Top Stories Guaranteed Income Is Coming To New Orleans, Here’s What It Could Look Like (WWNO). New Orleans is one of nine U.S. cities expected to launch or expand guaranteed income in 2021 in partnership with Mayors For A Guaranteed Income (MGI). This new subscription service is helping people find and support local Black-owned restaurants … Read more
Top Stories Darien man launches Black-owned ‘legacy’ cereal brand (Darien Times) Blacks fail to make inroads into high-paying, senior-level city jobs under Kenney (Philadelphia Tribune). African Americans accounted for nearly 37% of the senior leadership positions in city government under Mayor Jim Kenney. I wanted a Tesla. Then I found out the company doesn’t hire … Read more
Top Stories CEOs of Big Companies Pledge $100 Million for Initiative to Hire 1 Million Black Workers (Barrons) Several top companies vow to hire a total of 1 million Black people over 10 years (NBC News) Families of Color Are Now Facing an Economic Disaster (NY Magazine) ‘Black is back’: A new grassroots effort aims … Read more
We have a lot of good quality stories in the Top Ten this week. We like the stories about government economic activities at the local level that will help benefit Black people. Top Stories Hutchins Roundup: Inflation expectations, Black entrepreneurs’ access to capital, and more (Brookings Institution). Black entrepreneurs raise $35,205 in start-up capital on … Read more