As cities take on the challenge of reducing inequality, building stronger communities, driving economic growth, and securing their future, closing the Black business gap should be a core part of the ...

Early Black economic cooperation : intentional communities, communes, and mutual aid -- From economic independence to political advocacy : cooperation and the nineteenth-century Black populist ...

Foreclosure prevention, neighborhood renewal, job training and the impact of African American consumer spending will be among the topics on the agenda of the South Carolina NAACP’s African American ...

The economic recovery following the worst recession since the Great Depression is quickly approaching its third anniversary in June. Many people probably don’t feel up to celebrating as they struggle ...

A second recession could be looming on the horizon as falling consumer demand, high unemployment and an end to government stimulus programs could make for some dark economic clouds ahead, a University ...

In the canon of the Kwanzaa tradition, Ujamaa stands for cooperative economics: the idea that it takes a village to help everyone thrive. But, notes African-American community leader Brother Jeff Fard ...

nmafmain copy 39088019137975 purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. "John Hervey Wheeler (1908-1978) was one of the civil rights movement's most influential leaders. In articulating ...

For many Black Americans, the dream of a secure retirement is increasingly out of reach. Despite decades of work, a combination of wage disparities, unequal access to employer-sponsored retirement ...

As we continue to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., it's important to spotlight his admonishment of the government's financial failings to the Black community.