4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (132+ words) CBC New shelter caters to people 55+ who disproportionately experience homelessness A new shelter catering to older adults and seniors is set to open in Kamloops, B.C. Solace shelter will be a place to stay for people 55 and older experiencing homelessness. As…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (419+ words) Manufacturing is at the centre of a new industry-wide contract launched by PrefabAUS to support the faster delivery and financing of factory-built homes across Australia. The PrefabAUS Standard Form Contract for Class 1 Domestic Construction has been developed with sponsorship from…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (207+ words) A new National Bureau of Economic Research working paper from scholars at Harvard University, Cornell University, and the U.S. Census Bureau has found that while increases in neighborhood integration have led to increased rates of interclass marriage, neighborhood integration does not…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (444+ words) After human remains were discovered during construction in 2011, community leaders are again pressing the city to protect the historic site. Beneath a parking lot in Elmhurst, Queens, lies a piece of Black history that advocates say deserves far more than…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (386+ words) Colette A.M. Phillips, writing about the recent report of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston on family wealth in Massachusetts, is right that we cannot close the state’s racial wealth gap without creating wealth (“Ten years later, Boston’s racial wealth gap…...

2+ week, 6+ hour ago   (261+ words) Because here is the part they never put on the flyer. The principal and interest payment is not the whole expense. It is the invitation. The rest of the bill keeps coming long after the champagne goes flat and the…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (601+ words) Americans’ financial well-being was broadly stable in 2025, but the financial well-being of Black adults deteriorated from 2024 to 2025, according to a report published earlier this year by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Overall, while 73% of adults reported…...

3+ week, 4+ hour ago   (703+ words) An emergency fund for a few months of living expenses is a first step but not the finish line. Black families can use stocks, residential and commercial property, and insurance plans to create and protect real generational wealth. More Black…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (560+ words) A civil rights era banking law could be updated by President Donald Trump’s administration this year; one Pennsylvania lawmaker says the commonwealth needs its own rule. The Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) passed in 1977– mandating banks to direct financial programs into…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (431+ words) Colette A.M. Phillips is president and CEO of Colette Phillips Communications and author of the book “The Includers: The 7 Traits of Culturally Savvy, Anti-Racist Leaders.” Civil rights leader John Wesley Dobbs believed Black advancement required three things: “the Ballot, the Book,…...