Opinions
Payday loans: A debt trap in disguise
OPINION - Are payday loans a good source of emergency cash? Thanks to misleading marketing, many of its consumers unfortunately think so....
A timeless classic: Top career lessons from ‘The Great Gatsby’
OPINION - Fitgerald, in the way that great innovators of communication and story-telling do, included timeless themes that are still relevant decades later and can fuel the imaginations and critical thinking processes of generations to come...
An open letter to PepsiCo on the Mountain Dew ad
OPINION - Within the past week alone we’ve seen several examples of corporations apologizing for racist imagery, including a controversial online Mountain Dew ad...
Will pocketbook pressure change rap lyrics forever?
OPINION - Corporate America has got a chokehold on hip-hop. Whenever a something affects a rapper’s bottom line, as in what just happened with Rick Ross and Reebok, all of a sudden, they care. We all care...
All-Star to tech star: Black athletes need to get in the startup game
OPINION - Just one percent of all venture-backed startups in Silicon Valley have an African-American founder. We’d like to see more African-American and minority athletes get off the sideline and into the tech investing game...
Learning to manage money: The first step towards loving yourself
OPINION - Valentine’s Day is a perfect time to show your significant other that you love them. However, there is one key thing that people often disrespect in a way they would never treat someone they love: their money....
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