When I tell people I’m a contributing writer for Suit & Artist, the first question they ask is: “What does Suit & Artist do?” I can see why they’re confused. It’s not often our society prioritizes and values commerce, creativity and culture i...
When I was just 13 years old, I began selling small amounts of marijuana, in response to our family’s desperate circumstances. Only 10 years later, at age 23, I became the youngest African American to own a cannabis retail establishment in the United...
One in five American adults experience a mental illness or mental health condition each year, but wellness assistance is arguably more necessary now than it has been in some time, given anxieties of the pandemic and the nationwide civic unrest that h...
The notion of a universal basic income (UBI)—an income up to the poverty line granted to every member of a community regardless of means, age, family status or capacity to work—is an old one, going back hundreds of years in Western traditions, and ev...
From the moment we wake up until we go to sleep, it’s estimated that we are exposed to between 2,000 and 5,000 advertising messages daily. This includes ads we see on TV, hear on the radio, see on billboards, on the Internet, in magazines we pick up...
Urban farming isn’t a new concept, but it has experienced a major resurgence in cities. Residents in urban centers throughout the U.S. have reclaimed abandoned spaces and turned them into community gardens. Detroit has been an epicenter of the moveme...
“You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.” —Jack London Igor Stravinsky did headstands to clear his mind and help him compose musical masterpieces. Agatha Christie took baths while munching on apples, surrounded by the fra...
Most people have heard of or shopped in a grocery coop at some point in their lives. But few realize how many positive contributions collectively owned businesses make to their communities, when they’re run correctly and supported by local consumers....
A decade ago, a friend and I checked out an indy film in New York City by a Black woman whose name we didn’t know. The film, “I Will Follow,” was a fresh, sophisticated exploration of love, death and healing. It was nuanced and layered in a way we’d...
As long as there have been voices and instruments, people have made music to express themselves. From odes to trucks, dogs and love to songs about Jesus and Allah, no matter the emotion, if it can be felt, it can be put into words and turned into mus...
