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#NNPA BlackPress9 months ago

NNPA supports NAREB call to increase African American homeownership across America

NNPA NEWSWIRE — In more than 100 cities across the United States, seminars and one-on-one sessions will empower communities with steps towards homeownership, property investment, starting...
#NNPA BlackPress1 year ago

Six Decades After King’s Historic Speech, Report Shows Black Economic Equality is ‘Still a Dream’

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Further, the wealth gap between Black and non-Black Americans has experienced only marginal growth, with African Americans possessing eighteen cents for every dollar...
Black History1 year ago

Descendants of Enslaved Africans to Receive $50 Million as Part of Wealth-Building Initiative

An ambitious wealth-building initiative will provide 800 Black residents of Minnesota, South Dakota and North Dakota with $50,000 grants over the next eight years to support...
#NNPA BlackPress5 years ago

Chavis Moderates Lively Discussion on the State of Black Business During CBCF’s Annual Legislative Conference

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Hosted by Pennsylvania Democratic Congressman Dwight Evans, panelists included Rob Busby, Sr., the President and CEO of the U.S. Black Chambers; Economist and...
#NNPA BlackPress5 years ago

Groundbreaking Initiative Shows Pathway to Propel Black Homeownership

CHICAGO DEFENDER — While statistics may paint a grim picture of Black homeownership, a recent event in Baltimore laid out a clear path for turning those numbers...
Economy6 years ago

Fund Commits $50M for Down Payment Assistance

HUDSON VALLEY PRESS — The down payment assistance funds will be used in conjunction with first mortgage home purchase loans.
Economics7 years ago

Black Wealth 2020: New Economic Justice Movement Aims to ‘Turbo Charge’ Black Wealth in America

By Hazel Trice Edney (TriceEdneyWire.com) – According to the following statistics, the economic condition of America’s Black community is in dire straits: A recent study by...
Op-Ed10 years ago

Blacks Need to Join Discussion on the Economy

By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist One’s worldview or social perspective is mainly informed by a matrix of different socioeconomic and political circumstances. A...
Op-Ed10 years ago

Blacks Need to Join Discussion on the Economy

By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist One’s worldview or social perspective is mainly informed by a matrix of different socioeconomic and political circumstances. A...
Business10 years ago

Public-Sector Jobs Vanish, Hitting Blacks Hard

Patricia Cohen, THE NEW YORK TIMES MIAMI (The New York Times) — For the Ingram clan, working for the Miami-Dade County transit system has led to...
Op-Ed10 years ago

Blackonomics: Creating Conscious Black Millionaires

By James Clingman NNPA Columnist ...
Op-Ed10 years ago

Dr. King’s Bold Case for Economic Equality

By Matthew C. Whitaker NNPA Guest Columnist Black History Month is over, but we should move past the standardized foci and platitudes that mark our commemoration....

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