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As listeners of HYFIN, you know that we keep our fingers on the pulse of what's happening, especially when it comes to urban development and community upliftment. Today, we're spotlighting a major announcement from Washington that aims to create a brighter economic future for underserved communities. 1. The Big Picture:Today, as a precursor to the annual Freedman’s Bank Forum by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the Economic Opportunity Coalition […]

Foundry workers at an undisclosed location begin the long process of disassembling and melting down the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. The statue was a focal point of deadly riots in Charlottesville, Va. in 2017. Eze Amos/For Swords into Plowshares Communities across the American South have removed Confederate monuments from public spaces in recent years. Some have gone to museums, others are locked away in storage. But one […]

Writer, actor and comedian Zainab Johnson is one of 13 siblings who grew up in a Muslim family in Harlem. She jokes about all of it in her new Prime Video special Hijabs Off. Matthew Misisco/Zainab Johnson Comedian, writer and actor Zainab Johnson is known for telling stories about dating, being a Black Muslim in America and her very big family. "You know in a house with 15 people, a […]

Richard Roundtree at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2022. Michael Loccisano/Getty Images Updated October 25, 2023 at 11:00 AM ET Richard Roundtree, who died Tuesday at 81 in Los Angeles, was easily one of the coolest actors ever. When he was cast as the Black private eye John Shaft in the 1971 film of the same name, the former college football player and model was relatively unknown. But […]

Kayleigh Butler, a hair stylist, stands for a portrait at her studio in Atlanta on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. "Relaxers have taken an extreme decline ... as we became more knowledgeable about the effects of the relaxer on your hair and what it can do to your hair," says Butler, who remembers getting relaxers when she was 5 years old. Kenya Hunter/AP The Food and Drug Administration is proposing a […]

After we wrapped the shoot on this episode of Amplify, I called an Uber to take me from the Stony Island Arts Bank on Chicago's South Side back to my downtown hotel. The 30-minute ride along Lakeshore Drive was beautiful, with Lake Michigan shining a bright and hopeful blue. I started chatting with my driver, and it was one of those conversations between strangers that quickly goes deep. We talked […]