BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE - For Black families already fighting a manufactured wealth gap, this isn’t a path to ownership. It is a debt trap that drains equity,...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — There are moments in history when a single act of generosity reveals the moral decay of an entire nation. MacKenzie Scott’s $38 million...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — He hoped they would remember that the Black Press was not a charity case but a lifeline. Two months later, the silence has...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Trust in America’s mainstream media has fallen to its lowest level on record. Gallup reports that only 28 percent of adults say they...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — “Historically, we were shut out of opportunities through redlining, predatory lending, and systemic barriers. Ninety percent of wealth in this country is passed...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In more than 100 cities across the United States, seminars and one-on-one sessions will empower communities with steps towards homeownership, property investment, starting...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Further, the wealth gap between Black and non-Black Americans has experienced only marginal growth, with African Americans possessing eighteen cents for every dollar...
By Niara Savage, published in the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder, an NNPA member The promise of 40 acres and a mule An ambitious wealth-building initiative will provide 800...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Trump’s proposals for Black America include prosecuting Antifa and the the Ku Klux Klan, making Juneteenth a holiday on the federal level proposals...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — As President of the Texas Black Expo (TBE), my primary interest is the economic part of the system—the creation and growth of Black-owned...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Hosted by Pennsylvania Democratic Congressman Dwight Evans, panelists included Rob Busby, Sr., the President and CEO of the U.S. Black Chambers; Economist and...
CHICAGO DEFENDER — While statistics may paint a grim picture of Black homeownership, a recent event in Baltimore laid out a clear path for turning those numbers...
HUDSON VALLEY PRESS — The down payment assistance funds will be used in conjunction with first mortgage home purchase loans.
AFRICAN AMERICAN NEWS & ISSUES — For decades, Black America has suffered from a self-destructive ideology when it comes to supporting our own businesses from the...
PRECINCT REPORTER NEWS — “For households of color, the Great Recession erased the economic progress made over the past three decades in their entirety,” said Astrada....
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) If Black lives matter, then Black wealth should certainly matter, too. That’s the motto that Eugene Mitchell, a corporate...
By Armstrong Williams (NNPA Newswire Columnist) It is clear that it when it comes to jumpstarting the economy, generating jobs and wealth for the average American,...
(New York Times) – Americans commonly — and mistakenly — believe that well-to-do black people no longer face the kind of discrimination that prevents them from...
Sarah Wheaton, POLITICO EDGARTOWN, Mass. (Politico) – For America’s black elite, this year’s seasonal sojourn to Martha’s Vineyard turned into a soul-searching retreat. The shooting...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist One’s worldview or social perspective is mainly informed by a matrix of different socioeconomic and political circumstances. A...
Patricia Cohen, THE NEW YORK TIMES MIAMI (The New York Times) — For the Ingram clan, working for the Miami-Dade County transit system has led to...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist ...
By Matthew C. Whitaker NNPA Guest Columnist Black History Month is over, but we should move past the standardized foci and platitudes that mark our commemoration....
(InformationNigeria.com)—Fashion designer turned oil tycoon, Chief (Mrs) Folorunsho Alakija, is now officially the richest black woman in the world with an estimated net worth of...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist The groundswell for criminal justice reform has become nearly daily headline news. Demonstrations spanning the nation and many parts of...
