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Money Matters:  Why Literacy Is an Economic Issue  

By Mark S. Lee When most people hear the word literacy, they often think about schools, classrooms, and childhood education. But in today’s economy, literacy...

Property is Power: Appraising Black America, The Quiet Undervaluation of Black Communities 

By Dr. Anthony O. Kellum, Contributing Columnist  I’ve said many times, we have been taught to think about housing primarily as shelter, a roof, a neighborhood, a monthly payment....

Faith Over Fear: Reclaiming Religion from Political Power and Returning to Truth 

By Hodari P.T. Brown, Guest Columnist  There is a hard truth that many people of faith have been hesitant to confront directly. What we are witnessing in modern...

Series: Matters of Life and Death 

By: Jehan Crump-Gibson Brady Bunch Blues…  Whether death or divorce leads to the end of a marriage, getting another chance at love is an amazing feeling....

The Quiet Shift Making Homeownership Harder to Reach, and What It Means for Black People 

By Dr. Anthony O. Kellum, Columnist  By any conventional measure, the housing market is “cooling.” Prices are no longer surging at pandemic-era rates. Mortgage rates,...

Money Matters: What’s Up (or down) with the Economy?  

By Mark S. Lee, Contributing Columnist  It’s an economy that looks better than it feels, especially for business.   If you’re trying to make sense of this economy, you’re not alone. The...

Money Matters: The Enduring Economic Impact of Jackie Robinson

By Mark S. Lee, Contributing Writer When Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier in 1947, the moment transcended sports. It wasn’t just a...

Beyond the Plate – Raising the Standard: A Love Letter to Detroit Hospitality 

By Nina Love, All Black Everything Hospitality Group CEO  There is a moment, subtle, almost invisible, when a meal becomes something more. It is not just the food....

Being Resilient: Innovation Through Disruption 

By Mark S. Lee, Contributing Columnist  If there’s one word defining today’s business climate, it’s uncertainty.  From fluctuating energy costs and rising gas prices to geopolitical volatility, businesses—large and small—are...

Property is Power! The Economy of the Black Dollar 

By Dr. Anthony O. Kellum  There is a quiet contradiction at the center of the Black American economic experience one that is rarely confronted with the...

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