Personal Finance

April Financial Literacy month, Financial Literacy, do finances impact your health?, FinLit Youth conference, Financial literacy for families theGrio.com
April 22, 2025

Breaking financial cycles: How FinLit is teaching families to build wealth together

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February 6, 2025

Breaking the ‘Black Tax’: Why Black homeowners pay higher fees and rates, and how a new real estate club is fighting back

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January 9, 2025

How removing unpaid medical bills from credit reports could help consumers

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December 29, 2024

10 tips from experts to help you change your relationship with money in 2025

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December 21, 2024

How to avoid the latest generation of scams this holiday season

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December 19, 2024

How to avoid financial stress during the holiday season

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November 30, 2024

‘Buy now, pay later’ is more popular than ever. It can cost more than you think

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November 27, 2024

Actor Michael Rainey Jr. donates $2.4M to improve financial literacy in Staten Island schools

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November 21, 2024

What is GivingTuesday? The annual day of charitable giving is coming up

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October 15, 2024

How to pull off a budget wedding without hiring a planner

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Back to school, Back to school shopping, school supplies, Back to school season, back-to-school saving, Save on back-to-school shopping, back to school savings, school shopping, Labor Day sales, back-to-school sales, theGrio.com
August 26, 2024

Shopping for back-to-school? Here’s how not to break the budget 

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August 26, 2024

How to prepare for the Fed’s forthcoming interest rate cuts

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August 12, 2024

What is ‘spaving,’ and could it be why you are overspending? 

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Back to school shopping, Back to School shopping 2024, Back to school 2024, How much do people spend on back to school shopping?, What is the average back-to-school spend?, Back to school spending, back to school spending 2024 theGrio.com
August 6, 2024

Studies reveal shocking spending patterns amongst parents this back-to-school season

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July 30, 2024

Income gap between Black and white US residents shrank between Gen Xers and millennials, study says

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July 25, 2024

New survey reveals concerns over the cost of living in the U.S.

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July 22, 2024

Mo’ money, less problems? Study finds that certain amounts of wealth can indeed buy more happiness

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July 17, 2024

What will it take to close the wealth gap in America? The answer might surprise you

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June 12, 2024

Biden administration advances plan to remove medical debt from credit scores

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May 18, 2024

Supreme Court rules against payday lenders in favor of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

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