The Numbers Don't Lie, But Society Has Been.
By Mostly Sugar Staff · April 2026
The myth that creativity and financial stability are mutually exclusive just got buried. 2026 salary data shows six-figure roles across design, strategy, and digital media, and the gap between who earns $50K and who earns $150K comes down to one thing: the ability to move between creative vision and technical execution.
Major League Baseball has existed since 1903. In all that time, not one Black woman has held majority ownership of a franchise. Meet Kwanza Jones.
Mostly Sugar and 24 Creative Productions open Chapter One of the Mostly Sugar Metaverse with We Don't Need Permission to Play — a brand visual campaign centered on women who are done shrinking, done editing themselves into palatability, and done treating beauty as anything other than a form of total self-authorship.
Newport News, VA, is hosting its first-ever NOODLE: The Thinkers Convention on May 22–23 at Victory Landing Park. The two-day event brings Chance the Rapper, Daymond John, Jermaine Dupri, Aisha Bowe, and dozens more innovators and performers to the Virginia waterfront — and general admission just dropped to free.
