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Category: Financial Literacy

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Posted inFinancial Literacy

Debt and Lower Savings Leave Black Americans Behind in Retirement Readiness

Stacey Brown photo by Stacy M. Brown July 7, 2025July 7, 2025

Black Americans continue to face challenges in saving for retirement due to debt and access to financial advice and planning, but show a strong appetite for new plan features and emergency savings accounts.

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Posted inFinancial Literacy

Harvard Housing Report Shows Black Homeownership Gains Have Halted Since 2023

by Charlene Crowell, Special to The Informer July 1, 2025July 7, 2025
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Posted inFinancial Literacy

As Black People, We Experience Independence Day Differently

by Aimee D. Griffin July 1, 2025July 1, 2025
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Posted inFinancial Literacy

Pell Grants in Peril: 7 Million Recipients Face $9 Billion Program Cut

by Charlene Crowell, Special to The Informer June 19, 2025June 30, 2025
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Posted inFinancial Literacy

As Housing Costs Go Up, HUD Proposes 51% Budget Cut

by Charlene Crowell, Special to The Informer June 12, 2025June 12, 2025
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Posted inFinancial Literacy

Protecting What Matters: Estate Planning During Alzheimer’s Awareness Month

by Aimee D. Griffin June 4, 2025June 5, 2025
**FILE** The entrance to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's headquarters in 51¿´Æ¬, D.C. (G. Edward Johnson, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inFinancial Literacy

House Committee Votes to Strip CFPB’s Victim Compensation Fund

by Charlene Crowell, Special to The Informer May 15, 2025May 23, 2025
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Posted inFinancial Literacy

Fiscal 2026 Budget Plan Cuts and Guts Education Dollars and Programs

by Charlene Crowell, Special to The Informer May 8, 2025May 8, 2025
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Posted inFinancial Literacy

Entity Determines Destiny: Estate Planning for Small Business Owners

by Aimee D. Griffin April 30, 2025May 1, 2025
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Posted inFinancial Literacy

MBDA Cuts Leave Only 3 Staff; $436B in CDFI Affordable Capital Also at Risk

by Charlene Crowell, Special to The Informer April 17, 2025April 18, 2025

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