By Charlene Crowell, NNPA Columnist May 29, 2015 Charlene Crowell, NNPA Columnist As the wealthy few continue to prosper, the rest of the nation is caught in a financial tug-of-war between stagnant wages and a rising cost of living. In communities of color, chronic unemployment and underemployment and a host of other […]
Brown Girl Green Money: Question Corner
By Jasmine Zapata and Angela Fitzgerald May 22, 2015 Jasmine Zapata and Angela Fitzgerald Earlier this month, a reader from our Facebook page submitted this question. We thought we’d share our ideas and then open it up to the BGGM community for additional thoughts on the topic. Here it is: […]
Brown Girl Green Money: Spring, Summer and Saving
By Matiya Hill May 15, 2015 Matiya Hill Spring is officially here and I’m sure I’m not the only one looking forward to the warm weather — not to mention the colorful maxi dresses, cute wedges and fashionable sunglasses! A girl has to stay cute, right? In the past I’ve […]
Brown Girl Green Money: Race & Money… Let’s talk about it!
By Angela Fitzgerald May 8, 2015 Angela Fitzgerald Whether you’re comfortable with the topic or not, race and racial injustice has become the elephant in the room (with his fist in the air no less) that we’re no longer able to avoid. The recent uprising in Baltimore, as well as […]
Brown Girl Green Money: An Interview with Entrepreneur Crystal Adell
By Jasmine Zapata, M.D. May 1, 2015 Jasmine Zapata, M.D. This week, I had the awesome privilege of interviewing an amazing African American female entrepreneur who owns a national workout company and brand: Ms. Crystal Adell, owner of Black Women DO Workout, LLC. She recently moved to Madison and […]
Black Women Face Pay Gap
By Freddie Allen, NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent May 1, 2015 Nearly 60 percent of Black women worked in either the service industry, sales or office jobs. (Stock Photo) WASHINGTON, D.C. (NNPA) — Black women working full time earned just 64 cents for every dollar White men made in 2013, according to a […]
Welcome to Brown Girl, Green Money: Part 4: Interview with Ashley Robertson
By Angela Fitzgerald April 24, 2015 Angela Fitzgerald Also see: Welcome to Brown Girl, Green Money: Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3. For our last installment of introductions, I had the pleasure of interviewing the newest member of the BGGM crew! Ladies and gentlemen, meet Ashley Robertson. Ashley Robertson […]
Banking Exec Earned His Money
By Jordan Shanks, NNPA Intern April 24, 2015 WASHINGTON, D.C. (NNPA) — For many professionals, the road to success starts with humble beginnings. Because B. Doyle Mitchell Jr., President and CEO of Industrial Bank, inherited his business, he has felt he has always had something extra to prove. “There’s the impression that, […]
Blackonomics: Creating Conscious Black Millionaires
By James Clingman, NNPA Columnist April 17, 2015 FINANCE James Clingman Who should benefit from the dollars we spend to accomplish our goals? “That be us, y’all.” Conscious Black millionaires, by definition, would most assuredly use some of their money to assist the Black collective; conscious Black millionaires would […]
Brown Girl, Green Money: Millennials & Money
By Connie Samuels April 17, 2015 Connie Samuels You may have heard the phrase “Too many people buy things they don’t need with money they don’t have to impress people they don’t like.” It rings true especially when considering the ‘keeping up with the Jones’ mentality so many of us have […]