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What Berkshire Buys Next: The Five Giants That Fit Buffett’s Playbook "Buffett’s philosophy has been remarkably consistent for over six decades: buy simple, cash-rich, moated businesses led by trustworthy managers."
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What Berkshire Buys Next: The Five Giants That Fit Buffett’s Playbook
With over $380 billion in cash and a trillion-dollar market cap, Berkshire Hathaway now resembles a financial nation-state in search of its next province. But in the post-Buffett era, the real ques…
https://hbcumoney.com/2025/11/16/what-berkshire-buys-next-the-five-giants-that-fit-buffetts-playbook/
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Are New Mexico, Maine, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands the Only Social, Economic, and Politically Safe Territories for African Americans? "African American institutions (HBCUs, banks, and foundations) should view these geographies not simply as refuges but as development frontiers."
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Are New Mexico, Maine, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands the Only Social, Economic, and Politically Safe Territories for African Americans?
In an America increasingly fractured by race and politics, four places—New Mexico, Maine, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands—offer African Americans something rare: the possibility of peace w…
https://hbcumoney.com/2025/11/14/are-new-mexico-maine-puerto-rico-and-the-u-s-virgin-islands-the-only-social-economic-and-politically-safe-territories-for-african-americans/
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Should HBCUs that receive transformative gifts from donors like MacKenzie Scott donate a percentage of that capital to strengthen smaller HBCUs still left behind?
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More Than A Decade Later: New York’s Carver Bank Has Not Returned To African American Ownership "More than a decade after a Wall Street-led bailout saved Carver Federal Savings Bank from collapse, New York’s storied Black financial institution remains out of African American hands."
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More Than A Decade Later: New York’s Carver Bank Has Not Returned To African American Ownership
More than a decade after a Wall Street-led bailout saved Carver Federal Savings Bank from collapse, New York’s storied Black financial institution remains out of African American hands. Once a beac…
https://hbcumoney.com/2025/11/04/more-than-a-decade-later-new-yorks-carver-bank-has-not-returned-to-african-american-ownership/
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Central State’s Water Resources Program: An HBCU Answer to Kabwe’s Lead Poisoning Crisis "One of CSU’s strengths is its grounding in interdisciplinary, community-engaged research. Kabwe’s crisis is not just about chemistry and soil samples it is about public health, poverty, governance, and trust."
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Central State’s Water Resources Program: An HBCU Answer to Kabwe’s Lead Poisoning Crisis
In Kabwe, Zambia, the poisoned ground left by a century of mining continues to rob children of their futures. Generations suffer from some of the highest blood-lead levels ever recorded, with schoo…
https://hbcumoney.com/2025/10/31/central-states-water-resources-program-an-hbcu-answer-to-kabwes-lead-poisoning-crisis/
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Mobilizing HBCU Strength in the Wake of Hurricane Melissa "This storm also calls for humility and partnership. Local Caribbean organizations must remain at the center of planning and execution. HBCUs and their alumni can amplify those efforts, but not override them."
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Mobilizing HBCU Strength in the Wake of Hurricane Melissa
In the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa’s devastation across the Caribbean, HBCUs and their alumni associations are emerging as bridges of recovery—connecting campuses steeped in service to island co…
https://hbcumoney.com/2025/10/29/mobilizing-hbcu-strength-in-the-wake-of-hurricane-melissa/
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Leave The Bands At Home: HBCU Football Should Leave Their Bands Behind For Road Games "Perhaps the most compelling reason to consider limiting band travel is the long-term impact it could have on strengthening HBCU endowments—a chronic weakness."
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Leave The Bands At Home: HBCU Football Should Leave Their Bands Behind For Road Games
It may sound like sacrilege to suggest an HBCU football game without its traveling band, but rising costs and tightening budgets demand bold strategy. In a culture where halftime is often the main …
https://hbcumoney.com/2025/10/28/leave-the-bands-at-home-hbcu-football-should-leave-their-bands-behind-for-road-games/
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African Americans Own $570.3 Billion Of America’s Stock Market Value – It Should Be $6 Trillion "The $570.3 billion equals out to $12,160 per African American while the $6.1 trillion would work $129,990 per African American."
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African Americans Own $570.3 Billion Of America’s Stock Market Value – It Should Be $6 Trillion
“Investing should be more like watching paint dry or watching grass grow. If you want excitement, take $800 and go to Las Vegas.” – Paul Samuelson A big number means absolutely no…
https://hbcumoney.com/2023/06/02/african-americans-own-570-3-billion-of-americas-stock-market-value-it-should-be-6-trillion/
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What If Bronny James Were A Doctor? "Black men remain just 2.9% of medical school applicants in the United States. Meanwhile, sports pipelines are expanding. Black male participation in college athletics remains high: 44% in NCAA Division I basketball and 40% in football."
