By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Ten years ago, Cameo Faust, a single mother of seven, was working at an Atlanta-area McDonald’s, struggling to make...
By R. Donahue Peebles (Chairman, of the Board of Directors of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc.) Throughout America, minority communities are being undermined by a...
By A. Shuanise Washington (President and CEO Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Incorporated) The lack of access to capital is one of the gravest threats confronting minority-owned...
By Charlene Crowell (NNPA Newswire Columnist) The fight for fair lending got a big boost on August 31 when a federal court rejected a payday loan...
By Freddie Allen (NNPA Newswire Managing Editor) The unemployment rate for Black workers improved from 8.4 percent in July to 8.1 percent in August, according to...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Keith Bullock, a bus operator for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), wants to transform the leadership of...
By Charlene Crowell (NNPA News Wire Columnist) News – we read it, talk about it, even complain about it from time to time. But if you...
By Charlene Crowell (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Although many American families have modest financial means, there is nothing small about their hopes. Owning a home has...
By Charlene Crowell (NNPA News Wire Columnist) With 2,200 branches across the country and added presence on 60 military installations, five located overseas, the NAACP’s grassroots...
By Charlene Crowell (NNPA News Wire Columnist) On July 21, the first federal agency dedicated to serving the financial needs of consumers will be five years...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA News Wire Contributor) In 2010, Goldman Sachs launched the “10,000 Small Businesses” program to help business owners unlock their potential for...
By Charlene Crowell (NNPA News Wire Columnist) It’s that time of year again when days are longer, temperatures are higher and auto dealers advertise some of...
By Charlene Crowell (NNPA News Wire Columnist) For more than a decade, civil rights organizations, labor, clergy, and consumer advocates have fought to end triple-digit interest...
Chicago Crusader Staff Report (Chicago Crusader, NNPA Member) The new owners of “EBONY” magazine and JETMag.com emerged on June 21, unveiling their plans for the iconic...
By Freddie Allen (NNPA National News Editor) In an effort to level the playing field for Black-owned small businesses, the Opportunity Finance Network (OFN), recently launched...
[BLACKENTERPRISE.COM] Detroit leaders and organizations are working with JPMorgan Chase to deploy the bank’s $100 million commitment in various ways that are advancing the city’s priorities...
[QZ.COM] When Ursula Burns was named CEO of Xerox in 2009, she was heralded as the first black woman to lead an S&P 500 company. No...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA News Wire Contributing Writer) Russell Simmons is just starting to regain a little normalcy in his life. He’s back at yoga...
By Charlene Crowell (NNPA News Wire Columnist) For more than a decade, broad-based coalitions at both the state and federal levels have united consumer advocates, labor,...
By Freddie Allen (NNPA News Wire National News Editor) The Black unemployment rate ticked down from 8.9 percent in March to 8.8 percent in April and...
[THE GUARDIAN] Mark Thompson, the chief executive of the New York Times and former director-general of the BBC, is facing a multimillion-dollar class action lawsuit alleging...
[CHICAGO DEFENDER] In a shocking development, and one that probably angers The View’s vapid and air-headed co-host Raven-Symone, slave revolutionary Harriet Tubman, who freed up to...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA News Wire Columnist Sometimes you just have to wonder what Members of Congress are thinking about. Consider the example of a bill...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA News Wire Columnist Last year, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) launched a national initiative, dubbed Operation Collection Protection, to further protect consumers...
By Don Terry Special to the NNPA News Wire from the Rainbow PUSH Coalition NEW YORK CITY – At the Rainbow PUSH Coalition’s recently concluded 19th...
