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  • First Lady Launches White House Mentoring Program

    First lady Michelle Obama launched a mentoring program Monday to give local high school girls access to women at the White House.

  • Yeah, I Got It On Layway. What About It?

    The buy-now, pay-later mentality of credit cards has been a major factor in reckless and irresponsible consumer behavior. Replacing layaway plans with easy access to high-interest credit has had devastating consequences for lower- and middle-income families, and black people in particular. The public embarrassment of buying goods on layaway (an admission that you were too poor to just buy what you wanted outright), has been replaced with the private shame of crushing credit card debt.

  • MED Week Attendees Connect With Bonding, Lending Sources

    As most small business owners who attended the Minority Business Development Agency’s MED Week knows, in the end, it’s all about the money—access to contracting dollars and the capital required to perform. To conclude last week’s conference, entrepreneurs were given one-on-one and group opportunities to learn about government, traditional and alternative sources of financing.