By: Charlene Crowell When future generations read the history of the nation’s first Black President, I believe there will be greater acknowledgement of his administration’s significant accomplishments. For now, however, an undeniable strategic war is ...
ABOVE: Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner; Kerrick Henny – AT&T Regional Vice President, External Affairs; Jack Lyon, Chairman HLSR; Terence Fontaine, Black Heritage Committee Leading City, County and State officials gathered with local community le ...
Mayor Sylvester Turner recently announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce awarded the City of Houston a $1 million Economic Development Administration (EDA) grant to build some of the necessary infrastructure required for the planned Houston Spacepor ...
ABOVE: BB&T Employees and Executives at New Old Spanish Trail Financial Center Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting in Houston’s Third Ward This past Thursday, March 2nd, many community leaders and professionals from the Greater Houston-area joined the ...
Wells Fargo & Company has set aside a staggering $60 billion to lend to at least 250,000 Black homeowners by the year 2027. Metropolitan Atlanta’s second-largest bank also pledged to increase the diversity of its home lending sales team and spend an ...
While most of us don’t intend to short change our retirement savings, competing priorities and unexpected expenditures can often get in the way of consistent retirement saving. An easy way to help fund your IRA is to have your tax refund deposited direc ...
Delivering a heartfelt, passionate speech about economic empowerment and never forgetting the sacrifices made by many Black predecessors, was the message left to hundreds of attendees by Black business advocate Maggie Anderson at the recent 7th Annual Hou ...
Dear Chamber Leaders, Advocates, Allies & Members: Just as we were reviewing results of the USBC’s extremely successful Bank-Black initiative, we received word that Chicago’s Seaway National Bank had been purchased by the State Bank of Texas. It i ...
Stepping up their fight against the president’s immigration ban, some of Silicon Valley’s biggest tech companies — Apple, Google, Facebook and others — have filed a legal brief claiming the executive order “inflicts significant harm on Ameri ...
“Every American needs a RushCard — or Green Dot.” That’s the mantra of RushCard founder and business mogul Russell Simmons, who together with Green Dot Corporation President Steven Streit, explained the intricacies of their new partnership ...
