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 Laura W. Murphy (President of Laura Murphy & Associates) When I was asked by Airbnb to lead their effort to fight discrimination and bias, I...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) In five short years, the cable giant Comcast has achieved incredible success with its Internet Essentials program, connecting 750,000...
By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) The most recent data on minority-owned firms in the United States was collected in 2012 (and released at the end...
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...
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...
[fvplayer src=”http://youtube.com/watch?v=YekZ4-Wl2qQ” splash=”https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YekZ4-Wl2qQ/hqdefault.jpg”] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MARCH 11, 2016 Contact: Claudette Perry at cperry@nnpa.org or Belzi Palencia at belzi@elmundous.com Strategic Alliance Between African American and Hispanic...
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 Charlene Crowell NNPA News Wire Columnist For years deceptive and predatory lenders have bilked millions of trusting consumers from their hard-earned monies, while consumer advocates...
[YAHOO.COM] Disney (DIS) reported first-quarter earnings this week, and the numbers were fantastic across the board—well, almost. Profit was up 32% to $2.9 billion, an all-time...
[COCA-COLA COMPANY] Walmart, Coca-Cola, Nestlé and PepsiCo will collectively donate water to meet the daily needs of more than 10,000 school children in Flint, Mich. for...
By Freddie Allen NNPA News Wire Senior Correspondent Toyota demonstrated their commitment to reach minority consumers, winning 10 out of 20 top honors during the Diversity...
