Wage loss and a sharp rise in unemployment are among the impacts Black Americans have faced during the COVID-19 pandemic, but Blacks are optimistic their […]

Deion Sanders wants to know where the money resides that was promised to HBCU’s during the pandemic. “During the pandemic, you heard all the Fortune 500 […]

By Reade Pickert U.S. household net worth jumped to a fresh record in the fourth quarter on rising stock prices and higher home values. Household […]

By Suzanne Woolley For all the talk of wage inflation, many Americans say their salaries aren’t keeping up with prices.  In February, 73% of “lower […]

Less than 1 percent of all Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation-insured banks are considered Black-owned. The FDIC is one of two agencies that supply deposit insurance […]

When Joanna Smith-Griffin was working as a student engagement director at Excel Academy Charter Schools in Boston, she discovered there needed to be a more […]

By David R Baker Many U.S. drivers, stung by record gasoline prices, say they’d pay even more if it would end Russia’s war in Ukraine. That doesn’t mean […]

By Allison McNeely  The percentage of U.S. homes worth at least $1 million has nearly doubled from before the pandemic as a sizzling housing market […]

By Jordyn Holman Athleta has been on a tear, and now it’s up to Mary Beth Laughton to keep the boom going. The former Sephora and […]

By Allyson Versprille President Joe Biden is directing government agencies to focus more on the fast-growing crypto market, from researching a U.S. digital dollar to […]

A salary of $100,000 or more doesn’t necessarily guarantee financial freedom these days. More than half of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, found a new […]

By Ella Ceron  Providing childcare and paid leave to parents of young children would be a boon for the U.S. economy, according to a new report […]

By Prashant Gopal The impatient and moneyed, trying to get ahead of expected increases in U.S. mortgage rates, are doing what it takes to win […]

Seventy-five years after graduating from the preeminent Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with a master of business administration degree, Hettie Simmons Love is receiving […]

By Reade Pickert  U.S. consumer borrowing rose in January at the slowest pace in a year as households paid down credit-card balances that swelled during […]

By Suzanne Woolley  If your manager seems crabby lately, consider this: Six in 10 of them say their mental health has been hurt by the […]

By Jordyn Holman, Jeannette Neumann and Deena Shanker Corporate pledges to direct more dollars to Black-owned businesses after the 2020 murder of George Floyd have […]

By Will Wade and Francesca Maglione U.S. consumers from New York to California are experiencing “rate shock” on their latest utility bills as the global energy […]