College and Trade School Earnings Compared: The Stronger Financial Case in 2026
Black bachelor’s degree holders owe more in student loan debt four years after graduation than they originally borrowed, according to Brookings Institution research. The unemployment rate for recent college graduates hit a three-year high in late 2025, while skilled trades wages and job openings continued to climb.
More Than 30 Percent of Black Business Owners Stop Seeking Funding Before Applying
The Federal Reserve’s 2026 Small Business Credit Survey found that Black-owned firms cited discouragement as the reason for not seeking funding at four times the rate of white-owned firms.
The Supreme Court Just Gutted the Voting Law That Proved Political Power Pays
The Supreme Court voted 6-3 in Louisiana v. Callais to make it harder to challenge biased voting maps. States across the South can now redraw boundaries that shrink Black voters’ power in Congress, in school boards, and in the local bodies that control public jobs and road money.
Children With Savings Accounts in Their Own Names Are Twice as Likely to Save as Adults
Research tracking thousands of young people over time found that children who held a savings account in their own name were twice as likely to save and four times as likely to own stocks as adults, even when the balance was small. Black and Hispanic households remain unbanked at more than five times the rate of white households, according to the 2023 FDIC National Survey of Unbanked and Underbanked Households.
Deed Theft Robbed 1,500 Brooklyn Families of Their Homes. Black Homeowners Are Fighting Back.
Complaints of deed theft in New York City rose nearly 300 percent between 2023 and 2025. On April 24, 2026, the city launched the country’s first municipal Office of Deed Theft Prevention. The threat it was created to address extends well beyond New York.
5 Black-Owned Banks That Are Boldly Reinvesting in Their Communities
Black-led banks originate mortgages to Black borrowers at more than four times the rate of conventional lenders, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. These five institutions have built documented records of returning capital to the communities they serve.
Missouri Is Offering Its 2 HBCUs a New Funding Lifeline. The Same Legislature Is Also Moving to Cut Their Budgets by Millions.
House Bill 3416 would redirect roughly $6.6 million annually from casino proceeds and lottery funds to Lincoln University and Harris-Stowe State University, two institutions that face simultaneous threats of deeper state funding cuts under a separate spending proposal moving through the same legislature.
Meta Is Cutting 8,000 Jobs. Here Is What to Do With Your 401k if You Are Affected By Tech Layoffs
Cashing out a 401k after a job loss triggers a 10 percent federal penalty plus full income taxes. Black and Hispanic workers do it at nearly twice the rate of white workers, a gap researchers trace directly to lower liquid savings outside retirement accounts.
