When you sit down with Manhattan restaurateur Marva Layne to talk about her life in the food business, you can’t help but feel connected. Armed with a supportive family and an ever-growing following, she named her latest eatery Negril Village.

For more than 12 years, Layne, 48, along with her partners—husband Carlton Hayle, Peter Best. . .

Two chants resounded during the recent presidential campaign: “Four more years!” and “No more years!” There is no need to tell which belonged to whom and who the eventual winner was. What remains problematic is how and why President George W. Bush was victorious and what does this mean for Black America?

Perhaps the most common reason given for Bush’s. . .