Tuesday 06.25.2019

Opinion. The Road To Riches Is As Simple As This: Drive A Crappy Car

Absolutely everyone seems to be giving conflicting advice these days about personal finances.

New York Times editor Tim Herrera called this the summer of bad personal finance advice, thanks in part to a comment by Suze Orman, a best-selling author and financial advisor who, from now on, may always be remembered for saying this:

Beto O’Rourke: White Americans Don’t Know The Full Story Of Slavery

Former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke is talking about an issue most of America shies away from. During a campaign stop in South Carolina, O’Rourke admitted to a group who represented slave descendants that “white Americans” don’t know the full story of slavery.

Don Peebles Launching $500M Fund For Black Developers Of Affordable Housing In S. Florida, NY, L.A.

Real estate entrepreneur, author and political activist Don Peebles plans to launch a $500 million investment fund for minority and women property developers in markets where his firm, Peebles Corp., operates.

Bronx Principal To Challenge Eliot Engel, Powerful House Democrat, From The Left

Rep. Eliot Engel is a 16-term Democrat representing New York’s 16th Congressional District. Engel, 72, first won in 1989. Now a Progressive middle school principal has announced his run against the long-term Bronx Democrat.

The Civil Rights Activist So Close to Martin Luther King Jr. She Was Thought Of As His ‘Other Wife’

In a recent article published in Standpoint Magazine, Pulitzer Prize-winning Martin Luther King Jr. biographer David Garrow details new information about King he discovered in FBI documents. The most damaging is that King may have witnessed – and encouraged – a sexual assault at a Washington, D.C. hotel in January 1964.