Stories for May 24th to June 7th 2021

Top Stories When Tulsa’s Black Wall Street Went Up in Flames, So Did Potential Inheritance (Wall Street Journal) Racial discrimination has cost American economy trillions. Tulsa, massacres just a start. (USA Today) Wanted: Creative careers for Black and Brown New Yorkers (NY Daily News) Tech companies made big pledges to fight racism last year — … Read more

Stories for April 12th to 25th 2021

We are absolutely overloaded with great stories this week: PPP, Black fintech, Janelle Jones, Retiring while Black and Black women in Financial Technology. Top Stories Surviving the Pandemic: Black-Owned Businesses and the Paycheck Protection Program (BGA) – Hey, this is some really good real life reporting on four Black businesses in Chicago. They discuss the … Read more

Stories for March 29th to April 11th 2021

Just a heads up. We have consolidated two weeks of stories into one post.  We still read everything !!! Top Stories Connecticut’s Uneven Recovery: Poor people are still suffering from economic downturn brought by COVID (CT Mirror) – Great, long article about all the issue related to covid-19 recovery in Connecticut. Good details. A Call … Read more