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What If Bronny James Were A Doctor?
Ten years ago, Bronny James was a 10-year-old boy with the full weight of basketball destiny on his shoulders. Today, he’s made NBA history alongside his father. But what if his destiny had t…
https://hbcumoney.com/2025/10/21/what-if-bronny-james-were-a-doctor/
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Dr. King’s Dream is Dead: African America Must Focus On Its Own Institutional Sovereignty and Survival "We were wrong then and we have been wrong about what Ameria’s values actually are."
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Dr. King’s Dream is Dead: African America Must Focus On Its Own Institutional Sovereignty and Survival
“I fear I may have integrated my people into a burning house.” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. By William A. Foster, IV For my parents and grandparents not many years ago, it was the White Citi…
https://hbcumoney.com/2025/09/15/dr-kings-dream-is-dead-african-america-must-focus-on-its-own-institutional-sovereignty-and-survival/
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China v. United States Is Not The Only Great Power Competition – Make No Mistake About It, HBCUs v. PWIs Are At War "This battle is not just about educational preference; it is a struggle for survival, legacy, and the future of Black intellectualism and empowerment in America."
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China v. United States Is Not The Only Great Power Competition – Make No Mistake About It, HBCUs v. PWIs Are At War
While the world fixates on the geopolitical chess match between China and the United States, a quieter but no less consequential war simmers within American borders—a war between Historically Black…
https://hbcumoney.com/2025/10/07/china-v-united-states-is-not-the-only-grand-competition-make-no-mistake-about-it-hbcus-v-pwis-are-at-war/
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The Billionaire Families Of Harlem Nights’ Club Sugar Ray’s Empire "Quick marries Sunshine who have children and begin the foundation of the legacy that transforms African American institutions near and far."
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The Billionaire Families Of Harlem Nights’ Club Sugar Ray’s Empire
“Good morning, Revolution: You’re the very best friend I ever had. We gonna pal around together from now on.” – Langston Hughes The year is 1938 in Harlem, New York and an entrepreneur …
https://hbcumoney.com/2024/04/15/the-billionaire-families-of-harlem-nights-club-sugar-rays-empire/
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Can Military Strategy Save HBCUs? “The Estimate of the Situation” Approach "HBCUs need war games of their own—scenarios that model enrollment collapse, cyberattacks, political defunding, or rival university encroachments."
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Can Military Strategy Save HBCUs? “The Estimate of the Situation” Approach
In the shadow of billion-dollar university endowments and an educational arms race fueled by state-backed largesse, America’s HBCUs remain vastly outgunned. But perhaps the answer to their institut…
https://hbcumoney.com/2025/10/03/can-military-strategy-save-hbcus-the-estimate-of-the-situation-approach/
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RED ALERT: The US Federal Government has entered shutdown.
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RED ALERT: U.S. Federal Government due to shutdown in less than 4 hours.
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"The HOA, when reimagined under African American sovereignty, can become not a wall keeping us out, but a fortress keeping us in."
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From Exclusion to Empowerment: How HOAs Can Protect Black Neighborhoods
For decades, homeowners’ associations were used as tools to exclude African Americans from neighborhoods and deny access to generational wealth. Today, the same structure could be the community’s g…
https://hbcumoney.com/2025/09/30/from-exclusion-to-empowerment-how-hoas-can-protect-black-neighborhoods/
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"Most African American neighborhoods today rely on civic clubs or neighborhood associations. These bodies are typically voluntary, underfunded, and lack the legal authority to enforce community decisions."
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From Exclusion to Empowerment: How HOAs Can Protect Black Neighborhoods "Today, the same structure could be the community’s greatest defense against predatory development and gentrification."
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From Exclusion to Empowerment: How HOAs Can Protect Black Neighborhoods
For decades, homeowners’ associations were used as tools to exclude African Americans from neighborhoods and deny access to generational wealth. Today, the same structure could be the community’s g…
https://hbcumoney.com/2025/09/30/from-exclusion-to-empowerment-how-hoas-can-protect-black-neighborhoods/
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The Double-Edged Sword Of White Philanthropy Into HBCUs "But what does it mean when European Americans are the dominant donors of HBCUs and not African Americans?"
