Analyzing Insecurities that Plague Black Girls Looking into the mirror is getting easier. Though I can’t say I don’t still nitpick, it used to be worse for me. From the time I became able to distinguish the difference between the childlike innocence of spotting what made me different from other kids, and the desire to […]
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In my previous post entitled Retiring While Black, I shared how Black people fare in terms of retirement readiness. I revealed, although no surprise, that Black people face more obstacles than white people when it comes to retirement readiness and retiring without debt. In this post, I want to discuss how to retire not in
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The content of this article is satirical and represents a work of fiction or Fake News. The names of the characters within are fictitious. Social media influencer Mack Wade, who boasts over one hundred million followers across his Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, and TikTok accounts, claimed victory on Tuesday in his shocking bid for California’s 34th congressional
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Ready, set, go! Well, after 43 years of being a public servant, I finally hit the button and submitted my notification to retire! Is there more I can contribute to the workplace? Yes. Am I really ready to retire? I believe so. Emotionally, yes. Financially? Hmmm. Since the onset of the pandemic, there has been
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The content of this article is satirical and represents a work of fiction or Fake News. The names of the characters within are fictitious. LYNCH: Welcome all gun-toters and Trump voters! You are now tuned in to the Dead Red podcast with Tony Lynch and Kirk Mullen, where the right comes to breathe and the left
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When most people use the terms “rich” and “wealthy,” they do so interchangeably. If someone is a millionaire, they’re wealthy. By most people’s logic, that also makes them “rich” by default. However, when you consider how unique we are both as individuals and as a group, that isn’t always the case. Indeed, “rich” and “wealthy”
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Black Poverty throughout the centuries
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Despite the fact that poverty rates have been showing clear signs of decline over the last decade, certain inequalities still persist. According to one recent study, for example, the poverty rate in the entire United States was 10.5%. To put that into perspective, that was the lowest rate since estimates were first made public in 1959.
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I don’t know if it’s the tone of my voice or the amount of passion behind the words I speak. But more often than not my assertiveness is grossly mislabeled. Because I can lead with “No” and end with “No,” I have bypassed being assertive and landed right on being aggressive. Let’s be completely honest
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In a 1968 episode of The Dick Cavett Show, author James Baldwin unleashed a strikingly eloquent monologue that is still celebrated today as one of his most powerful. He was responding to a claim by another guest on the show, Yale philosophy professor Paul Weiss, that some of Baldwin’s earlier comments in the episode exaggerated
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