James Rashad is a journalist and cultural writer based in Newark, New Jersey. His work has been featured on WBGO and NPR, covering business, politics, and Black American life. He founded West Ward Beans to close the gap between sharp reporting and real community impact—media that informs, equips, and moves. As Editor-in-Chief, he leads the West Ward Cafe newsletter and oversees editorial strategy across the platform. A hip hop artist who writes poetry daily, his work sits where media meets culture.
The community comes together to talk economic equity and New Jersey’s $3.4 billion contracting gap ASBURY PARK, NJ – Before there were Black-owned banks...
The WNBA’s first vice president of broadcasting opens up about locked gym doors, Doris Burke, and the resistance she didn’t see coming. Bobby Knight...
Town Social founder engineered a movement across New Jersey — one shuttle, one Black-owned business, and one intentional experience at a time. SaKarra Fite figured...
How the AACCNJ’s Training & Development Institute is dismantling systemic barriers to build a new standard. TRENTON, NJ — Two years ago, Demetra Alston...