It’s Not How Much You Make, But How Much You Keep

If the African American community is to prosper over the long term absent government involvement, a prerequisite must focus on wealth creation.  Not just making money, but keeping it.  Yes, the black middle class makes made a lot of money.  But how many of us still have it?  And how many have a plan to [...]

What’s Deductible? Summertime Child Care Expenses

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently provided guidance to taxpayers on the use of the Child and Dependent Care Creditand deductibility of child care expenses during summer.  The Good News: The cost of day camp can count as an expense towards the child and dependent care credit. If your childcare provider is a sitter at [...]

After The Brew: Obama Statement After Gates-Crowley Confab

President Obama: I am thankful to Professor Gates and Sergeant Crowley for joining me at the White House this evening for a friendly, thoughtful conversation. Even before we sat down for the beer, I learned that the two gentlemen spent some time together listening to one another, which is a testament to them. I have [...]

Being A Black Woman in America

After the airing of CNN’s Black in America 2, PINK Magazine posed the question to their readers.  What is it like to be a Black Women in America?  Some of their responses: “Being a Black woman in America for me is a constant, perpetual struggle. Having to prove that I say who I am – [...]

Commonly Misused Phrases

There is nothing worse than using a phrase in the company of others (especially on the job!) only to find out later that you’ve used it incorrectly. Sure, everybody does it, but you don’t want to have to be the one. Below are a couple of phrases misused with frequency, either verbally or in writing: [...]

Minority Women Lawyers Not Feelin’ The Firm

Above The Law reports on a recent study by Catalyst on women of color in U.S. law firms. According to Catalyst, … women of color face complex barriers compared to other groups that may significantly decrease job satisfaction and increase the intent to leave their current firm—factors that affect a firm’s bottom line. Despite widespread [...]

Digital Divide: Blacks and the Mobile Web

BlackWeb2.0 reports on a recent Pew Internet & American Life Project report. Of interest to black netizens, BlackWeb2.0 notes: African Americans are the most active users of the mobile internet – and their use of it is also growing the fastest. This means the digital divide between African Americans and white Americans diminishes when mobile [...]

Get Your Money Right

If most of us are honest, we don’t know much about finance or financial planning.  For some, filling out a checkbook register requires more concentration than installing software.  But this economy warrants knowing where every single penny made or spent is accounted for.  It certainly isn’t easy.  K-12 schools have booted civics education, home economics, [...]

Things That Are Evil

Chalk it up to my love of Family Feud as a child, but instead of signature David Letterman “Top 10″ lists or Jeopardy’s answers in the form of of a question, my mind categorizes lists in the tradition of Family Feud. Thus today’s post on things that are evil. Credit Card Companies: I was one [...]

25 Years of Crack Sentencing

Twenty-five years ago this year, the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted for, and President Reagan signed, the 1986 Anti-Drug Abuse Act creating mandatory minimums and disparate penalties for crack cocaine offenses. In the twenty-five years since its enactment, the disparate sentencing, falling along racial lines, has created a groundswell of community [...]

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