DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) — A Durham man is reaping the rewards of taking a big risk during the pandemic.At a time when so many small businesses are cutting back or shutting down, Jared Huffman bought one of the oldest businesses in Durham.Huffman bought Y & J Furniture, a three-generation furniture making, repairing, restoring, upholstering, "you…

Profiles were written by: Colin Campbell, Jennings Cool, Connie Gentry, Edward Martin, David Mildenberg and Ebony Morman.Decades of talk about the importance of empowering minority-owned businesses has led to limited success. The gap between Black and Caucasian household incomes widened in recent years, partly because of the pandemic’s impact. Wealth-building remains a challenge for many…

AdvertisementSupported byOften ignored in conversation about the booming resale industry is a long history of clothing thrifted by necessity, because of racism.By J. Nailah AveryThree immaculately styled Black women graced the screen. Wearing reworked vintage pieces with “FUBU” and “Phat Farm” splashed across the front, they were posing together in a fashion photo shoot, their…

WE’RE DREAMING UP ABOLITIONIST FUTURES. Help us share our vision.Scalawag Reckoning with the South John Henry Merrick was working at W.G. Otey’s barbershop in the late 1800s, serving some of the most prominent men in Raleigh, North Carolina, when an undisclosed misunderstanding with Otey got him fired.  Otey was a prominent Black entrepreneur whose barbershop…