Is This The Beginning Of The End For Private Prisons? The Market Seems To Think So
8/20/20 Is This The Beginning Of The End For Private Prisons? The Market Seems To Think So:
Opinion: It’s time for investors to dump shares of companies that profit from mass incarceration and prison labor
MarketWatch
In the wake of the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery, and the resulting widespread calls to defund police, investors are scrambling to figure out how to create portfolios that support racial equity.
Three New Companies Helping You Destroy Your Debt
Defynance
Debt can be beneficial and some of it is good debt. Some debt can help you to improve your credit score and help make big purchases like cars or houses. Student debt is not that. Other debt is not like that. Bad debt comes in many shapes in sizes, but it always leaves you in a worse position than before. However, we found some companies to help you destroy your debt.
What Next (Part 2)? More Black Business Leaders Share Thoughts on America in Wake of Floyd Death
Karma Impact
George Floyd’s death while being arrested by Minneapolis police sparked a range of reactions from peaceful protests to property destruction, from individual soul-searching to countless discussions about racial inequality around the world — including among the impact investing community.
ECHOING GREEN ANNOUNCES 2019 BLACK MALE ACHIEVEMENT FELLOWSHIP WINNERS
Black Enterprise
There are black leaders making extremely powerful moves in their communities and Echoing Green, a prestigious fellowship program that helps transform their ideas into world-changing organizations, is here to recognize them. The organization recently announced 10 social entrepreneurs selected for its 2019 Black Male Achievement Fellowship.