Summer 2026
Issue 01
Detroit

Following Isn’t the Same as Understanding

After losing money learning to trade, Yael Cardwell created Optionnaire, a financial education app designed to teach investing in plain language.

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BLAC — Black Life, Arts & Culture

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Inside This Issue

Khary Frazier Is Building a Library of Detroit

For more than a decade, Khary Frazier and Detroit Is Different have been building something bigger than a podcast: a living library of Detroit stories.

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Khary Frazier Is Building a Library of Detroit

Editor's Picks

Black Business Is Growing. The Map Tells a Bigger Story.

Business

Black Business Is Growing. The Map Tells a Bigger Story.

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Detroit Makes Movies. Why Is It Still So Hard to See One Here?

Art + Culture

Detroit Makes Movies. Why Is It Still So Hard to See One Here?

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From The Editions

New Book Release: “Geek Girls,” Exploring Black Women in Tech

Chicago

New Book Release: “Geek Girls,” Exploring Black Women in Tech

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People and Institutions Shaping Black Memphis Today

Memphis

People and Institutions Shaping Black Memphis Today

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Top 5 Black-Owned Plant-Based Dessert Businesses

Washington, D.C.

Top 5 Black-Owned Plant-Based Dessert Businesses

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Detroit’s Black Queer Artist Brings Work to Seattle Black Art Center

Seattle

Detroit’s Black Queer Artist Brings Work to Seattle Black Art Center

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Business & Opportunity

We Black. We Golf. And We Built Our Own Community.

BLAC America

We Black. We Golf. And We Built Our Own Community.

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Rob Wright Has Spent Two Decades Building Places Where Houston Gathers

BLAC Houston

Rob Wright Has Spent Two Decades Building Places Where Houston Gathers

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Taste Kitchen + Bar Is Making a Case for Breakfast in Sugar Land

BLAC Houston

Taste Kitchen + Bar Is Making a Case for Breakfast in Sugar Land

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Houston’s ‘Girl Dinner’ Just Became an Actual Night Out — And Dinner Is Free

BLAC Houston

Houston’s ‘Girl Dinner’ Just Became an Actual Night Out — And Dinner Is Free

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What's Happening

Atlanta African Restaurant Week 2026Oct 1–Oct 11Chicago African Restaurant Week 2026Oct 1–Oct 11AFRO CARIBBEAN FRIDAYS :Afrobeat.Reggae.hiphop,kompa.EctOct 9–Oct 102026 Black Men’s Wellness Day – TampaOct 10 · 7:00 AMWOMXNHOUSE 2026 House Exhibitions OpeningOct 10 · 8:00 AMView all events →

From The Archive

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