Black Women’s Equal Pay Day highlights the problem of Black women disproportionately affected by the gender pay gap, signaling the date that Black women must work until to earn what non-Hispanic White men made in the previous year.
Read MorePrecision Medicine: Will African Americans Be Economically Left Behind?
The Precision Medicine Initiative, the Federal Government’s investment in Genomic Medicine, is a bold new research effort to revolutionize how we improve health and treat disease.
Read More“CBCF Perspectives” OPINIONS: Can Transportation be a Bridge to Wealth for African Americans?
Entrepreneurship and Transportation. The combination has created many a successful business in the last 10 years.
Read MoreChange: How to Close the Wealth Gap
Do you have any idea how unequal the wealth is in our society? The percentage of wealth owned by each fifth of the U.S. population is mind-blowing.
Read MoreLand of the Free…Stuff?
These days, we are surrounded by sound bites of the latest speeches coming from presidential candidates on their campaign trail.
Read MorePockets of Prestige
At the closeout of January 2015, Forbes published an article listing the Top 10 Cities for African Americans. Looking at America’s 52 largest metropolitan areas, rankings were based upon home ownership, entrepreneurship, median household income, and demographic trends.
Read MoreWhy We Must Reform the NCAA
College football is no longer the innocent little game that Rutgers defeated Stanford in back in 1869. It is now a billion dollar industry with million dollar coaches and mega tv deals and the courts have spoken; players deserve a piece of pie.
Read MoreBridging the Intercontinental Leadership Divide: African Energy Association to Host Inaugural Dinner
On Tuesday, August 5th, 2014 The African Energy Association will take its place on the world stage by hosting its inaugural African-US leadership awards dinner at the Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C. and will highlight the over $300 billion dollar opportunity in the African energy sector.
Read MoreBack to Christmas Basics
I think it is time that we re-evaluated our perception of Christmas. I am not saying that there is something wrong with the act of buying gifts for others, for it is a great expression of love but I am saying lets change this environment we have developed where people feel pushed to make bad financial decisions.
Read MoreThe Moral Economics of Food Stamps
On Nov. 1, the federal government rolled back food stamp benefits for more than 47 million Americans who receive them.
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