Collection
State of Black Business
The annual reckoning: where the industry is, and who is building it.
The Business
Black America Lost Most of Its Farmland. These Farmers Are Taking It Back.
A century of discrimination erased all but a fraction of Black farm ownership in America. A new generation of growers, from Petersburg to Houston to Acton, is rebuilding it acre by acre.
2026-08-237 min
The Business
Two Historic Black Banks Merge Into the Nation's Largest.
Optus Bank and Mechanics & Farmers are combining into a $1.27 billion institution, the largest Black-owned bank in America. Two century-old missions, one balance sheet.
2026-08-044 min