Emma Grede's debut book tour for Start With Yourself was supposed to be a celebration. Instead, it has become the source of two separate news cycles, both of which center on comments that landed poorly particularly among Black women who have long looked to Grede as an ally and advocate within the consumer space.
The…
In 2009, Cameka Smith was 29 years old, held a master's degree, and had just been laid off from Chicago Public Schools. The obvious next step for most people would have been to dust off a résumé and move on. Smith chose a different path entirely.
She gave herself one year to figure it out.…

