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This investment manager is looking to bridge the racial wealth gap

Jim Casselberry, KnownSource: KnownBlack people in America won their personal freedom 158 years ago. Economic freedom, though, has been far more elusive.Veteran portfolio manager...

The racial retirement savings gap remains wide – How these state IRA programs are working toward equity

Maskot | Maskot | Getty ImagesThe income and wealth gaps between people of color and white households are wide, but state-run retirement programs are...

Lifting Up Entrepreneurs To Close The Racial Wealth Gap: A Conversation With Ashli Sims

WATCH27:53| Jan 16, 2023, 04:16PM ESTAhead of For(bes) The Culture's third 'Journey To Wealth' taking place in Tulsa, OK this week, Jabari Young sits...

NBA suspends Suns owner Robert Sarver for a year over workplace harassment, use of racial slurs

The NBA suspended Phoenix Suns and Mercury owner Robert Sarver for one year and fined him $10 million Tuesday after an independent investigation revealed...

Reinventure Capital Re-Envisions The Venture Capital Market To Bridge Racial And Gender Wealth Gaps

As venture capital investments hit record heights with each year in the United States — topping $330 billion in 2021 — most of that...

Three Things President Biden’s Executive Order On Racial Equity Means For Small Business

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: U.S. President Joe Biden prepares to sign a series of executive orders ... ...

‘The Voice’ Alum Slammed by Country Stars Following Use of Racial Slur

NBC Rising country music star and The Voice alum Morgan Wallen is facing backlash for allegedly using a racial slur in a video obtained by TMZ. The...

‘Passing’ Stars Talk Rebecca Hall’s Directorial Debut and the Complexity of Racial Identity

Rebecca Hall’s feature directorial debut “Passing” dives into the nuance of racial identity and the complex realities of racial passing, with Variety’s Sundance review touting...

Walmart donates $14 million as part of broader pledge to advance racial equity

Doug McMillon, CEO of Walmart.Adam Jeffery | CNBCIn the wake of the George Floyd protests, Walmart pledged to boost diversity within its own ranks...

Legal Equalizer App Aims To Fight Racial Profiling By Police

In 2014, not long after the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., Mbye Njie decided he’d had enough. He’d just been pulled over...

New Algorithms Could Reduce Racial Disparities in Health Care

Researchers trying to improve health care with artificial intelligence usually subject their algorithms to a form of machine med school. Software learns from...

Positive Trend Shows More Black Players On MLB Rosters

Los Angeles Dodgers right fielder Mookie Betts looks on during spring training baseball Thursday, ... Feb. 20, 2020,...

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