by Angela Fitzgerald Good day all, and welcome to another edition of Brown Girl Green Money. For several months now we have been writing articles with the goal of empowering other women of color to pursue (and ultimately conquer) their personal finance goals. Today we want to switch it up a bit and include men […]
Charters and heavy testing hurt our schools
by Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. NNPA Contributor Across the country, parents have been in revolt against high-stakes standardized testing, with kids tested over and over again while creativity is cut out of classroom curricula. Parents — particularly in targeted urban schools from Chicago to Boston — are also marching against the forced closing of neighborhood […]
Educational Reform: If Not Now, When – If Not Us, Who?
by Joseph L. Davis As a nearly 50 year resident of Madison, I have been disturbed by the obvious dissonance between this city’s self-satisfaction as a bastion of all things good and liberal and the failure to respond, with more than band-aid measures, to the obvious dysfunction in our K-12 schools, including the persistent problem […]
Investing: Where Do I Start?
by Matiya Hill Welcome back Brown Girl Green Money readers! The purpose of this post is to discuss the oooh-so exciting topic of investing! I chose to discuss mutual funds, roth IRAs and traditional IRAs. Hopefully this information will be helpful to all potential investors. Honestly, I don’t have much experience in this area but […]
We Must Break the Cycle of Disunity and Defend the Black Community – Part 1
Message to the Community, Specifically the Leaders While this message is for everyone, it is tailored specifically to the Black leaders. I define Black leaders as more than just elected officials. Black leaders includes those individuals who hold a position that serves the needs of the Black community (i.e. elected, appointed, business, non-profit, civic, public […]
10 Questions Every Presidential Candidate Must Answer
by Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Bye, bye Biden. The Vice-President who might have given the Honorable Hillary Clinton a run for her money has concluded that the timing is not right for him. Clinton needs someone to rattle her cage, to push her to be more focused in the general election. Now, Senator Bernie Sanders […]
What the First Democratic Presidential Debate Showed Us About the Candidates
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist In contrast to the more entertaining Republican presidential candidate debates, the first Democratic presidential candidate debate was more absorbing. We heard from grownups that refrained from personal attacks and offered solid information about their positions. While there were mild fireworks, there was much gravitas, and the sagacity with which these […]
The War on Childhood Poverty
By Jasmine Zapata, MD Hello! Welcome to this week’s edition of Brown Girl Green Money. We are a social network of women of color working to achieve financial freedom and inspire each other along the way. Thanks for joining us again this week. A few months ago, I wrote about the importance of discovering your […]
Banks Caught Redlining Black Communities
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist The old adage, ‘the more things change, the more they stay the same’ seems somehow an apt description for what a growing number of communities are suffering: a lack of fair lending. In recent weeks and in varying locales, the issue of redlining has led to lawsuits that have been […]
A Memorial for Skylar Lee
On Youth Activism, Intersectionality, and the Desire for a Better World by Amanda Zhang Last year, a boy I never heard of, with a streak of consistently multicolored hair, messaged me on Facebook. That day I had created an event page for Madison West’s Walkout last year for Tony Robinson. He told me he was […]
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