Black Wealth

The majority of Americans obtain wealth through homeownership. During the housing and foreclosure crisis, African-Americans lost 53 percent of all Black wealth as a result, and now the future of minority home ownership seems bleak as more and minorities are becoming renters instead of buyers. The Wall Street Journal recently reported: Last decade’s housing crisis […]

Roland Martin, host of “NewsOne Now” talks with financial guru Deborah Owens on Tuesday about wealth building. During the WealthyU segment of the show, Owen’s introduces the wealth building principle of investing where you shop as a means to create wealth. Be sure to listen to “NewsOne Now” with Roland Martin, weekdays at 7 a.m. EST and watch at 9 a.m. EST on […]

As America’s economic woes continue to plague its citizens due to the Great Recession, the disparity of wealth between Whites and Blacks has widened to a level that only threatens to grow as their seems to be little relief on the horizon for African Americans and Hispanics when compared to their White and Asian counterparts, […]

According to a University of Georgia (UGA) report, African Americans in the state of Georgia are injecting a spending boost into the economy by increasing their purchasing power. Georgia sits at the fifth spot for the largest African-American consumer markets in the United States, capping at around $73 billion per year. In 2010, Black Georgia […]

NewsOne and Tom Joyner present BlackAmericanAgenda, the six issues we feel are the most important for Black Americans in this election year. Let it be your yardstick for measuring the merits of the politicians and parties on which you’ll be voting in November, bullets of wisdom for the ballot box. For a list of all the BlackAmericanAgenda issues, CLICK […]

Budgeting is a very personalized process, but also a necessary one.  If you do not have a budget, then it is very difficult to control your spending.  Personally, I am a recovering spendaholic myself.