Top Stories Thyk Skynn, Black-Owned Line of Bulletproof Vests For Adults and Children Sees 400% Increase in Sales (Chicago Crusader) – This is dope. Black business group pressures Massachusetts Governor Baker to diversify state contract awards (Boston Globe) The Color Of Public Money: Black Businesses’ Share Of Public Contracts Has Declined Over 20 Years (WGBH) … Read more
We have over 80 stories this week. The best story is how HBCUs prepare students for careers in science and technology. Top Stories Tyler Perry: From Poor as Hell to Billionaire, How Tyler Perry changed show business forever. (Forbes) – The 51-year-old entertainer owns the entirety of his creative output and a 330-acre studio lot … Read more
We have 62 stories this week. We have seven stories in our Black economics section and several stories in our people section. Top Stories Is this the end for America’s mom-and-pop stores? (Financial Times) Erika James, Wharton’s first female dean (Philadelphia Inquirer) The Owners of Fulton-Mecklenburg, a Digital Marketing Agency, Says Black Owned Businesses Need … Read more
We have over 80 stories and links including three conservative stories. The big story is the Robert F. Smith tax avoidance story. Last year, Smith agreed to pay off the debts for one class at Morehouse College. Top Stories Billionaire Robert Smith Fighting U.S. Criminal Tax Inquiry (Bloomberg) Jay-Z and Pharrell Highlight Importance of Black … Read more
Top Stories K-Shaped “Recovery” Widens Gulf between Haves and Have-Nots (Non Profit Quaterly) Us against them’: Workers cite racial divide on front line of long-term-care fight against COVID-19 (Richmond Times-Dispatch) – Nice, long article of what it’s like to work in the nursing home industry There Is No Equality Without Affordable Childcare, but Little Is … Read more
We have over 110 stories this week. In addition to the regular Black business and economic links, we have features on how much money the NBA makes ($8.8 Billion) and the Freedman’s Bank plus Jay-Z opened a school. Top Stories Beyonce introduces Black Parade: a Black Business Directory (Beyonce.Com) (Good Morning America) Jay-z’s Roc Nation … Read more
We have 76 stories this week related to Black Business or Black Economics. We also have our first editorial, at the bottom, urging a NO vote on California Proposition 22. Top Stories Does $600 a Week Make People Shirk? The Evidence Is No (Bloomberg) Coronavirus could widen black wealth gap (Washington Post) – Michelle Singletary … Read more
We have about 70 Stories this week we a large number of economic stories Top Stories Evictions are likely to skyrocket this summer as jobs remain scarce. Black renters will be hard hit (Washington Post) Senate Democrats Propose $350 Billion Plan To Invest In Communities Of Color (Forbes) 10 Myths about the racial wealth gap … Read more
We have 47 stories this week related to Black business or Black Economics plus and a summary of William Darity’s discussions about his reparations book: “From Here to Equality Top Stories The economics behind racial coronavirus disparities (PBS NewsHour) – Nice watchable summary of current economic state of Black America. William Darity discusses reparations in … Read more
We have 51 stories this week related to Black business or Black Economics Top Stories Black Strike Day – July 20th Workers demanding union rights plan to walk off the job in nationwide Strike for Black Lives (CNN) – The strike for Black Lives is planned for July 20th. Works want the right to form … Read more
