In a little over a week, I will be a married man. Iâm not entirely sure that Iâve fully grasped what that means yet but I also know that I do not have the time yet to even think about it. If it ainât this thing that needs to get done, itâs that thing that needs to get done. Add in great opportunities that have to beâŚ
If there was ever an inverse example of a Confederate monument, it might be the Lorraine, the Memphis motel where Martin Luther King, the most famous leader of the civil rights movement, was struck down on a balcony. Or maybe it is the 16th Street Baptist Church, the Birmingham, Ala., house of worship where four girlsâŚ
When we discuss the effects and types of domestic abuse, there is one component we often overlook: financial abuse.
Welcome to the life of a recent college grad who is interning in New York for the first time. Iâm going to spill the real tea on how we millennials spend our hard-earned money, because let one marketing intern tell it, sheâs living the life working in HR and making $25/hour.
Them cryptocurrencies stay hot; what of it?
Black Pittsburgh Facebook was on fire yesterday because the pastor of a popular church here, Mount Ararat, seems to have recently purchased a Bentley Bentayga. A photo of the truck parked outside the church has gone Pittsburgh viral, with hundreds of people offering their thoughts on the pastorâs purchase. Here areâŚ
Donald Trumpâs inauguration committee raised a record-breaking $107 million to send him into office, and almost a year after the staggering amount of money was raised, no one seems to know what happened to the leftover funds.
Tiffany Aliche, aka âthe Budgetnista,â lives an all-cash life: Houses, cars, vacationsâall paid for in cash. This preschool teacher-turned-womenâs financial educator knows that everything you need to know about how to manage your money, you did not learn in kindergarten. She is the author of the Amazon No. 1âŚ
If you have paid any attention to non-Donald Trump-related news, you probably already know that bitcoin is the hottest new investment trend. Everyone is talking about how much it has grown, how you can invest 75 cents into bitcoin on Monday, and by Friday youâll have enough money to qualify for the biggest tax cutsâŚ
More than $70 trillion in federal dollars are managed by registered asset-management firms in the United States, but less than 1 percent of those dollars are handled by minority- or women-owed (MWO) firms, according to a new report released Wednesday by the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
Hip-hop has become a cultural powerhouse that fuels everything from fashion to corporate profits. They rap in beer commercials. Politicians come to Jay-Z for endorsements. With all its faults, more than any form of art that ever existed, hip-hop has always openly acknowledged the most powerful force in America: Money.
In February of 2012, a month after I began working for EBONY.com, they asked if I wanted to go to Milwaukee to witness and write on the unveiling of a Black bikers exhibit at the Harley-Davidson museum. Although I had zero interest in motorcycles, I accepted. It was an all expense paid trip to a city I'd never been toâŚ
Unless you live under a social media rock, you are likely aware that it was reported very recently that (as Alex Hardy refers to her) Saint Janet Damita Jo Jackson and her husband, Wissam Al Mana, have split after 5.16666667 years of marriage. You also know that Janet Jackson is reportedly worth $175 millionâŚ
In November 2015, I wrote a piece called âBabies Arenât Birth Control, Day Care Is Birth Control,â where I expressed the myriad frustrations, both financial and psychological, that arise when you lose the battle with prophylactics or fate and are required to find a safe, secure, and healthy place for your child to beâŚ
This Russia-Donald Trump thing just keeps getting weirder.
Former NFL running back Edgerrin James doesn't keep his savings in a bank; instead he keeps ungodly amounts of cash in a box. That's right; the onetime Indianapolis Colts great posted a photo on Instagram showing the savings he accumulated in 2016 inside a box he calls his "Vice Boxxx."
President-elect Donald Trump promised his voters a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, and now his transition team and congressional Republicans are trying to figure out if there is any way to slide the wall building into existing legislation without passing a new bill.
Khalif House, 24, reportedly robbed 40 fast-food stores at knifepoint, stealing over $18,000 throughout Long Island, N.Y., and the Queens borough of New York City, according to the New York Post. He pleaded guilty to the crimes Tuesday.
Well, that didn't take long.
In 2014, Gilbert Arenas laughed at the notion that he should feel bad for cashing large NBA checks when he wasn't playing for a team. Fast-forward to 2016: The last check of Arenas' horrible $111 million contract with the Washington Wizards is set to be paidâon Oct. 31, to be exactâand Arenas is now claiming that heâŚ
