‘This Is The Modern-Day Version Of Slavery’: Daymond John Torches The NCAA For Not Paying Student-Athletes
March Madness is in full swing, and through the upsets and the glories, one thing remains: the NCAA and its schools will reap the financial […]
Poll: Many Black Americans Believe More Needs to be Done to Achieve Racial Equality In Policing, But are Pessimistic About Progress In Coming Years
Most Black Americans think more police reforms are needed to ensure racial equality, but most are not confident it is not going to happen anytime […]
‘Master of the Federal Budget Process’ Shalanda Young Makes History as First Black Woman to be Appointed Director of White House Office of Management and Budget
History has been made again in President Joe Biden’s administration. This week, with a bipartisan Senate confirmation, a Black woman will be named the director […]
West African Architect Diébédo Francis Kéré Has Made History as First African-Born Winner of the Pritzker Prize–the Nobel Prize of Architecture
A West African architect who won a prestigious industry prize makes it a point to build with local materials and artisans from his home country. […]
U.S. Stocks Notch Their Best Week Since 2020: Markets Wrap
By Vildana Hajric Technology companies led gains in stocks on Friday, with traders weighing mixed signals from the peace talks between Russia and Ukraine amid […]
How This Single Mother Retired at 41 With $900K in Investments Using the FIRE Strategy
When a single mother of two learned about a retirement savings concept called FIRE, she was able to retire with more than $900,000 in investments. […]
Finurah Funding Friday: Entrepreneurs Must Develop SMART Goals to Master Grant-Writing Process and Applying for Grants
Business grants and pitches are competitive — as all entrepreneurs are always searching for funding and free exposure. In addition to developing a strategy for […]
SBA Extending Deferment for Covid Disaster Loans Repayment for Small Businesses
Businesses that took out a COVID Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) are once again getting a reprieve from repayment. The Small Business Administration is again […]
Millennial and Gen Z Investors Are Turning to Crypto as Part of Their Retirement Strategy, Surveys Imply
The retirement strategies of millennials and Gen Z’s are not your grandmother’s retirement plan. Millennial and Gen Z investors say that crypto is part of […]
Crypto Gets New U.S. Oversight at Agencies That Once Held Back
By Evan Weinberger President Joe Biden’s cryptocurrency executive order put the nation’s two federal consumer protection regulators front and center in regulating digital money. The […]
Rihanna’s Fenty Brand is Getting Metaverse-Ready by Filing Metaverse Trademarks
Pop superstar Rihanna is entering into the Metaverse. Her successful beauty brand Fenty filed for a Fenty trademark, which indicates a Metaverse move. The nine-time […]
How Buy Now, Pay Later Services Are Boosting American Credit Card Debt
By Claire Ballentine Think of it as “buy now, pay later, pay later… and pay again after that.” Nearly a quarter of respondents in a recent […]
Zuckerberg: NFTs Are Coming Soon to Instagram
Mark Zuckerberg recently announced that his company plans to introduce NFTs into Instagram in the “near term.” Zuckerberg was speaking at the South by Southwest […]
How HBCUs Are Producing Black Business Owners
In 2021, Blacks owned approximately 124,551 businesses in the United States. Still, this only accounts for a mere 2.2 of the employer-owned businesses in the U.S. It remains harder for […]
What the Fed’s Rate Hike Means for Inflation, Housing, Crypto and Stocks
By Charlie Wells and Claire Ballentine America’s central bank increased its benchmark interest rate on Wednesday, pushing it up by a quarter percentage point. The hike […]
Why Black Americans are Leading the Way in Digital-Only Banking
Black Americans are using digital-only banks as their primary financial institution more than any other ethnic group in the U.S., a new analysis from business […]
How Surging Used-Car Prices Are Turning Vehicles Into a Profitable Investment
By Alice Kantor and Claire Ballentine Move over, real estate. Used-car prices are rising so quickly that some consumers are selling their vehicles for a tidy […]
‘Transformative Partnership’: Major League Soccer Launches Historic Partnership with Black-Owned Banks
Major League Soccer is following up with its 2020 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion iniatives. On March 10, MLS announced that it will leverage a historic $25 […]