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January 7, 2025
While highlighting the new rule, Harris spotlighted a Black couple in Atlanta who saw their credit score drop due to…
Black mortality rates
October 29, 2022
56% of Black adults have an unpaid medical bill, a challenge faced by only 37% of white adults, according to…
September 10, 2022
A $1 billion philanthropic effort promising a “green revolution” for African agriculture has fallen far short of its goals, critics…
August 30, 2022
The U.S. birth rate fell 4 percent in 2020, the largest single-year decrease in nearly 50 years, according to a…
May 20, 2022
When you're in debt, it can impact other aspects of life including your physical and mental well-being say finance experts.
March 5, 2022
Thousands of low-income drivers in North Carolina may seek the restoration of their suspended licenses following the settlement of a…
June 27, 2021
“For people of color, especially Black people, homeownership is wealth. It’s not only wealth to us, but it’s generational wealth,”…
March 6, 2021
The Federal Reserve reported Friday that consumer borrowing fell by $1.3 billion in January, pushing credit card use to early…
November 1, 2020
Facing financial difficulties aggravated by the pandemic, the southern African nation could default on debt owed to private investors.
Young Gifted And Broke: Our Student Loan Crisis - theGrio.com
July 27, 2020
if Congress doesn't act, student loan borrowers face a looming crisis when federal deferments come to an end in September,…
Robert F Smith thegrio.com
September 21, 2019
The Smith family will not only pay off student loans, but also the loans their parents took out, the college…
July 25, 2019
Washington Redskins running back Adrian Peterson has amassed nearly $100 million dollars throughout his football career, but now he’s knee-deep in debt.
R. Kelly breaks down in CBS interview with Gayle King. (CBS News) thegrio.com
April 10, 2019
R. Kelly’s ex-landlord hit Sony Music Holdings, Inc. with a subpoena and got the music company to freeze $264,535 in…
October 27, 2017
Mary J. Blige wants her estranged husband to pay his half of the debt that they shared together while married.
August 26, 2016
An Arkansas cancer survivor is getting support to fight the courts after being jailed over bounced checks and unpaid debt. The
April 5, 2016
Tisha Campbell-Martin, along with her husband, Duane Martin, has reportedly filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy...
April 18, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - A parody of Beyonce's hit song 'Partition' about student loans has been blowing up social media.
February 21, 2014
DETROIT (AP) — Detroit's emergency manager has filed a plan to restructure the city's $18 billion debt...
November 19, 2013
NBC NEWS - George Zimmerman is $2.5 million in debt and will declare he is indigent when he appears in…
October 20, 2013
Helping people get out of debt is passion work for me. Today, African-Americans are significantly more likely to have some…