IN MEMORIAM: Black Business Advocate Aubry L. Stone Remembered
He fought tirelessly to secure economic opportunities for African Americans throughout the state and beyond and now, after a long battle with cancer, he’s at rest.
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Supreme Court Hears Important Civil Forfeiture Case
An analysis by the Southern Poverty Law Center found that while federal forfeitures totaled $93.7 million in 1986, this revenue grew by more than 4,600 percent – to $4.5 billion a year – by 2014.
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How To Tackle Trust Issues In Your Family Business
60 percent of family wealth disappears because of a lack of communication and trust among family members, and this can be especially true when the person who built a thriving family business retires or passes away.
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Capital Access is the Key to our Economy
Fortunately, we have discovered one of the best explanations on what it is and how to take advantage of it. We want to share this valuable explanation.
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What if Black Professional Athletes Respected Black Economic Empowerment?
Oh, what a wonderful world this would be for Black communities throughout our nation. We, as a people, have over $1.3 trillion (T) in annual spending. However, our Black-owned businesses account for over $183 billion.
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Three Tips For Finding Your Career Passion And Running With It
Abby Sutton didn’t know it yet, but her career plans were fated to veer off in a new direction the moment she signed up for a college class in Russian fairy tales. Sutton is now an account strategist for Google.
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Handful of Billionaire Families Grab Nation’s Wealth for Themselves, New Report Details How
“Because of changes in tax law and aggressive use of trusts and tax dodges, we are now witnessing a resurgence of dynastic inherited wealth,” Collins of IPS observed in an op-ed for Common Dreams on Tuesday.
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The State of Lending in Communities of Color
New research that measures how well banks serve communities found that America’s access to banking expanded from 2015 to 2017 – except when it comes to more than 53 million Black and Latinix consumers or others with low incomes or less education.
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New Book Revealing the Secrets of Successful Entrepreneurship
Curtis said: “I’m here to share the strategies to take action to create a thriving business that will provide lifestyle and financial independence.”
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Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program Fails to Forgive
As of June 2018, more than 1.2 million student loan borrowers requested to be certified, with 890,000 ultimately certified eligible. 28,000 applied for loan forgiveness, thinking that they had met the 10- year payment and employment requirements.
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Tips For Overcoming ‘Hidden Growth Killers’ That Harm Your Business
A key part of any CEO’s or entrepreneur’s role is to make the “right” decisions, and then ensure they are enacted to advance the business. Yet their decisions and actions often miss the mark, frustrating the achievement of their aspirations.
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This Web Site Keeps Black Entrepreneurs Empowered and Inspired Like Never Before!
When Dante Lee, a 37-year old veteran entrepreneur, launched BlackBusiness.org a few years ago, his goal was simple. He wanted to create a blog that would inspire Black entrepreneurs with relevant news, success stories, and valuable resources.
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Pharmacy Program Offers Career Insights to Underrepresented Minorities
Designed to engage underrepresented minority (URM) high school students interested in science/ technology/ engineering/ math or healthcare careers, PharmDamentals featured a panel discussion and question-and-answer session with three MUSC pharmacy alumni…
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How Black Couples Are Stopping The Money Argument
Serena Williams is shedding light on a topic few know anything about. It is a form of domestic abuse called financial abuse. Reports indicate 99% of domestic abuse cases involve some sort of financial abuse.
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Experts Say Legacy of Discriminatory Policies and Practices Fuel Racial Disparities In Home Ownership Rates
The study says Federal regulators have reinforced the negative impacts of decades of discrimination “through inadequate enforcement of anti-discrimination laws…
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San Francisco Falsely Accuses African American Real Estate Investor, Charges Her $2.5 Million
The question remains: What is Kihagi’s crime? Enforcing contractual agreements with white tenants is no crime, yet tenants have lied, slandered, and waged a campaign of harassment…
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Modern Slavery – Horrific Convict-Leasing System Exposes Dark Truths about American History
Over a four year period, up to a thousand Texas convicts were leased to private contractors to quarry granite for the Texas state capital building in Austin. Time will tell if there are more bodies to be unearthed and discovered, with stories that need to be told.
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Convict Leasing – Exploiting a Loophole in the 13th Amendment’s Allowance of Slavery “as a Punishment for Crime”
Prisoners in 17 states and several Canadian provinces are on strike in protest of prison labor conditions. Their demonstrations are compelling Americans to understand that some everyday foods are produced behind bars, for cents on the hour…
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