Biz/Media

The SXSW Interactive Festival has only gotten bigger and bigger with each year. This year’s SXSW, this weekend, includes more than 800 sessions on a  variety of innovative topics related to technology – and black techies are also having their say with panels from MVMT50. MVMT50 is a collection of thought leaders from many industries that touch the […]

Members of an investment club joined Roland Martin Tuesday on “NewsOne Now” to share how investment clubs work and how they’re useful for black Americans. Donna Long and Angela Wilson-Wade of the Mahogany Money Makers sat in on the panel with their advisor, Wesley Watkins, and financial consultant Jennifer Streaks. Long and  Wilson-Wade said that the promise of financial […]

The Rainbow PUSH Coalition held their 17th annual Rainbow PUSH Wall Street Project Economic Summit, featuring the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Cathy Hughes, George E. Curry, among others, to discuss the economic concerns that are growing in the African American community. The summit, which occurred February 11-13, 2014, touched on topics such as the business of […]

Last year, Diddy, Jay-Z, Dr. Dre, Birdman and 50 Cent topped Forbes’ list of Hip Hop’s Wealthiest Artists. Although all five men have undoubtedly had a huge influence on music, most of their earnings weren’t generated from what they were spitting in the booth. A bulk of the revenue that the artists brought in were […]

The African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) hosted its annual awards gala to honor award-winning African Americans in the film industry. The 5th annual awards…

Jesse Jackson, Sr. has set his eyes on addressing economic inequality for black Americans. He joined Roland Martin and NewsOne New Tuesday to discuss the Rainbow PUSH Coalition’s upcoming 17th annual Wall Street Project, a summit to address the declining state of the economy for blacks and develop solutions. From the Rainbow PUSH Coalition: The Rainbow PUSH […]

Despite plans from the banking industry to add more than one million jobs between now and 2020 and data revealing that Blacks are obtaining more finance degree than ever, top banks are still lacking in diversity. The NAACP has released a report card, which has graded the five largest banks (Wells Fargo, Bank of America, […]

Tobacco companies took a hit and have agreed to vocalize that they are deceiving the American public when it comes to the dangers of smoking; they have even agreed to run their own ads on television and print publications across the country. However, black media has been overwhelmingly left out. The big tobacco companies, Altria, […]

More than one million people lost their unemployment benefits this past Saturday, due to the expiration of the emergency program that Congress did not extend. AFL-CIO Chief Economist Bill Spriggs says that although the extension will be costly, it makes sense for Congress to extend unemployment benefits and that Congress should focus on unequal income […]

What do you think you would learn after talking to 1,000 Black millionaires?  Dennis Kimbro, the author of “The Wealth Choice,” shared some of his insights on NewsOne Now with Roland Martin. “The first discipline, the first attribute, the common cord [between the millionaires] is knowledge,” said Kimbro. “These men and women may have found themselves poor, but […]

Credit problems disproportionately affect African Americans for a variety of reasons — historically lower incomes, higher unemployment, being hit especially hard hit by the subprime mortgage lending crisis — but according to a new report, you can add another reason to the mix. “African American disproportionately have more errors on their credit reports, which usually […]

In response to Death Row founder Suge Knight saying that he preferred being called “ni**a” over  “African-American,” TMZ created one of their daily polls to ask: “…we gotta ask…refer to black people as “n***as” or “African-American”? See the poll results below: TMZ’s comment section is known to be a haven for racist White people who […]