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The Double-Edged Sword Of White Philanthropy Into HBCUs
“When the white man came, we had the land and they had the Bibles. Now they have the land and we have the Bibles.” – Chief Dan George Let us be clear, we need the money. Over 95 p…
https://hbcumoney.com/2020/11/17/the-double-edged-sword-of-white-philanthropy-into-hbcus/
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As of 2024, UTIMCO manages a staggering $64.3 billion in assets across the University of Texas and Texas A&M university systems. The five largest public HBCUs from 2024 have a combined endowment value of approximately $553 million. That is a gap of $116 to $1.
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While Howard Is Chasing Harvard, What Public HBCUs Are Chasing UTIMCO? "As of 2024, UTIMCO manages a staggering $64.3 billion in assets across the University of Texas and Texas A&M university systems."
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While Howard Is Chasing Harvard, What Public HBCUs Are Chasing UTIMCO?
“I make no apology for the love of competition.” – John Harbaugh In the world of higher education finance, few numbers turn heads quite like endowment size. It is the ultimate sco…
https://hbcumoney.com/2025/09/16/while-howard-is-chasing-harvard-what-public-hbcus-are-chasing-utimco/
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Dr. King’s Dream is Dead: African America Must Focus On Its Own Institutional Sovereignty and Survival "Today is the anniversary of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, it took place two weeks after Dr. King's "I Have A Dream" speech."
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Dr. King’s Dream is Dead: African America Must Focus On Its Own Institutional Sovereignty and Survival
“I fear I may have integrated my people into a burning house.” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. By William A. Foster, IV For my parents and grandparents not many years ago, it was the White Citi…
https://hbcumoney.com/2025/09/15/dr-kings-dream-is-dead-african-america-must-focus-on-its-own-institutional-sovereignty-and-survival/
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From HBCUMilitary - HBCU Police Departments Need To Form Racial Terrorism Intelligence Units "Almost all HBCUs are located in or near populations that openly do not care for African Americans, our property, or our lives."
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HBCU Police Departments Need To Form Racial Terrorism Intelligence Units
“Self defense is not just a set of techniques; it’s a state of mind, and it begins with the belief that you are worth defending.” – Rorion Gracie After 9/11 the New York Police De…
https://hbcumilitary.com/2021/01/07/hbcu-police-departments-need-to-form-racial-terrorism-intelligence-units/
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Of the 85 accredited HBCU business schools and departments (based on the latest available data), fewer than 20% are led by HBCU alumni.
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HBCU B-Schools’ Leadership Still Embarrassingly Lacking In HBCU Alumni "HBCU B-schools continue to be led by individuals who are not products of these institutions, and in many cases, are fundamentally disconnected from the unique economic and cultural needs of the African American community."
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HBCU B-Schools’ Leadership Still Embarrassingly Lacking In HBCU Alumni
The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself. — Thales By any reasonable historical standard, Warren Buffett’s rejection by Benjamin Graham is more than a quaint anecdote; it is a pow…
https://hbcumoney.com/2025/09/09/hbcu-b-schools-leadership-still-embarrassingly-lacking-in-hbcu-alumni/
4 months ago
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African America’s August 2025 Jobs Report – 7.5%
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"August was a rare month where African America employment gains led all groups adding 260,000 jobs in August according to BLS data. Siginificant job losses or modest job gains were present in other groups."
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African America’s August 2025 Jobs Report – 7.5%
Overall Unemployment: 4.1% African America: 7.2% Latino America: 5.3% European America: 3.7% Asian America: 3.6% Analysis: European Americans’ unemployment rate was unchanged from July. Asian Ameri…
https://hbcumoney.com/2025/09/08/african-americas-august-2025-jobs-report-7-5/
4 months ago
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RED ALERT: African American Teenagers unemployment rate increased by 310 basis points. African American Teenagers unemployment rate now at five month high of 24.8 percent. (BLS)
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RED ALERT: The overall economy added 22,000 jobs in August while African America added 260,000 jobs (BLS). Full African America Jobs Report out tomorrow morning.
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4 months ago
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A Legacy Reclaimed: Why SUNO and Dillard University Should Jointly Acquire the Amistad Research Center "This would not be a rescue it would be a return. Amistad was originally founded in 1966 at Fisk University and moved to Dillard in 1969, where it remained for nearly two decades."
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A Legacy Reclaimed: Why SUNO and Dillard University Should Jointly Acquire the Amistad Research Center
In an era where African American history is under attack, the Amistad Research Center stands as one of the last great fortresses of truth. Now, facing devastating funding cuts, its future hangs in …
https://hbcumoney.com/2025/09/05/a-legacy-reclaimed-why-suno-and-dillard-university-should-jointly-acquire-the-amistad-research-center/
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The Tupac Doctrine: A Strategy For HBCUs Taking Back Social Capital From PWIs "The HBCU community must stop playing nice about the recruitment of African American students and let them know who truly represents their interest versus those who just want them for appropriation."
