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Photos: Rep Ayanna Pressley\YouTube Screenshots BOSTON — Wednesday, ahead of the 60th Anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), a member…
Photos: Wealth Management\YouTube Screenshots\Facebook August is National Black Business Month, which highlights and appreciates the contributions of Black-owned businesses to the U.S. economy and in promoting diversity and…
Photos: EPI\YouTube Screenshots Most American families’ wealth is closely tied to the value of their home, but this tie is even stronger for Black and brown families. However,…
Photos: YouTube Screenshots Jaylen Brown is very good at basketball. Ever since the Boston Celtics drafted him in 2016, he has become one of the NBA’s most accomplished…
Photos: YouTube Screenshots Bostonians are very familiar with a bracing data point: in 2015, the median net worth for White households in Greater Boston was about $250,000, but…
Photos: Facebook Interise is a national not-for-profit based in Boston that builds diverse and inclusive local economies through small business-led economic development, supporting the growth of small businesses…
Photos: Facebook\YouTube Screenshots Boyce Watkins Enterprises, founded by financial scholar and The Black Business School CEO Dr. Boyce Watkins, continues to educate millions on bridging the racial wealth…
Photos: YouTube Screenshots WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today U.S. Representatives Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) and Pete Aguilar (CA-33) announced a package of legislation to help minority- and women-owned businesses compete…
Photos: Facebook\YouTube Screenshots Philanthropy and government programs have been trying to close the racial wealth gap for a long time, but they've been focused on band-aids when we…
Photos: Facebook\YouTube Screenshots Using the Census Bureau’s Annual Business Survey (ABS) data on employer firms (those that have at least one employee), this third installment of Brookings Metro’s…
