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Kamala Harris Tackles 'Opportunity Gap' With Plan to Grow Black Wealth by Investing Some $75 Billion in Entrepreneurship and HBCUs
With less access to traditional bank loans and often saddled with higher student debt burdens than other racial groups, African Americans are often hard-pressed to come up with the capital needed to start businesses. With that in mind, Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) on Friday will unveil a multibillion-dollar plan meant to shore…
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Gambian High School Robotics Team Will Attend Global Contest After All
It seems that the United States has had a change of heart. The Gambian high school students competing in an international robotics contest will be attending the event after all. The five teens were granted U.S. visas after initially being rejected for unknown reasons. According to the Associated Press, Mucktarr Darboe, a director at Gambia’s…
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Black Billionaire Shares Motivational Message to Young Black Men
In 2000, Robert Smith took a risk to start his own company, called Vista Equity Partners. His colleagues thought he was crazy to leave his position at the highly reputable and successful Goldman Sachs. But Smith did it anyway, and now his company is worth $30 billion. Smith himself is worth about $2.5 billion, earning…
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10-Year-Old Bishop Curry Raises More Than $20,000 to Help Develop His Device to Stop Hot-Car Deaths
One 10-year-old boy’s dream of saving the lives of children who may be left in hot cars has now become a reality since a GoFundMe targeted at helping him raise funds to patent and develop his invention has surpassed its goal. Summer is upon us, and while most kids will be out enjoying the sunlight,…