All posts tagged "blackonomics"

Essence Magazine, Once Again, Black-Owned after Purchase by Sundial Brands Founder Richelieu Dennis

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) In a deal that reestablishes Essence magazine as a totally, Black and independently-owned entity, Sundial Brands founder Richelieu Dennis...

Even with Advanced Degrees, Black Women Earn Less than White Men

By Bria Nicole Stone (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Black women have to work seven extra months to earn what White men were paid in 2016. On average,...

New York Life Reaches $50 Billion Empowerment Goal in the Black Community

By Freddie Allen (Managing Editor, NNPA Newswire) The New York Life insurance company recently hosted a panel discussion on bridging the racial wealth gap in Washington,...

Job Growth Slows, Black Workers Exit Labor Market in May

By Freddie Allen (NNPA Newswire Managing Editor) Black workers continued to experience lackluster job growth under the Trump Administration, according to the latest jobs report from...

Job Prospects Mixed for Black Workers Last Month

By Freddie Allen (Managing Editor/NNPA Newswire) Even though Black women lost ground in the labor market last month, the unemployment rate for Black workers dipped below...

Black Fraternities and Sororities Have the Economic Clout to Power the Next Black Renaissance

By James Clingman (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Remember the scene from “New Jack City” when Nino Brown (Wesley Snipes) told Scotty (Ice-T), “This ain’t personal; this is...

Job Prospects Flat for Black Workers in March

By Freddie Allen (NNPA Newswire Managing Editor) The employment prospects for African Americans showed little improvement in March, according to the Labor Department’s most recent jobs...

It’s Time for Black People to Get Politically and Economically Engaged

By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) The unfortunate election of Donald J. Trump to the Presidency of the United States speaks volumes about the limits of...

Blackonomics: The Real Reason We Should Celebrate Kwanzaa This Year

By James Clingman (NNPA Newswire Columnist) For 50 years, Black people in the United States have celebrated the seven principles of Kwanzaa. Established by Dr. Maulana...

Blackonomics: I Talked to Black Billionaire Bob Johnson After He Met with Trump

By James Clingman (NNPA Newswire Columnist) One of the post-election highlights for me was the meeting between Donald Trump and Bob Johnson. Billionaire to billionaire, Democrat...

Blackonomics: Black Folks Need to Stop Drinking the Fool Aid

By James Clingman (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Negroes…sometimes choose their own leaders but unfortunately they are too often the wrong kind. Negroes do not readily follow persons...

The Evolution of THE One Million Conscious Black Voters and Contributors Movement

By James Clingman (NNPA Newswire Columnist) “When the axe came into the Forest, the trees said, ‘The handle is one of us.’” — Macedonian Axiom “A...

Blackonomics: It’s Time to Give Our Money Marching Orders

By James Clingman (NNPA Newswire Columnist) In April 2005, I wrote an article titled, “Billion Dollar March,” at the behest of “The Ice Supreme Man” Ashiki...

Blackonomics: Elections Won’t Change Anything, Until We Vote with Our Wallets

By Jim Clingman (NNPA Newswire Film Critic) By the time you read this, I trust you will have wiped away the slime and the grunge, regurgitated...

White Acceptance Will Never Lead to Wealth in the Black Community

By James Clingman (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Black folks in America have been so successfully programmed that many of us are still psychologically enslaved to the point...

Blackonomics: If Clinton Loses in November, Don’t Blame Black Voters

By James Clingman (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Now that the dust has settled around President Obama’s comments at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Phoenix Awards Dinner, let...

Blackonomics: What the Kaepernick Protest Tells Us about Black Power and Money

By James Clingman (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Turnabout is fair play. Why can’t more of us see that economics is the key to our freedom and the...

Blackonomics: The Difference Between Jesse Williams’ BET Speech and What Comes Next

Blackonomics: Muhammad Ali Will Inspire Me Until the Day I Die

Blackonomics: The Black Community is Bleeding to Death

By James Clingman (NNPA News Wire Columnist) There is a crisis of monumental proportion in our so-called “Black communities.” A crisis that if not checked will...

Blackonomics: Are Black People Becoming Obsolete?

By James Clingman (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Coalition-building is the best way for Black people to make the kind of progress we need to make in...

Blackonomics: Do Black Organizations Really Have Our Backs?

By James Clingman (NNPA News Wire Columnist) While Black people are bogged down in shallow and meaningless political discourse, our vaunted Black organizations continue to be...

Blackonomics: Hypocrites, Hucksters, Histrionics and Hype

By James Clingman NNPA News Wire Columnist Aren’t you tired of the rap and clap sessions by political wannabees and their respective contingents? I know I...

Blackonomics: The Silly Season is Upon Us

By James Clingman NNPA News Wire Columnist The “Silly Season,” as many call it, is well under way; and Black people are up to our necks...

Blackonomics: Hillary and Bernie Discover and Re-Discover Black People

By James Clingman NNPA News Wire Columnist One thing is for sure; Black folks are enjoying this latest political mating dance with Bernie Sanders and Hillary...