Social equity and legacy operators in New York drove the discussion at a summit of the cannabis industry's top minds. How do we put diversity at the forefront of the legal industry?
Democratic Mayoral candidate Eric Adams has branded himself "The People's Candidate" and claimed support for sweeping police reforms. But would any of his plans really change the NYPD's racially-biased practices? Welcome, folks, to an idea of the Adams administration.
Governor Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders have come to agreements on the continuing saga of...
The holiday season is over, but that doesn’t mean you can’t still be...
Along with this shift in attitude has been a shift in the laws pertaining to the plant, allowing it to be decriminalized for medical use in thirty-three states and recreationally legal in eleven.
On May 17, 1954, the United States Supreme Court, decided that racial segregation in public schools violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. In 1962, this ruling was put to the test, this time in Long Island, New York.
CWCBExpo New York, taking place May 28–30, 2020 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City, is the only event in the emerging tri-state area focused on the entire supply chain for the legalized cannabis industry including medical, adult use and industrial hemp.
Although many other chronicles have reduced these decades to the cliched dichotomy of “conformist” vs. “radical” or “square” vs. “hip,” Dickstein’s restrained, modest, and tasteful memoir offers the middle way.
As Keith Straup, founder of the national cannabis consumer advocacy group NORML, ascended the stage...
The key issue impeding those leading climate change discussions and innovations is the lack of funding. Activists need investors, new budgeting ideas, certain license and permits, the fight against climate change will need an economic revolution. To address this issue, NYC Climate Week held an all day Sustainable Investment Forum with the goal of “Mobilizing...
Decades ago, the Berklee College of Music in Boston was commonly known as “the Jazz School” or some other iteration of a Jazz Institute. More recently, it has been a haven for serious students of all styles – Pop, Rock, Fusion, Funk, Hip Hop and every imaginable kind of Latin Music inflection. Part of Berklee’s...
It’s a hot, sunny, summer, afternoon on July 9, 2019; about 88 degrees. On this day, Vaughn Jefferson, AKA The Cure Rater, unveils an original mural honoring the late Dr. Frank Mickens, a Bedford-Stuyvesant community icon, to a large crowd outside the Ideal Food Basket grocery store at the corner of Lafayette Avenue and...
Fashinnovation is an organization that seeks to provide a nexus between entrepreneurs and innovators, bringing in big names in the fashion technology world to educate and start conversation with like-minded individuals.
This year is looking to be an unstoppable one for SNS as he promotes his forthcoming film Luv Me Now B4 They All Luv Me and eludes to a possible summer album Not a Humble Summer 2.
Panel topics included fashion tech innovations, innovative supply chain, design, creative, the latest innovations in textiles and in retail, customization, sustainability, augmented reality and more.
Greg Marco gives the inside scoop on the expo’s origins and what we can look forward to this season.
Now the fun really begins for our glorious city and state where we can pull out a glass pipe and smoke some legal weed.