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The Tupac Doctrine: A Strategy For HBCUs Taking Back Social Capital From PWIs
“He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.” – Sun Tzu Unapologetically for African America and its interests. This is the message that HBCUs needs to send its own…
https://hbcumoney.com/2017/09/24/the-tupac-doctrine-a-strategy-for-hbcus-taking-back-social-capital-from-pwis/
4 months ago
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A Merger of (Potential) Might: Why Prairie View A&M and Texas Southern Should Combine Their Foundations to Challenge the Endowment Establishment It would say, in effect: “We are no longer asking for permission to grow. We are building the engine ourselves.”
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A Merger of (Potential) Might: Why Prairie View A&M and Texas Southern Should Combine Their Foundations to Challenge the Endowment Establishment
It is reason, and not passion, which must guide our deliberations, guide our debate, and guide our decision. – Barbara Jordan In the gilded halls of America’s elite universities, financial fi…
https://hbcumoney.com/2025/09/01/a-merger-of-might-why-prairie-view-am-and-texas-southern-should-combine-their-foundations-to-challenge-the-endowment-establishment/
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The Wire Reimagined: From Gangsters To HBCU Leadership "The corners representing the social, economic, and political capital that leads to the empowerment of a people while the towers represent the physical communities African America exist within."
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The Wire Reimagined: From Gangsters To HBCU Leadership
I believe your reality is what you make it, what you choose to see, and what you choose to allow yourself to do. There are possibilities all around you – magic all around you – no matte…
https://hbcumoney.com/2022/12/13/the-wire-reimagined-from-gangsters-to-hbcu-leadership/
4 months ago
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Debt Fit for a Queen (and Her King): Why Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s $110 Million Mortgage Is a Lesson in Black Wealth Strategy "African American families and institutions should take note: Being debt-free is not synonymous with being economically powerful."
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Debt Fit for a Queen (and Her King): Why Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s $110 Million Mortgage Is a Lesson in Black Wealth Strategy
In a world where debt is often demonized, Beyoncé and Jay-Z offer a masterclass in financial sophistication. Their $110 million mortgage on a Bel Air estate is not a liability—it’s leverage. By tre…
https://hbcumoney.com/2025/08/29/debt-fit-for-a-queen-and-her-king-why-beyonce-and-jay-zs-110-million-mortgage-is-a-lesson-in-black-wealth-strategy/
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At the end of August, there are 2,530 of the 3,619 HBCU alumni teachers with projects on
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At the end of August, there are 3,619 HBCU alumni teachers with projects on
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At the end of August, there are 86 HBCU-related
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For Paying College Athletes? Yes, Then Cut The High School Athletes A Check Too "According to a 2019 report by the Texas Education Agency, the state spent over $500 million on high school football stadiums between 2008 and 2018."
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For Paying College Athletes? Yes, Then Cut The High School Athletes A Check Too
By William A. Foster, IV “When hypocrisy is a character trait, it also affects one’s thinking, because it consists in the negation of all the aspects of reality that one finds disagreea…
https://hbcumoney.com/2025/08/22/for-paying-college-athletes-yes-then-cut-the-high-school-athletes-a-check-too/
4 months ago
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The Political Assault on Lisa D. Cook: Why the Fed’s Only HBCU Alum Faces an Outsized Storm "HBCU graduates have long been overrepresented in producing the nation’s Black professionals, but in macroeconomic governance, their footprint has been virtually nonexistent."
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The Political Assault on Lisa D. Cook: Why the Fed’s Only HBCU Alum Faces an Outsized Storm
Federal Reserve Governor Lisa D. Cook, a Spelman College alumna and the only HBCU graduate to ever sit on the Fed’s Board of Governors, is facing escalating calls for her resignation. Donald Trump …
https://hbcumoney.com/2025/08/21/the-political-assault-on-lisa-d-cook-why-the-feds-only-hbcu-alum-faces-an-outsized-storm/
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Farm Credit Mid-America reports $44 billion in assets. African America's 18 remaining banks have a combined just over $6 billion in assets.
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Cultural Triumph, Institutional Fragility, Financial Violence: Uncle Nearest and the Case for Black-Owned Banks "The problem is not just a troubled borrower but a financial architecture in which African Americans must seek credit from institutions historically aligned against them."
