Tag Archive for Black economy

Study shows no Black progress in 50 years

by Lauren Victoria Burke,NNPA Newswire contributor • March 15, 2018

Late last year, The Washington Post wrote that African Americans were the only group that showed no economic improvement since 2000. They based their conclusions on Census data. This year, there was even more sobering news in a report by…

by Freddie Allen, Editor-in-chief, NNPA Newswire • October 12, 2017

Airbnb, the housing marketplace that connects travelers with hosts in 65,000 cities and 191 countries worldwide, is now on a mission to increase awareness about the company’s economic benefits in communities of color. It’s part of an ongoing effort to…