Kate and Kyle Korman at their home in Victor, where they brewed up the idea for Schittin Good Coffee while quarantining during the pandemic. “Genius,” the inventor Thomas Edison is said to have once remarked, “is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.” Had he known the story behind Kate and Kyle Korman’s breakthrough idea, though, he might have left room for constipation. The Kormans are the proprietors of Schittin Good Coffee, their trademarked brand of artisan coffee whose name puckishly plays on the natural laxative effect coffee can have on some people. (No, their coffee does not contain a laxative.)
Black consumers dominate the beauty industry, but Black ownership is lacking. Nikki Thompson is changing that. Author: Niala Charles Updated: 10:21 PM MST February 26, 2021
Nikki Thompson is one of just a few Black beauty supply owners in the Valley. Her presence is dire in an industry lacking Black ownership. Her story is inspiring.
She is co-owner of Nu York West Beauty Supply in central Phoenix. She and two other partners opened the store three years ago, with hopes of being a store that can cater to all hair types.
For Thompson beauty isn’t just a business, it’s a passion. You can see it when she walks into the store. Her makeup is beautifully done and her hair is perfect.
Talk radio on is on the verge of being drowned out
Paul Farhi, The Washington Post
Feb. 9, 2021
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Radio host Rush Limbaugh is presented the Medal of Freedom by first lady Melania Trump during the State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 4, 2020.Washington Post photo by Jonathan Newton
Rush Limbaugh, the most successful talk-radio host in history, is ailing. And so is the medium he helped revolutionize over the past 30 years.
Faced with aging and shrinking audiences, competition from newer technologies and financial problems for the biggest station owners, talk radio is in decline - both as a business and a political force. Once a leading platform for popularizing conservative candidates and policies, talk radio is on the verge of becoming background noise, drowned out by a cacophony of voices on podcasts, cable TV and social media.