Women in African villages would form savings clubs to be used toward building, maintaining and increasing their family’s wealth. (Photo by unsplash) By Jessica Dortch AFRO News Editor Blacks in America have lived at a socioeconomic disadvantage for hundreds of years. Things like the coronavirus pandemic and social injustice are bringing racial inequity to the […]
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Deborah Owens, ‘America’s Wealth Coach’ AFRO Guest editor
Deborah Owens, CEO and founder of WealthyU Deborah Owens is CEO and founder of WealthyU: A financial wellness company, through which she creates customized financial education content on multi-media platforms. She is a 20-year financial services industry veteran and former vice president with Fidelity Investments. Owens is the author of three critically acclaimed books, A […]
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Goldman Sachs commits over $10 Billion to impact the lives of one million Black women
Goldman Sachs released the following statement regarding capital and philanthropic investments into the lives of one million Black women. The Goldman Sachs Group announced a new investment initiative of more than $10 billion to advance racial equity and economic opportunity by investing in Black women. In partnership with Black women-led organizations, financial institutions and other […]
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Examining historic Black businesses, the wealth gap, financial literacy
Frances “Toni” Draper, AFRO CEO and Publisher Over ten years ago, Black Enterprise magazine published what I’m calling Ten Wealth Principles: l will live within my means. I will maximize my income potential through education and training. I will effectively manage my budget, credit debt and training. I will save at least 10% of my […]
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More Black Americans open to vaccines after outreach efforts
In this Feb. 11, 2021, file photo, Kizzmekia Corbett, an immunologist with the Vaccine Research Center at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) looks on as President Joe Biden visits the Viral Pathogenesis Laboratory at the NIH in Bethesda, Md. Corbett played a key role in developing the Moderna vaccine. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) By […]
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Students lead US push for fuller Black history education
Ebele Azikiwe, 12, writes at her desk at home in Cherry Hill, N.J., Wednesday, March 24, 2021. Azikiwe testified in October at a state Assembly hearing, lending her support to legislation requiring New Jersey’s school districts to add diversity to curriculums. Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed the bill into law. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) By MIKE […]
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Child Maltreatment, how to avoid it, how to help
Ìyánifá Ifáṣadé Shamette Franklin spoke to the AFRO about child maltreatment, ways to spot the issue and help children facing mistreatment, and offered tips to avoid neglecting or abusing young people in the future. (Screenshot) Micha Green and Ìyánifá Ifáṣadé Shamette Franklin Special to the AFRO With the COVID-19 pandemic, pupils were suddenly missing from […]
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Brooklyn Center police chief and officer who shot Daunte Wright resign
(l-r) Former officer Kim Potter, Daunte Wright. (Photo/MGN via the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder) By MSR News Online After a second night of protests and unrest following the police killing of Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center on Sunday, Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott announced that the officer who shot Wright, identified as Kim Potter, has resigned effective immediately. He also […]
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Continued food distribution in North Texas urged
Food boxes were regularly distributed at sites across North Texas during the final months of President Trump’s administration. However, the program’s contracts with agencies who deliver food boxes expires at the end of April. (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA) NNPA NEWSWIRE — The Howell Foundation has distributed more than 2400 USDA fresh food boxes – about […]
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For Black journalists, working Chauvin trial drains emotions
This image released by MSNBC shows Correspondent Shaquille Brewster, right, on location covering the the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis, Minn., on Wednesday April 7, 2021. Chauvin is charged with murder in the death of George Floyd during an arrest last May in Minneapolis. (MSNBC via AP) By DAVID BAUDER, […]
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St. Louis elects Tishaura Jones as city’s first Black woman mayor
Tishaura O. Jones’ victory arrives on the heels of Kim Janey’s ascension to mayor in Boston, another major U.S. city that never had a Black woman chief executive officer. (Photo courtesy NNPA) NNPA NEWSWIRE — At her victory speech, Jones pledged to continue working hard for equality. “It’s time for St. Louis to thrive,” she […]
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Fulton Commissioner backs voter-suppression boycott against major companies
“At Fulton County, we have a whole floor full of lawyers, who work for the people and take direction from me and six other commissioners,” Khadijah said. “Trust me, we are going to put them to work to make sure Fulton County and its citizens are not injured by this Jim-Crow-racist law.” (Photo courtesy NNPA) […]