Backers Say Law Creates Uniformity In Lawsuits But Critics Charge It Makes It Easier For Companies To Collect From Consumers by Bridgit Bowden Last summer, Sandra Goodwin was sued by Jefferson Capital Systems for $5,562 in overdue debt, but Goodwin had never heard of or done business with the company. “The paperwork said I was […]
Financial Literacy Is Essential No Matter One’s Income
by Erika Janik There are many types of literacy. One that nearly everyone could use some help with is financial literacy. “Our surveys found that less than half of Wisconsinites were able to answer basic financial literacy questions, things like interest rates, investing, and savings,” says Peggy Olive, a Financial Capability Specialist with the UW-Extension. […]
Brown Girl Green Money – Motivation
by Angela Fitzgerald Hello all, and welcome to another week of Brown Girl, Green Money, the space where we get comfy and talk about all things related to personal finance with a brown girl twist. This has been an amazing journey for me, and I get so hype when I think about the progress that […]
Veterans and Consumers of Color often Targeted for Fraud
by Charlene Crowell NNPA News Wire Columnist Although the former Corinthian Colleges, once one of the nation’s largest for-profit colleges, closed its doors last year, many of the problems incurred by its former students persist. The now-defunct college is the only questionable actor among for-profit colleges. To date, investigations, and lawsuits have focused on a […]
Embrace Your Journey
by Matiya Hill Welcome back to Brown Girl, Green Money and thank you for your continuous support. Over the weekend I was able to spend about 16 hours of much needed quality time with my childhood girlfriends. Yes, we went on a long ROADTRIP! That eventful 16 hours consisted of listening to every genre of […]
To Splurge or to Sacrifice? That is the question.
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 support each other along the way. Thanks for joining us again this week! Last week, Angie (fellow member of the BGGM crew) wrote an excellent […]
Foreclosure Crisis Still Hammers African-Americans
by Avis Thomas Lester, Urban News Service Willie Ann Lytle faced foreclosure on her home two days before Halloween. So she filed for bankruptcy to save it. Lytle’s parents bought the cheerful house on Addison Road in Capitol Heights, Maryland, for $10,500 in 1948. She was only 1. Her mother, Margaret, taught her to cook […]
How to live like a baller, without living like a baller
by Angela Fitzgerald Hello all, and welcome to another week of Brown Girl, Green Money — the space where we like to let our hair down and share about all things personal finance related, with a brown girl twist. This week I want to highlight a story that was sent my way earlier this year […]
What Does It Take to be a Successful Entrepreneur?
by Armstrong Williams NNPA News Wire Columnist Time is one of those magical dimensions of the human experience. At certain instances it seems like there is not enough of it. And at others, it seems like the moment lasts forever. The intellectual and emotional experience in the passage of time is one of those unique […]
The ACORNS App: A Simple Way to Save
by Matiya Hill Welcome back to Brown Girl Green Money! I’ve been out of the loop for a little while so I didn’t realize Valentine’s Day caused such a buzz. However, I enjoyed every bit of the crowded stores, congested traffic, hopeless romantics, and CHOCOLATE. Today, I want to discuss the app called ACORNS. In […]
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