Soaring Airfares Shock Travelers After Pandemic Bargains
By Claire Ballentine and Paulina Cachero After two years of a pandemic, all they wanted to do was take their long-delayed trips. Then flight prices […]
Serena Williams Invests in Startup to Boost Black Tech Talent
By Jennifer Zabasajja Tennis superstar Serena Williams is expanding her personal portfolio with a new investment in a Seattle-based startup that’s attempting to close the […]
Goldman’s Youngest Black Partner Leaving to Start His Own Fund
By Sridhar Natarajan Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s youngest Black partner, Darren Dixon, is leaving to start his own fund, adding to a string of exits […]
Hip-Hop Mogul Rick Ross: Giving Back ‘is How You Stay Rich Forever’
Last week, Rick Ross received backlash on social media after the rapper revealed that he was creating a reality show about wealth despite his past comments about television not being a […]
Fed Says High Inflation, Geopolitics Are Clouding Outlook
By Jonnelle Marte The U.S. economy grew at a moderate pace through mid-April, but rising prices and geopolitical developments created uncertainty and clouded the outlook […]
Making Moves on Ice: Former Super Bowl Winner Marshawn Lynch Becomes Minority Owner of NHL Team
Marshawn Lynch does everything in sports for the culture, and now that he has stepped into the NHL owner’s box he is keeping the same energy. […]
Is Coinbase’s New NFT Marketplace the Answer to Its Growth Problems?
By Yueqi Yang and Olga Kharif Coinbase Global Inc.’s marketplace for nonfungible tokens is finally here in what could be key to reviving the crypto […]
Will Kansas City Chiefs Quarterback Patrick Mahomes Become First NFL Player Billionaire?
Kansas City Chiefs MVP quarterback Patrick Mahomes is a very rich man. The 26-year-old Super Bowl winning quarterback has a very lucrative contract, several endorsements and investments […]
Millennials Save for Retirement Years Earlier Than Boomers — Because They Have To
By Suzanne Woolley Millennials took one look at their financial future and, early on, realized it was bleak. The YOLO generation started saving for retirement […]
Black Women are Largest Consumers of Wigs; How Four Women Raised $5M to Equalize the Hair Market
A childhood hair trauma sparked a lifelong passion and a career for Isoken Igbinedion. When she was 10 years old, chemical relaxers caused her natural […]
Reparations Is Not a ‘One-Time Payment’: Experts Weigh-in on What Is and Isn’t Reparations
“It’s almost embarrassing, look at California doing this and you’ve got Mississippi, Georgia who can’t do anything,” said Dianne Stewart, Ph.D., African-American studies professor at […]
Most U.S. College Grads Don’t Work in the Field They Studied, Survey Finds
By Paulina Cachero With student-loan debts ballooning, American parents may be debating whether or not a college degree is worth the five-, sometimes six-figure price tag. Here’s […]
Class-Action Suit Filed Against Online For-Profit School Walden University Claims It Exploits Blacks and Women Earning Doctorate Degrees
A class-action lawsuit has been filed against an online university, claiming it has predatory practices that target Blacks and women. Plaintiffs claim the school targets […]
Scrambling to File Your Taxes? Here’s How to Avoid an IRS Audit
By Jill Shah Americans who have put off their 2021 taxes have less than a week to file a return or an extension — and fill […]
‘Really Had to Catch Up’: How a Black-Owned Farm Stayed In Business for Five Generations and Became the First Company to Sell Raw Cotton to Giant Retailer Target
Bridgeforth Farms is not just a Black-owned, fifth-generation crop operation in Tanner, Alabama — which in itself is a major accomplishment. The brand grows various […]
Government Sues TransUnion, Claiming Credit Reporting Giant Used Deceptive Marketing and Tricks to Extract Monthly Payments from Consumers
The nation’s top consumer watchdog Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), is suing consumer credit reporting agency TransUnion and one of its former executives. The lawsuit […]
Tennessee Court Rules State Comptroller’s Financial Takeover of Predominantly Black Town of Mason Is a Go
A Tennessee judge ruled not to halt the state comptroller’s financial takeover of Mason, a predominantly Black town whose economic viability has been under scrutiny. […]
George Floyd Lawyer Joins Wells Fargo Racial-Disparity Lawsuit
By Shawn Donnan Ben Crump, the high-profile lawyer for the families of Black victims of police violence including George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, has joined […]