By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Although the overall unemployment rate still exceeds 7 percent, and the official Black unemployment rate is greater than 13 percent,...
[THE NEW YORK TIMES] WASHINGTON — Since the recession ended four years ago, the federal budget deficit has topped $1 trillion every year. But now the government’s annual...
By Cheryl Pearson-McNeil NNPA Columnist I believe our future is in good hands, despite what recent news headlines would have us otherwise believe. You are...
By William Reed NNPA Columnist “Brighter days are ahead.” “The check is being put in the mail.” That is what the Republicans seem to be...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist Although the dictionary calls it archaic, the “management of a household” is one of the definitions listed for the word “economy.” Another...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist F. Scott Fitzgerald got it right when he said the rich are different. We are witnessing that in the...
[BLOOMBERG] Americans are finding it easier to borrow from banks, supporting consumer spending and business investment and helping fuel employment just as U.S. government budget cuts...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist There is a different feel in the air, and it should not be surprising. As historic as was the...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief CHARLOTTE, N.C. (NNPA) – Judging from the recently-concluded Republican and Democratic conventions, the question of who will be inaugurated as...
[Businessweek.com] The deterioration in American families’ wealth is even worse than you would know from this morning’s headlines about the Federal Reserve’s Survey of Consumer Finances (PDF)....
