good and the bad news for Brooklyn businesses

Last week, the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce had some good news to share about the federal small business aid known as the Paycheck Protection Program. A majority of Brooklyn businesses that applied—92%—received a PPP loan by the second round of... Read More