Over the past few weeks, I’ve received tons of requests for how companies might commemorate Juneteenth especially given the visible decommitment of brands in terms of their support of Black people, culture and community. …

In 1989, I sat on my stoop with friends on a summer day. Because I’m from Brooklyn. And that’s what you do. Telling jokes, telling stories. Just having a great time. Joyful one minute, but devastated the next, as our friend lay bleeding from multiple knife wounds. In a matter…