No Burst in Sight: Housing Is a Boom Not a Bubble, Say Experts
The current housing market is ripe with low-interest rates, low supply and lots of demand. But is this another real estate bubble that is bound […]
Travel Insurance May Save Peace of Mind But Not Much Money
By Will Louch Holidaymakers grappling with the omicron variant this season may be tempted to spend on travel insurance, but a policy will only get […]
The Metaverse Has a Diversity Problem: Even in the Metaverse, Not All Identities Are Created Equal
By Misyrlena Egkolfopoulou and Akayla Gardner The complexities of the real world are starting to bleed into the Metaverse — the virtual arena where identity […]
‘A Place Where We Can Go and Say…I Belong’: Michigan Woman Opens Bookstore Celebrating Black Authors
A Michigan bookstore is giving Black authors the spotlight they have long deserved but often struggled to find. Socialight Society bookstore is a microshop, a store located […]
Austin’s Hot Housing Market Is Slammed by Construction Delays
By Prashant Gopal Homes are selling fast in the hottest U.S. market. They just take forever to build. Just ask Chris Dodd, a sales agent […]
Twitter, Apple and Airlines: Investments in the Spotlight
By Donald Moore and Heesu Lee On Monday Twitter Inc. co-founder and chief executive officer Jack Dorsey announced he would be stepping down as head […]
Dismissed: Court Throws Out Media Mogul Byron Allen’s McDonald’s Discrimination Lawsuit That Claimed Fast Food Giant Failed to Advertise Widely In Black Media
Entertainment mogul Byron Allen has lost a legal battle against McDonald’s. A judge has dismissed Allen’s $10 billion discrimination lawsuit against McDonald’s. Allen has an […]
Stocks, Futures Waver Before Jobs Data; Oil Climbs: Markets Wrap
By Robert Brand Stocks extended their weekly losses, with traders assessing a mixed jobs report against prospects for Federal Reserve’s monetary policy. Technology shares led […]
Finurah Funding Friday: COVID Relief for Small Business, $200K for New York City Visionaries, and More Grants
Even though there are 2 million Black entrepreneurs, they have funding deficits compared to their white counterparts. African-American entrepreneurs have an average of only $32,205 […]
‘It Destroyed My Family’: An Athens, Georgia, Neighborhood Was Destroyed In the 1960s, Now Former Residents of the All-Black Community Want Reparations
Back in the 1960s, 50 Black families were forcibly displaced from their homes in an area of Athens, Georgia, known as Linnentown. The descendants of […]
Stock Market Volatility Drives Dollar Flows, Not the Other Way
By Kriti Gupta Call it the new, new normal in the trading relationship between the U.S. dollar and stocks. Equities volatility and the hedges that […]
Meet the Beauty Maven and Mompreneur Working to Uplift Black Women Professionals to One Another
Grinding to fulfill your dreams isn’t always pretty, but makeup artist and business owner Mimi Johnson is working to change that by lending fellow entrepreneurs a helping […]
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Wants to Buy His Sean John Brand Out of Bankruptcy
By Jeremy Hill Hip-hop entrepreneur Sean “Diddy” Combs has bid $3.3 million to buy the assets of Sean John, the fashion and lifestyle brand he […]
Landlords Are Less Likely to Reply to Applicants with Black Names
By Kelsey Butler Across the U.S., landlords are less likely to respond to applicants with African American and Latino-sounding names when renting properties, a practice that contributes to rising […]
Team of Young Inventors Develop Innovative Mobile App to Address Education Crisis In Their Native Nigeria
As students across the country prepare to head back to school, a group of young Nigerian inventors are working to ensure children like them are […]
Crypto Executives to Face House Lawmakers at Dec. 8 Hearing
By Ben Bain Some of the biggest names in crypto will head to Capitol Hill next week as lawmakers weigh new rules for the white-hot […]
White Kids Used to Make Fun of Her African Dress. Now, Busayo Michelle Olupona’s Designs are Sold in Saks Fifth Avenue
Former Black Panther Dr. Angela Davis, Madonna, “The View” show co-host Sunny Hostin, and actress Lupita Nyong’o. What do these seemingly different women have in […]
U.S. Companies Added 534,000 Jobs in November, ADP Data Show
By Molly Smith U.S. companies added workers at a healthy clip in November, suggesting employers continue to chip away at filling a near-record number of […]