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Cultural Triumph, Institutional Fragility, Financial Violence: Uncle Nearest and the Case for Black-Owned Banks
The receivership of Uncle Nearest is not just about whiskey or mismanagement. It is a reminder of how European American-controlled finance has long wielded financial violence against African Americ…
https://hbcumoney.com/2025/08/19/cultural-triumph-institutional-fragility-financial-violence-uncle-nearest-and-the-case-for-black-owned-banks/
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HBCUs Must Become More Afrocentric – Not Less "It often feels that African America more than any other group ignore the rules of engagement – the rules of war (for resources)."
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HBCUs Must Become More Afrocentric – Not Less
By William A. Foster, IV You go busting’ your fist against a stone wall. You’re not usin’ your brain. That’s what the white man wants you to do. Look at you, what makes you …
https://hbcumoney.com/2014/03/05/hbcus-must-become-more-afrocentric-not-less-2/
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(We Were Wrong) Beyond the $30 Billion: Why African American Boys Require a Longer, Costlier Educational Climb "According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), by the fourth grade, over 85% of African American boys are reading below grade level"
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(We Were Wrong) Beyond the $30 Billion: Why African American Boys Require a Longer, Costlier Educational Climb
The $30 billion endowment proposed to close the associate degree gap among African American men is a necessary gesture—but a dramatically insufficient one. The real gap is not at the end of the edu…
https://hbcumoney.com/2025/08/12/we-were-wrong-beyond-the-30-billion-why-african-american-boys-require-a-longer-costlier-educational-climb/
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A Second Wind for Old Strips: Why HBCU Alumni Should Rethink Vintage Retail Centers For HBCU alumni who have traditionally been boxed out of Class A urban development deals, vintage strip centers represent an asset class that is: Financially accessible Culturally significant Commercially viable
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A Second Wind for Old Strips: Why HBCU Alumni Should Rethink Vintage Retail Centers
Once dismissed as outdated relics of suburban sprawl, vintage retail strip centers are quietly staging a comeback—and savvy HBCU alumni real estate investors are taking notice. With new constructio…
https://hbcumoney.com/2025/08/15/a-second-wind-for-old-strips-why-hbcu-alumni-should-rethink-vintage-retail-centers/
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Why BLS Unemployment Data Gets Revised: A Case Study in Accuracy, Trust, and African American Labor Trends "These revisions are not signs of incompetence or hidden agendas. Rather, they reflect the reality that high-frequency data collection must balance timeliness with completeness."
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Why BLS Unemployment Data Gets Revised: A Case Study in Accuracy, Trust, and African American Labor Trends
Each month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases employment data that helps guide everything from Federal Reserve policy to financial market forecasts. Yet tucked inside each release is a remind…
https://hbcumoney.com/2025/08/05/why-bls-unemployment-data-gets-revised-a-case-study-in-accuracy-trust-and-african-american-labor-trends/
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According to the US Census 1 in 4 households with a Black householder and 1 in 12 households with a White householder had zero or negative wealth.
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5 months ago
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RED ALERT: African American Men-Women Job Gap: African American Women currently have 624,000 more jobs than African American Men in July. This is an increase from 496,000 in June.
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RED ALERT: Since April, African American Men have lost 294,000 jobs, African American Women have lost 13,000 jobs, and African American Teenagers have gained 4,000 jobs.
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African America’s July 2025 Jobs Report – 7.2%
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"The overall economy added 73,000 jobs in July while African America lost 166,000 jobs."
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African America’s July 2025 Jobs Report – 7.2%
Overall Unemployment: 4.1% African America: 7.2% Latino America: 4.8% European America: 3.7% Asian America: 3.5% Analysis: European Americans’ unemployment rate increased 10 basis points. Asian Ame…
https://hbcumoney.com/2025/08/04/african-americas-july-2025-jobs-report-7-2/
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According to the U.S. Census about 1 in 5 households with a White householder and 1 in 20 households with a Black householder had wealth over $1 million.
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The Firing of The BLS Commissioner Reaffirms: President Trump Only Believes In Fake Facts "Instead, it was an overt signal: when facts contradict the leader’s narrative, the facts must go."
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The Firing of The BLS Commissioner Reaffirms: President Trump Only Believes In Fake Facts
The moment truth becomes inconvenient to power, it becomes endangered. When President Trump dismissed the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner for delivering an honest—albeit politically unfavor…
https://hbcumoney.com/2025/08/01/the-firing-of-the-bls-commissioner-reaffirms-president-trump-only-believes-in-fake-facts/
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