• 6 Steps to Move From College Debt to Financial Success

    Editor’s note: This is part 2 in a five-part series on growing and maintaining wealth. Read part 1. I grew up thinking that a college degree would be my ticket to wealth or at least entree into the upper echelons of the middle class. After spending most of my 20s digging my way out of…

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  • 10 College Majors Guaranteed to Earn the Biggest Bucks

    For many of us, attending college has an express purpose: to major in a field that will lead to a career with the highest starting salary after graduation. There is good news for high student students and undergraduates who live for math and science. The top-paying college majors are disproportionately math and science related. The…

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  • 5 Things to Consider to Pick the Perfect College for You

    Choosing a college is one of the first and biggest decisions young adults face on their path to successful careers. Picking the right college is a life-altering choice: Obtaining a degree will translate into a higher standard of living, greater social mobility and increased earning power during your working life. According to the College Board,…

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  • 5 Queer Black Female Authors Who Will Blow Your Mind Wide Open

    Hashtags like #BrownGirlMagic, #BlackGirlsRock and #CareFreeBlackGirl represent a movement of self-definition led by black women for black women. A self-definition that seeks to motivate, push and create space for black women to stand up straight in the crooked room that is America’s commitment to distorted and backward portrayals of black women’s humanity. Similarly, stories written…

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