Why I Hate ‘The Hookup’
One of the biggest drags on black economic empowerment is "the hookup": black people expecting other black people to provide them with free goods and...
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Buying Black, Banking Black, and the Genius of Collective Economics
OneUnited Bank, AAFCA, and BMe have teamed up to bring a powerful series of financial literacy videos to Black America that underscore the importance of...
New #BuyBlack Push To Create 1M Jobs
Maggie Anderson, who famously lived off only black businesses for one year, announced a new initiative to create 1 million new jobs in the black...
Dozens of Black Vendors to Partake in Black Friday Alternative
Rebrand’s event aims to encourage black consumers of the shopping holiday to spend dollars supporting black own businesses in Chicago. The event reportedly will consist...
Brian Williams Makes it Easy For Consumers to Buy Black
"Buying black" became popular in the African American community as an economic self-help goal just a few years ago in 2012. But for Brian Williams...
The Most Important Vote Is Reinvesting in Ourselves
Whenever I gain the opportunity to address a group of African Americans, I ask whether they routinely employ the services of a black doctor, dentist,...
How to Buy Black
When Chicagoans John and Maggie Anderson made a pledge to spend all of their income with black-owned businesses for an entire year, they launched a...
Is Morehouse College in Financial Trouble?
Enrollment has dropped while faculty and staff furloughed...
Morris Brown Still Limping Along Financially
The embattled HBCU only has 50 registered students...
“Our Black Yearâ€
A little more than three years ago, John and Maggie Anderson decided to spend more of their income with black-owned businesses as a means of...