The following conversation was conducted over email and edited for flow and clarity. David Harris is an ex-software engineer, landlord, real estate agent and bartender. Yes, you heard that right. In this interview, we are going to talk about how David quit his full-time job, renovated his own multi-unit building, and created the life he…
The following conversation was conducted over email and edited for flow and clarity. Andre Albritton is the founder of The Millennials Next Door. He helps millennials redefine wealth. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, but born and raised in Orlando, Florida, Andre’s company offers free financial content, courses, and online summits about investing. However, Andre doesn’t just…
The founders of two of the nation’s most innovative Black-owned companies, Figgers Wireless and kweliTV, have joined forces to offer discounts to their customers. Freddie Figgers, founder and CEO of Figgers Wireless, and DeShuna Spencer, founder and CEO of kweliTV Nationwide — Figgers Wireless, the nation’s largest Black-owned carrier, is offering current and new subscribers…
The pursuit of higher education looks different for each person—with so many barriers standing in the way of obtaining a college degree for many marginalized groups. One man was able to beat all of the odds from his upbringing and is now celebrating earning his Ph.D. As a child, Dr. Tommie Mabry was expelled from…
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A rectangular robot as tiny as a few human hairs can travel throughout a colon to deliver drugs by doing back flips, researchers report. Why the back flips? Because the goal is to use these robots to transport drugs in humans, whose colons and other organs have rough terrain. Side flips work, too. The robot…
Certain pre-existing conditions may double or triple mortality risk for COVID-19, researchers report. A large, international study of COVID-19 patients confirmed that cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes, congestive heart failure, chronic kidney disease, stroke, and cancer can increase a patient’s risk of dying from the virus. The researchers say their findings may help public health officials…
Gates Foundation Teams Up With HBCUs to Fight COVID-19 Pandemic Filed in HBCUs on October 16, 2020 The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced grants of $15 million for historically Black colleges and universities who will participate in The Just Project of the foundation. Through The Just Project, 29 of the…
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