Soul food and the African diaspora for lunch hour: Sweet Home Café ends Black History Month on a sweet note

by Zoya Mirza | Mar 6, 2022 | Business & Tech, Featured

The sizzling and spattering of hot oil could be heard from the other side of the kitchen as chef Jaycee Couch laid silver-hued mackerels on a cooking range one by one.  Nearby, the soothing sound of water bubbling in a pot, the comforting sight of chicken thighs...

New Regional Small Business Administration Leader Was Influenced By His Restaurateur Father In Spokane (And Maybe Fruitcake)

by Julia Shapero | Feb 24, 2022 | Business & Tech, Featured

Mike Fong’s interest in public service may have begun with a fruitcake. Every year during the holidays, Fong’s great grandfather, Jack Eng, who lived in Spokane, would hand-deliver a fruitcake to his congressman, Tom Foley. Foley – who spent 30 years representing...

New FDA program could boost drug development for rare diseases

by Katherine Huggins | Feb 16, 2022 | Business & Tech, Featured, Health

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration and pharmaceutical companies say they’re hoping to improve drug development and approval for rare diseases, the majority of which lack FDA-approved treatments. There are over 7,000 rare diseases in the U.S. and only...

Minority business leaders make case for increased access to federal infrastructure contracts at House hearing

by Annie Klingenberg | Feb 8, 2022 | Business & Tech, Featured

Minority and women-owned businesses risk being sidelined in federal contracts, awarded to implement the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill that Congress passed last year, unless deliberate action is taken to ensure they have equal access to succeed in the bidding...

Top cyber official has never seen a more “serious vulnerability.” Here’s what you should know about Log4j

by Michael Korsh | Feb 1, 2022 | Business & Tech, Featured

Criminals have used the vulnerability to launch attacks against companies and governments WASHINGTON — In the months since the Apache Software Foundation announced a major security vulnerability in its Log4j 2 software library, cybersecurity experts have said...

As financial institutions face increased digital security risks, Black-owned banks are fighting back

by Michael Korsh | Jan 28, 2022 | Business & Tech, Featured

WASHINGTON — As financial institutions have experienced a spike in pandemic-related fraud and cybercrime, minority-owned banks face an additional challenge: They’re often the only point of access for minority communities to participate in the economy. According...