For amazing historical photos of Black beaches, please jump to the photo section at the end of the article. Beach Access is Unavailable for Many Black Americans This week, we want to look at Black Beach Access in the United States. We have four interconnected stories about beach access: The city of Atlantic Beach, SC … Read more
So we are redesigning the the the the the website with an emphasis on our news letter. We the first page to be easy to use. So we have to reduce the headline graphic. We are thinking of something even smaller for the newsletter but I gotta see if I can fit the money and … Read more
Harriet Tubman: liberator, spy and suffragette who escaped slavery and led more than 70 people to freedom, will be honored with a place on the the US twenty dollar bill. Many have taken to calling the new bill “Tubmans” as in I want to be paid in Tubmans.
Unemployment Rate for Black Women Increases to 6.2% The National Black unemployment rate was 7.1%; the National unemployment rate stood at 3.9%; and non-Farm Payrolls rose by 199,000. Average wages rose 4.5% on an annual basis in December. The Black Unemployment Rate The Black unemployment rate jumped from 6.5% to 7.1% during December, the only … Read more
June 21st to July 18th 2021 Top Stories The pandemic saw a boom in new Black-owned businesses — the largest surge in the last quarter-century (Los Angeles Times) Pandemic Sees Largest Surge In Black-Owned Business In the Last 25 Years (Atlanta Black Star) Black Workers Stopped Making Progress on Pay. Is It Racism? (NY … Read more
Top Stories Job creation is the key to reducing violence and providing critical social services (Philadelphia Tribune) “The economic state of Black America: What is and what could be” (McKinsey). Lots of great points in this study. Black people work disproportionally in low-wage occupations. Also closing the pay gap in 20 specific professions would drastically … Read more
Top Stories Black Women Are More Likely to Start a Business than White Men (Harvard Business Review). A lot of statistics regarding type of business, funding, and education. Telecommuting allows Black women in Maryland to build wealth (Baltimore Sun). The pandemic has opened labor markets which allows Black women to secure better-paying jobs. Most expensive … Read more
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
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
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