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."

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."

Should HBCUs that receive transformative gifts from donors like MacKenzie Scott donate a percentage of that capital to strengthen smaller HBCUs still left behind?

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."

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."

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."

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."

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."

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."

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."

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."

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."

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."

RED ALERT: The US Federal Government has entered shutdown.

RED ALERT: U.S. Federal Government due to shutdown in less than 4 hours.

"The HOA, when reimagined under African American sovereignty, can become not a wall keeping us out, but a fortress keeping us in."

"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."

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."

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?"

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. #HMFact

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."

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."

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."

Of the 85 accredited HBCU business schools and departments (based on the latest available data), fewer than 20% are led by HBCU alumni. #HMFact

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."

African America’s August 2025 Jobs Report – 7.5% #AAJR "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."

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) #AAJR

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. #AAJR

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."

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."

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.”

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."

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."

At the end of August, there are 2,530 of the 3,619 HBCU alumni teachers with projects on @donorschoose.bsky.social who teach at historically underfunded schools and have no donations which is approximately 70%. #HBCUGive

At the end of August, there are 3,619 HBCU alumni teachers with projects on @donorschoose.bsky.social who teach at historically underfunded schools. #HBCUGive

At the end of August, there are 86 HBCU-related @gofundme.com fundraisers within the past 30 days. Approximately 50% have raised $0. (Keyword: HBCU) #HBCUGive

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."

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."

Farm Credit Mid-America reports $44 billion in assets. African America's 18 remaining banks have a combined just over $6 billion in assets. #HMFact #UncleNearest

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."

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)."

(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"

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

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."

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. #HMFact

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. #AAJR

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. #AAJR

African America’s July 2025 Jobs Report – 7.2% #AAJR "The overall economy added 73,000 jobs in July while African America lost 166,000 jobs."

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. #HMFact

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."