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Black Women Earn a Lot Less Than White Males: Study

Black women earn 64 cents for every dollar earned by white men, highlighting the need for investment in care, good jobs, paid leave, affordable housing, and reproductive rights.

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Debt and Lower Savings Leave Black Americans Behind in Retirement Readiness

Black Americans continue to face challenges in saving for retirement due to debt and access to financial advice and planning.

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Habits and Lingo That Grow Financially Literate Black Youth

Check out these tips for producing financially literate Black children and young adults.

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Five Times Your Budget Said ‘No’ but Your Heart Said ‘Yes’

Sometimes your budget whispers, “Be responsible,” but your heart yells, “You deserve this.” And wins.

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• Elon Musk’s chatbot was updated to "not shy away from making claims which are politically incorrect, as long as they are well substantiated." By Tuesday, Grok was praising Hitler. Experts say issues like these are “a chronic problem with chatbots that rely on machine learning.” (NPR)

  
  

• In a series of letters shared on Truth Social, President Trump revealed high tariff rates sent to the leaders of the Philippines, Brunei, Moldova, Algeria, Iraq, Libya, and Sri Lanka. (NBC News)

  
  

• Mattel is representing children in a major way by introducing the first-ever Barbie with Type 1 diabetes. The doll comes with medical accessories that many others living with Type 1 diabetes would have. (Black Enterprise)

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