Erika Barris

So almost no one is set to win right now, except Chevron.

But even if Chevron or any of the oil companies step up and make the oil flow again, we don't know what that will actually mean for Venezuela.

It's a petrostate.

And our political economist Terry Carl says in a petrostate, it really all comes down to how the people in power decide to handle the riches from their resource.

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I'm Erica Barris.

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There's this woman on TikTok who is so incredibly compelling.

Her name is Olivia Joan Ghaly.

Like, so beautiful.

There are shoes that cost more than some people's rent and have never even been worn.

And then there are some very worn things.

We called up Olivia Joan, and she told us that is why she's been posting these outfits of her grandmother's.

Joan Johnson.

And her grandfather?

Um, that most certainly is not all.

George E. Johnson was Joan's husband, but he was also the maker of Afrosheen.

the most iconic black hair product of the 20th century.

The Johnsons were among the most successful Black entrepreneurs of their time, and they did it by recognizing a key thing, that if you paid enough attention to what Black Americans needed, you could make money.

The Johnsons saw Black culture as Black business.