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DC Mayor Muriel Bowser has signed a new law that will raise the city’s minimum wage nearly five dollars. By 2020, workers in Washington D.C. will make a minimum of $15 an hour, starting with a rise to $11.50 this July, according to FOX5. 

Black-owned broadcast stations have been endangered and on the brink of extinction for so long that many of us may have let it slip our minds. For 35 years, Howard University’s WHUT station has been the last remaining. But the Federal Communications Commission has announced plans to auction off the property for hundreds of millions […]

As we speak, another black-owned bank in Chicago may be slipping away. Currently, the Seaway Bank & Trust is in the final stages of a capital-rising campaign that could threaten its status as the largest black-owned bank in the Midwest.

It looks like your favorite ride-hailing service is looking to increase customer demand with its new service. Uber Technologies says that it will allow people to schedule rides in advance soon, which is a big switch from its on-demand service, where you normally just push a button on your phone and request a car.

Some have stated that racial segregation in U.S. neighborhoods has declined over the last few decades, even though it is still very high, especially when looking at Chicago’s Southside neighborhood and Washington D.C.’s Anacostia neighborhood.

Chicago State University is one of many state colleges that felt the effects of a budget dispute between Illinois state legislators that lasted nearly an entire year. However, CSU felt a larger brunt of the decision and worked tediously to fight a financial crisis that was eventually too difficult to avoid. Now, according to the Chicago Tribune, […]

Not a single person on the planet enjoys getting tickets. They throw off your schedule, too many can ruin your driving record and the money spent paying them off can seriously add up. When Lavante Dell was pulled over for his tinted windows, all of these thoughts likely went through his mind. When Westland Police Officer Joshua […]

Tearing down old, dilapidated buildings and isn’t necessarily the problem. The problem is when low-income families are forced out of their homes to free up space to build high value buildings they’ll likely never be able to afford living in. That’s gentrification. And that’s exactly what’s happening in Chicago’s Cabrini-Green neighborhood. A couple of months ago, […]

Rep. Alma S. Adams of the 12th Congressional District of North Carolina proposed a new piece of legislation that would help support historically black colleges and universities for the foreseeable future. Adams spoke to congress and introduced plans for a $250 Million HBCU Innovation Fund Act that will work to supply underfunded schools with financial support […]

In 48 hours, two transgender women have been killed in the United States. It’s time to address transphobia and the violence surrounding it in this country and all over the world.

With college graduates coming out of school with large amounts of student debt looming over them, many have elected to go with an income-based repayment plan to avoid default. Some will find that, even after their loans are potentially forgiven after a couple decades they may still owe a large sum due to a tax bill.

BYP100 has created the Agenda to Build Black Futures and it is a must-read. They have outlined problems, solutions, and their proposed agenda for the preservation Black lives on their website. The problems that BYP100 are fighting include the state of Black Youth in the U.S. economy where “it is hard to measure the extent […]