According to a new research report, America’s racial wealth gaps will persist until public policy reforms provide every family the opportunity to build wealth ...

[caption id="attachment_12659" align="alignleft" width="288"] Cheryl Pearson-McNeil[/caption] Consumer power has no age limit By Cheryl Pearson-McNeil      I believe our future is in good hands, despite what recent news headlines would have us otherwise believe.  You are as familiar as I am with the barrage of negative stories of violence, drugs, teen pregnancy, bullying and other questionable behaviors of ...

Social Security changes proposed by Obama could hurt African Americans more than other groups, ...

The unemployment rate for Black men and women dipped slightly in April, with females showing the greatest progress between the two groups, according to the Labor Department’s monthly report for April ...

The overall Black unemployment rate appears to be getting dragged down by Black teens, who are unable to find jobs ...

Payments to 4.2 Million Borrowers Covered by Foreclosure Agreement to Begin April 12      Payments to 4.2 million borrowers are scheduled to begin on April 12 following an agreement reached by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Reserve Board with 13 mortgage servicers. The agreement, which was reached earlier this year, provides $3.6 billion in cash payments to borrowers whose hom ...

[caption id="attachment_12477" align="alignleft" width="144"] Gov. Rick Scott[/caption] Florida’s requirement for unemployment benefits is unconstitutional By Roger Caldwell      It looks like Governor Scott again is on the wrong side of the law and the citizens of Florida. Many of the poor, the minorities, people with disabilities, and workers with limited English proficiency do not own or understand how t ...

[caption id="attachment_12475" align="alignleft" width="144"] William Reed[/caption] Business Exchange Reparations movement should be revived By William Reed      Ask anyone you know and you’ll find most Americans don’t see the validity of the issue of reparations for Blacks and don’t connect the dots to see how the injustice of the past shapes everyday life in America.  The father of America’s contemporary ...

African American students achieve at a different level than white students ...

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