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 — “Historically, we were shut out of opportunities through redlining, predatory lending, and systemic barriers. Ninety percent of wealth in this country is passed...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — the administration blasted the Smithsonian Institution for telling the truth about slavery, systemic racism, and inequality in America.
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The book is an unapologetic examination of how the horrors of the past—rooted in slavery—continue to manifest in present-day America through police brutality,...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — For many African American families, the cost of keeping the lights on and homes heated or cooled is not just a monthly bill...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The Trust will focus on housing, cultural preservation, and economic development. Of the total goal
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Target’s manipulated silence toward the Black Press sends a powerful and troubling message to Black America—that our voices, platforms, and influence are expendable
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — By the 2010s, the rate had declined to 1,073 per 100,000 for Black infants and 499 per 100,000 for white infants, yet the...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Homeownership remains one of the most significant drivers of wealth, yet Black families face disproportionate barriers to achieving this milestone
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Swipe fee reform isn’t radical; it’s about fair competition and a level playing field. The Credit Card Competition Act (CCCA) — a bipartisan bill being...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The Council’s actions were in response to city records which revealed that, by 2020, Cincinnati had granted 2,640 residential tax abatements totaling $183...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Dr. King’s call for economic justice on the eve of his assassination – when he too called for economic sanctions against opponents of...
San Rafael, CA — Under a new proposal, residents of Golden Gate Village in Marin City will have a voice in prioritizing investments from a new...
By Antonio Ray Harvey, California Black Media Last week, the Bay Area Black Housing Advisory Task Force (BABHATF) — a coalition of more than 40 groups with housing and community expertise...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “This has been a 30-plus year journey,” Congresswoman Jackson Lee declared. “We had to take a different approach. We had to go one...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — As federal lawmakers ponder H.R. 40, legislation led by Congresswoman Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-Texas) that forms a commission to study reparations, some U.S. municipalities...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Even now, Trump and his campaign have specifically sought to have officials toss out all votes cast in heavily African American populated cities...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — President Trump wants to paper over the living wound of racism. He’s issued Executive Orders and established a new national commission designed to...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "I got started in the African American community. I got involved in the Civil Rights Movement when I was a kid. I helped...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The Community Reinvestment Act was enacted in 1977 as a direct response to redlining, an unethical practice whereby banks and other lending institutions...
BIRMINGHAM TIMES — In the 1930s, the Federal Housing Administration began to systematically deny mortgages to black, Latinx and Jewish residents. This process became known as redlining...
CHICAGO DEFENDER — There is no shortage of great business ideas among communities of color but what they have historically lacked is the access to seed...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist The old adage, ‘the more things change, the more they stay the same’ seems somehow an apt description for what a...
Kriston Capps, CITY LAB CHICAGO (The Atlantic’s City Lab) — The best time to steal someone’s home is at Christmas. That’s when folks find...
