New business creation is down in general, but up among African Americans.
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The Consortium for Graduate Study in Management Celebrates its 50-year Anniversary
In the past 50 years, the organization — which opened its doors in 1970 to women, Latinos, and Native Americans — has offered more than $325 million in fellowships to MBA students across the country, covering full tuition and fees for up to two years of full-time study.
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Unstacking the Deck For African-American Entrepreneurs
America consistently hails the iconic entrepreneur: We perpetuate a lofty, myopic, unrealistic standard of entrepreneurial success defined by trendy inventions, fast-paced growth and billion dollar profits.
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Texas HBCU Launches Think Tank to Groom Next Generation of Black Leaders
One of the oldest HBCUs in the nation is working to cultivate the next generation of Black leaders through a new Black think tank.
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Detroit Not Interested In Rebranding
A group of young leaders in the city of Detroit agreed at the Michigan Chronicle’s “Pancakes and Politics” speaker’s forum at the Detroit Athletic Club that the city does not need rebranding.
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Increasing Black Wealth Takes Generational Sacrifice — It Always Has
Since slavery, African Americans have made sacrifices so that their children and grandchildren could do better, but we need not lose this way of thinking today.
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Working to Avoid Foreclosure: City of Detroit to hold Property Tax Assistance Fair
The City of Detroit, in an effort to ease some homeowners’ property tax burden and prevent the threat of foreclosure, will host a Property Tax Assistance Fair.
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Cornel West: Black America’s Neo-Liberal Sleepwalking Is Coming To An End
In this exclusive, Cornel West talks Bernie Sanders’ Neo-Populism, Donald Trump’s Neo-Fascism – and sweeping away the myopic careerism and chronic narcissism that prevented any serious critique of Obama’s Neo-Liberalism.
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The List of 358 Obama Accomplishments So Far, With Citations – Progressive Coast to Coast
In 2008, we elected the most progressive president in history. And regardless of the negativity, when you actually look at the record, there has been a lot of progress since January 20, 2009.
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Despite Racism, Black People Are More Optimistic About The Future than Anyone Else
Two recent studies have found a new racial divide facing America right now—namely, the optimism gap.
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