Written By Lexx Thornton Baltimore is making headlines for all the right reasons this summer. Under the leadership ofMayor Brandon Scott, the city is proving that real investment in young people and communityspaces can lead to real results. Thanks to bold investments in youth and community, his summer strategy is delivering real results with crime […]
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Written By Lexx Thornton Unemployment rates over the past year have remained largely steady for every group of workers but one: Black women, whose unemployment rates have been rising. For the past three months that increase has been even more pronounced, with Black women’s unemployment rate hovering at 6 percent — twice the rate of
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Written By Lexx Thornton The study reveals that younger generations, particularly Gen Z, have set ambitious financial goals. Gen Z respondents believe that an annual salary of approximately $600,000 is necessary to achieve financial success, a figure that is nearly nine times the national average. In contrast, older generations, such as baby boomers, have more
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Written By Lexx Thornton Days after President Trump’s administration began to cancel thousands of diversity- and equity-related grants, Tennessee State University’s Quincy Quick found himself in a virtual meeting with other vice presidents of research from around the country trying to make sense of their new reality. In less than three years, Quick helped raise
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Written by Lexx Thornton The trust funds for Social Security and Medicaid will run out of money in as little as 8 years, a shorter time frame than previously estimated. The Social Security fund will run dry in 2033, unless Congress combines the program’s old-age and disability funds, in which case insolvency would arrive in
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By Curtis Bunn McDonald’s faces a national boycott in response to its January announcement that it would dial back some of its diversity equity and inclusion programs for employees. The grassroots progressive group The People’s Union USA, has called for an “economic blackout” of the fast-food giant starting Tuesday. The group also helped organize boycotts of other major retailers
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Written By Lexx Thornton Estimating the cost of a hypothetical World War III (WW3) to the United States is a complex and multifaceted process that depends heavily on the scale, duration, weapons used (e.g.,conventional vs. nuclear), geographic spread, and economic consequences.If World War III were to involve the U.S. and Iran as the primary adversaries,
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Written By Lexx Thornton While Immigration and Customs Enforcement faces opposition in Los Angeles and other sites targeted as part of President Donald Trump’s “Mass Deportation Program,” the agency may face another threat: a funding battle in Congress.As reported by Axios, ICE is “burning through cash so quickly that the agency charged with arresting, detaining,
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What began as a senior capstone project at Virginia Union University has grown into a transformative movement now gaining national attention. Rodney Manning Jr., a May 2025 graduate of Virginia Union University (VUU), launched FOCUS (Financially Optimistic College Men Uplifting Society)—with a mission to equip young Black men with financial knowledge, leadership skills, and a
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In an industry that churns through trends like clockwork and leaves smaller players scrambling to keep pace, Asia Tatum is playing an entirely different game. One she’s designed from scratch. Meet the powerhouse behind Geneva Mae Agency, a creative disruptor built for the overlooked, the underfunded, and the determinedly ambitious. After managing billion-dollar brands like Doritos and Lay’s, Asia
