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According to the National Association of Home Builders, nearly 75 percent of families – 100.6 million households – cannot afford a median priced new home in 2025. With a price tag of $459,826 and an accompanying 30-year mortgage rate of about 6.5 percent, it’s no surprise that both families and government are challenged like never before when it comes to securing affordable housing.

   President Donald Trump has targeted Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs, signing several executive orders to ban DEI initiatives at federal agencies and businesses, and has even threatened to withdraw federal funding from schools that do not remove their DEI programs. 

The Solid Waste Authority of Broward County has prepared a first draft of a blueprint that will shape how its 28 member cities and Broward County…

       Let’s talk about the retirement panic that has folk hitting the Social Security button faster than folks rush to buy Beyoncé tickets. People are claiming Social Security at 62 like the system is about to disappear overnight. All this stress over “What if it runs out?” has folks locking in the smallest Social Security checks of their life, all in the name of FEAR.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — With small business optimism waning and federal support shifting away from equity initiatives, many Black entrepreneurs now face a chilling reality

       “The President’s Skinny Budget reflects funding levels for an agency that is responsibly winding down, shifting some responsibilities to the states, and thoughtfully preparing a plan to delegate other critical functions to more appropriate entities,” said Education Secretary Linda McMahon in a related statement. “The federal government has invested trillions of taxpayer dollars into an education system that is not driving improved student outcomes – we must change course and reorient taxpayer dollars toward proven programs that generate results for American students.”

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Enrollment grew to 1,751,109 children nationwide, an increase of more than 111,000 from the previous year. Ten states saw enrollment growth exceeding 20%

     Two offices affected were the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), designed to foster the growth of minority businesses, and the Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund that provides affordable capital for pivotal urban revitalization, mortgage, small business expansion, and entrepreneurial seed capital investments.

       From April 18 to April 20, the People’s Union USA, led by activist John Schwarz, is urging consumers to avoid spending money at major corporations, only shopping at local businesses if needed, per Newsweek.

  When Dacia Petrie first started curating Black-owned businesses on Instagram, she wasn’t planning to launch a tech startup. She just wanted to make it easier for people to buy Black—without scrolling for hours or asking, “Where the Black businesses at?”