DEI Rollbacks Spark Backlash: Boycotts and Financial Fallout for Major Brands

In early 2025, several major U.S. corporations—including Target, Meta, McDonald's, Walmart, and Amazon—scaled back or eliminated their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. These decisions, influenced by shifting legal and political landscapes under the Trump administration, have sparked significant public backlash and financial consequences. Target Faces Significant Financial Impact Target’s decision to phase out DEI…

Bysimone clarkeApril 24, 20250Comments

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Lifestyle Travel

Young and Broke? Amazon’s $25 Flights Are Calling You!

Amazon is offering an incredible travel deal for young adults: $25 domestic flights for Amazon Prime members aged 18-24 through a partnership with StudentUniverse. This promotion is available from December 9, 2024, at 1 PM EST until December 14, 2024, while supplies last. A total of 5,000 tickets will be offered, with 1,000 tickets released…

Bysimone clarkeDecember 8, 20240Comments

MEF Events

MEFeater’s NYFW Events — Club Pink & Fashion Girl Summit Unveiled

This NYFW, MEFeater hosted two incredible events that featured the best of the best in NYC. Popular hair company Mielle Organics sponsored both events, which took place in the stunning NeueHouse building. Their contribution added to the sleek and sophisticated atmosphere that is synonymous with MEF. MEFeater kicked off fashion week with a big bang…

ByNamhla LebonaSeptember 20, 20230Comments

Lifestyle

The It Girl Travel Kit: Essential Items You Need to Buy

If you’re always on the go and always boarding a plane, you’d know that organization is key. After traveling so many times, you eventually become a master of packing light and being efficient. Less is certainly more, and with airlines having different pound limits for bags and different fees for checked luggage, we choose to…

ByRakiya GeorgeJanuary 5, 20230Comments

Lifestyle

Holiday Gift Guide: Budget Friendly

As promised, here is the second half of our holiday gift guide! Our first half highlighted luxury black designers and their brands. (If you haven't checked it out, click here.) For this current gift guide, we're focusing on shopping on a budget. The holidays come once a year, but that doesn't mean that our economy…

ByRakiya GeorgeDecember 19, 20220Comments

Entertainment Movies

Viola Davis to Portray Shirley Chisholm in Biopic by Amazon Studios

Viola Davis is Bringing Shirley Chisholm's Trailblazing Life to Amazon Award-winning actress Viola Davis takes on her next iconic role as Shirley Chisholm, the first black women elected to Congress. The film is currently titled, The Fighting Shirley Chisholm. In 1968, Chisholm became the first black women ever elected into the United States Congress. Furthermore, she was also the first women…

ByKiara ManningDecember 3, 20180Comments

Entertainment

Melina Matsoukas, Director of Insecure, will Direct “A Brief History of Seven Killings” for Amazon

Melina Matsoukas, best known as the go-to director for Beyoncé, Rihanna, Lady Gaga, and Issa Rae’s Insecure, will helm Amazon Studios’ 'A Brief History of Seven Killings', based on the Marlon James novel. According to The Hollywood Reporter, James will adapt his own work, with Jill Soloway, Andrea Sperling, Eric Roth, and Malcolm Spellman signed on…

BySheri-kae McLeodOctober 2, 20170Comments

Entertainment

Amazon Developing Slavery Reparations Series “Black America”

Amazon is developing a drama series from Will Packer and Aaron McGruder that will deal with a post-slavery reparations America. Will Packer has been on projects such as " Girls Trip" , "Ride Along" and "Think Like A Man". His partner, Aaron McGruder, is known for his work on "The Boondocks" and "Black Jesus". The Amazon drama series will…

BySheri-kae McLeodAugust 3, 20170Comments

Lifestyle

#LetsTalk: Why is Skin Bleaching Still a Thing?

A simple "Skin b..." search on Amazon predicts "Skin bleaching cream". Growing up in an Egyptian household, there was a constant emphasis on whiteness. My family still talks about how pink my sister was when she was born - not sure why that's still relevant 20+ years later. While me, the darker sister, is made to "feel…

ByNour SeleemJuly 12, 20170Comments

Lifestyle

Amazon Bought Whole Foods for $13.7 Billion!

Most are familiar with either the online shopping or health food revolution. Well these worlds have combined. Online retailer, Amazon, and organic health food grocery store, Whole Foods, are joining forces. Amazon purchased Whole Foods Market for 13.7 Billion including their debt. This purchase rocked the grocery market. Dropping the stock of stores like Wall-Mart, Costco,…

ByMorgan HarrisonJune 17, 20170Comments

Lifestyle

Google Surpasses Apple as the World’s Most Popular Brand!

Who could have seen this day coming? Apple has been replaced as the world's most valuable brand, a title that the technology company has held for the past five years. They were surpassed by Google, and Amazon is coming close to the title as well. It seems that Apple's shocking decline is due to consumer doubt in the company's…

ByMorgan HarrisonFebruary 4, 20170Comments

Music

Adele is Back After Three Years !!

With November just days away, fans rejoice as its been a long three years and Adele is finally back with her third studio album "25" set to release November 20th 2015. Along with the announcement of the album, Adele's first single off the album "Hello" was released on October 23rd along with a beautiful music…